Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Raffi Musiker

7. The Changing Of The Guard

Michelle Hurd joined Star Trek in Picard's first season, appearing alongside fellow newcomers Isa Briones, Evan Evagora, Allison Pill, and Santiago Cabrera. For the first and second seasons, this new crew, along with Sir Patrick Stewart, crafted Star Trek: Picard's tone and shape.

This changed when, as the second season began to wind down production (although there was only a one-week gap between the second and third seasons' productions), Hurd discovered that she would be the only one returning for the final adventure.

On Conner Trinneer and Dominic Keating's D-Con Chamber podcast, she described the experience as challenging and heartbreaking, despite her elation at continuing to work on Star Trek. She also bemoaned the lack of communication, to a point. 

As the plans for the third season were being drawn up, she recalled hearing rumours along the grapevine that people wouldn't be coming back for the last year. She knew that she would be back, as showrunner Terry Matalas had called her into a meeting about her character. 

Despite her excitement to explore new aspects of Raffi, she confessed that the entire experience was emotional and challenging.