• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    The only instances that might come close I found…

    TNG

    All Good Things…" — Season 7, Episodes 25–26 (1994) Star Trek: Picard came to an end in a manner very familiar to fans of TNG. After closing down Guinan’s bar in 24th century Los Angeles, the former crew of the USS Enterprise-D settled into a game of poker. In the TNG finale specifically, Picard finally joins the poker game for the first time, with Data dealing

    Star Trek: Picard

    “Remembrance” — Season 1, Episode 1 (2020) Jean-Luc Picard sits down with Data for a friendly game of poker and a spot of tea, but the showdown yields unbelievable results for the retired Admiral. This is a dream/simulation sequence set at the very start of the series. Paramount+

    “The Last Generation” — Season 3 Finale (2023) The credits rolled with the lifelong friends laughing and happily talking with each other as Jean-Luc Picard dealt a fresh hand of cards at a final poker game reuniting the TNG crew — including Data (now in a new android body).

    I certainly don’t remember those episodes in detail, but I suspect they didn’t spend a ton of time on it