Data’s Actor Teases His Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Character

Alongside a few of his Next Generation co-stars, Brent Spiner returned as fan-favorite Data in the first season of Star Trek: Picard. But with the android having died back in 2002’s Nemesis, he can’t keep playing that role forever, and Spiner has confirmed Data was definitively retired in the season 1 finale. He’s not going anywhere himself, though, and will be on board as a different character in season 2.

When we first heard this, fans simply assumed Spiner would be reprising his other role—Altan Inigo Soong, the son of Noonian Soong, Data’s creator. However, Spiner has now revealed that, while he is playing another member of the Soong family, it’s not one he’s portrayed before. As the actor told Inverse:

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