\nStar Trek: Picard executive producer Terry Matalas wants to leave fans of the franchise as happy as a showrunner can be, but that doesn't mean he can't fit every single legacy character or bring every surviving character back into the series' third and final season. As Matalas previously addressed that we won't see Diana Muldaur return as The Next Generation's season two's chief medical officer Dr.
Kirk, Data, and the body of the original Jean-Luc Picard which we discover was stolen by the Changelings.\nMost TNG fans know Mulduar's Pulaski temporarily replacing Gates McFadden's Dr. Beverly Crusher for season two as it was explained in canon she was 'away at Starfleet Medical.' The reality was that McFadden was fired from the series stemming a conflict with season two showrunner Maurice Hurley.