However, that's not entirely true as there are a few key events from the first two seasons that tie into this season most notable among them, 7 of 9 being something of a space pirate, Data dying a second time after Nemesis and Picard dying and gaining a new synthetic body not to mention synthetics being band at one point only to become league again.
Now I do think that you don't need to watch the first two seasons of Picard to understand S3 but these events sound kinda weird especially when the show does not give full context to said events. But let's assume for a moment that S3 was the only season and was sold as TNG season 9 with these moments unaltered.
Well, now it's all kinda hilarious and there seem to have been some major moments up to and including Picard dying and getting a new Synthetic body only he's not young but is the same age as his actor. Data died a second time and everyone is just kinda okay with that and 7 was in a relationship with this new character Raffi but broke up at some point. So basically the first 2 seasons have become Noodle Incidents.
Not perfect though as NIs are mainly used for comedy and Picard's old body being taken is played as drama but still kinda funny when you don't know the full context.
