Picard Creates A Jean-Luc Backstory Plot Hole That Ties To TNG
Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Picard Season 2, Episode 7 — «Monsters»
Jean-Luc Picard's (Patrick Stewart) backstory in Star Trek: Picard season 2 has a glaring plot hole: the absence of his older brother, Robert Picard (Jeremy Kemp). Star Trek: Picard season 2 is answering pivotal questions about Jean-Luc's life and why he has chosen to remain alone instead of having a family. The answers lie in Jean-Luc's past and the childhood memories he has suppressed involving his mother, Yvette (Madeline Wise), and his father, Maurice (James Callis).
Star Trek: The Next Generation established that Jean-Luc was estranged from Robert for much of their lives until they reconciled in the TNG season 4 episode, «Family.» Robert was, like their father, a traditionalist who disliked technology and remained at Chateau Picard to tend to the family vineyard. Meanwhile, Jean-Luc was a dreamer who «ran away» to join Starfleet, which fueled Robert's resentment. Star Trek: Picard season 2 digs deeper into the family's secrets and reveals that Yvette, who favored Jean-Luc, suffered from mental illness. Jean-Luc remembered Maurice as a cold and stern man who abused Yvette, but the truth was that his father was desperately trying to protect his sick wife, as well as their children. As Tallinn (Orla Brady) observed when she entered Picard's psyche, Yvette had a «monster» in her mind that made her a danger to herself, and Robert's actions were to keep his family safe. However, Jean-Luc preferred to remember his mother as his inspiration and his father as the enemy until Tallinn helped Picard realize the truth about his parents.
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