Picard's Mother Secret Retcons Star Trek: TNG Season 1
Warning: SPOILERS forStar Trek: Picard Season 2, Episode 9 — «Hide & Seek»
Jean-Luc Picard's (Patrick Stewart) secret memory of his mother, Yvette (Madeline Wise), in Star Trek: Picard effectively retcons her appearance in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1. With the help of Tallinn (Orla Brady), Jean-Luc faced his buried memories of Yvette and his father, Maurice Picard (James Callis), in Star Trek: Picard season 2, episode 7, but the Romulan Watcher also knew that the full story hadn't been told. At last, Picard admitted the truth he'd tried to forget all his life: Yvette, who was mentally ill, hung herself when Jean-Luc was a boy, and he blamed himself for it.
The untold secrets of Jean-Luc's parents and childhood are at the heart ofStar Trek: Picard season 2. Indeed, Q (John de Lancie) claims he changed the timeline into the dark Confederation future as part of his plot to force Picard to confront the question of why he chose to be alone and avoided a lasting romantic relationship his entire life. Jean-Luc's childhood growing up at Chateau Picard with Yvette and Maurice hold the key to why the great Starfleet hero chose to remain alone. Picard remembered his mother as an «inspiration,» in large part because this is what she asked of him, and he blamed his father for her death, casting Maurice as a cold and abusive man. However, the truth is more complicated as it turns out Maurice didn't know how to help his sick wife, who refused treatment. What Jean-Luc recalled as abuse was Maurice literally locking Yvette up to protect her from himself. Still, Yvette escaped her confinement thanks to her youngest son's help and she committed suicide one fateful night.
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