Star Trek: Why Q Is Targeting Jean-Luc's Aunt, Renée Picard
Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Picard Season 2, Episode 5 — «Fly Me To The Moon»
Jean-Luc Picard's (Patrick Stewart) ancestor, Renée Picard (Penelope Mitchell) is Star Trek: Picard's time divergence. Q (John de Lancie) is targeting Renée, who is pivotal to the creation of the dark future that leads to the rise of the Confederation of Earth. All roads inStar Trek: Picard season 2 have led Jean-Luc and his motley crew back to Los Angeles in April 2024, where Q plots to halt Renée Picard's future as the pilot of the Europa Mission.
Renée Picard was first sighted at the end of Star Trek: Picard season 2, episode 4, «Watcher.» Q stalked her at the Europa Mission as she read a Dixon Hill novel, unaware of the omnipotent being incognito who planned to eliminate her from the timeline. Yet Q's powers mysteriously failed to work on Renée, who remained oblivious to the danger she is in and of her importance to Star Trek's timeline. Meanwhile, Jean-Luc Picard encountered Guinan (Ito Aghayere) in 21st Century Los Angeles and the El-Aurian directed him to the Watcher, who turned out to be a Supervisor named Tallinn (Orla Brady) linked to the Star Trek: The Original Series episode «Assignment Earth.» In yet another mystery, Tallinn is a nearly-exact doppelganger for Laris, Picard's Romulan love interest who is absent from the Confederation's future. Tallinn's assignment on Earth is to watch over Renée Picard and ensure her destiny.
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However, Renée Picard, who is Jean-Luc's«great aunt,» is crucial to Star Trek: Picard's future, which is why Q wants to purge her from the timeline. Renée is a genius, even by Picard's standards: she speaks multiple languages
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