History Recap / StarTrekPicardS2E07Monsters

* CallBack: When Tallinn enters Picard's mind, she hears echoes of his dialogues from certain ''TNG'' episodes.
-->[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds "I am Locutus of Borg."]]\\

[[Recap/StarTrekTheNnextGenerationS6E14Tapestry "I would rather die as the man I was..."]]\\

* SpoiledByTheFormat: The closed captioning reveals at the beginning of the episode that the therapist is "Maurice," Picard's father's name.

* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time that Creator/JayKarnes [[Series/TheShield played a law enforcement officer]], or [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E23Relativity dealt with timetravellers]].

Picard is trapped in his own mind, remembering a Starfleet-mandated psychiatric evaluation run by a Betazoid therapist (guest star Creator/JamesCallis). The therapist questions why Picard is unwilling to open up, and Picard begins telling a story about a queen who loved to tell stories -- his mother, Yvette Picard. Maman was scared of monsters, and would sometimes take young Jean-Luc to hide from them... including in the tunnels under the estate (established in a previous episode as dating back to World War II), against the strictures of her husband Maurice, who often took on the role of the monster. The implication is that Picard's father, whom Picard described in ''TNG'' as being distant at the best of times, physically abused his wife. Into this memory is inserted Tallinn, using her jury-rigged mind meld. She helps play out the scenario, and eventually it links with that of Picard and the psychiatrist -- who, in Picard's uncontrolled subconscious, is "played" by Maurice. Maurice helps him understand the truth: that Yvette's bipolar disorder was largely uncontrolled, and that Maurice was forced to restrict her movements after she endangered their son one too many times. Picard is left with a better understanding of his father. Tallinn is left with an understanding that this is not the end of the story.

* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time that Creator/JayKarnes [[Series/TheShield played a law enforcement officer]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: It turns out that Picard and his crew's antics have not gone unnoticed by the authorities. Cue an [[SpannerInTheWorks inquisitive science-fiction buff FBI agent]] and his associates raiding Guinan's bar and placing Guinan and Picard under arrest.

* MamaBear: Teresa warns Rios, "If you're lying, and I brought you around my son... They will never find the body."

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: It turns out that Picard's and his crew's antics have not gone unnoticed by the authorities. Cue an [[SpannerInTheWorks inquisitive science-fiction buff FBI agent]] and his associates raiding Guinan's bar and placing Guinan and Picard under arrest.

* IdenticalGrandson: Tallinn reveals herself to actually be Romulan, Picard theorizes that she is indeed related to Laris in some way.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: It turns out that Picard and company have not gone unnoticed by the authorities. Cue an [[SpannerInTheWorks inquisitive science-fiction buff FBI agent]] and his associates raiding Guinan's bar and placing Guinan and Picard under arrest.

* NoSell: Guinan attempts to summon Q with much ''sturm und drang'', ScreenShake, flickering lights, DramaticShattering of bottles, etc. And then it... completely fails to work. Guinan is ''flabbergasted'' and at a loss for words, in a way that communicates that this means something very strange is going on.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: It turns out that Picard and company have not gone unnoticed by the authorities. Cue an [[SpannerInTheWorks inquisitive science-fiction buff FBI agent]] and his associates raiding Guinan's bar and placing Guinan and Picard under arrest. Also notable is that the FBI agent sees through Guinan's and Picard's attempts to deflect or laugh off the surveillance of him beaming onto the street in front of her bar and clearly having none of it.

* ShoutOut: Continuing the references to [[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome ''The Voyage Home'']], Rios answers the question "are you from outer space?" in the exact same way as Kirk did.
-->"I'm from Chile, I just work in outer space."

* ShoutOut: Continuing the references to [[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome ''The Voyage Home'']] answers the question "are you from outer space?" in the exact same way as Kirk did in the film.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: It turns out that Picard and company have not gone unnoticed by the authorities. Cue an [[SpannerInTheWorks inquisitive science-fiction buff FBI agent]] and his associates [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome raiding Guinan's bar and placing Guinan and Picard under arrest]]. Also notable is that the FBI agent sees through Guinan's and Picard's attempts to deflect or laugh off the surveillance of him beaming onto the street in front of her bar and clearly having none of it.