Star Trek Picard S2 E7 ”Monsters”

A funky little episode. We spend most of the time romping around in Picard's subconscious. Meeting his mother, Yvette, whom he stylizes as a queen, and his father, Maurice, whom he calls a monster. And also young Jean-Luc, a little prince. Tallinn uses her Watcher technology to go in there with young Picard and they navigate a literal metaphorical dungeon of dangers and monsters and darkness. Eventually, we learn that the monsters without were actually monsters within and that Yvette was hounded by some sort of illness that made her prone to episodes of intense darkness and mania. Also, Picard's dad died young but got to keep all his hair. And we *almost* get to the bottom of what darkness makes Picard tick... before we leap back into the real world.   While all that is happening, Rios is taking Dr. Teresa Ramirez and her son, Ricardo, to visit La Sirena (in direct contravention of all the rules about time travel) *and* Seven and Rafi are scrambling across LA in search of Dr. Jurati who is being piloted by a vengeful and ambitious Borg queen.   Finally, Picard wakes up. Goes to visit Guinan for help. And they both wind up getting arrested by the FBI. Fun!   Join us on patreon at http://patreon.com/setphasers