Synopsis: Admiral Picard learns that one of his ancestors is key to restoring his timeline.
This episode can be seen as an illustration of the necessity of working with ancestral trauma.
In “Fly Me to the Moon” Admiral Jean-Luc Picard meets Tallinn, the Watcher, who looks remarkably like Laris. He learns from her that she has dedicated her life to protecting his ancestor, Renée Picard. Admiral Picard and Tallinn are able to observe Renée Picard in a therapy session in which Q is posing as a therapist. Admiral Picard then realizes that Renée Picard must be central to restoring his timeline. She is to take part in the Europa Mission which will launch in three days. Meanwhile, Seven of Nine and Commander Raffi Musiker are able to free Captain Cristóbal Rios from custody. Once the crew is back aboard La Sirena, they learn that Renée Picard discovered – or will discover – a microorganism on Io, and therefore must complete this mission. A plan is devised to ensure that she does not quit the mission before the launch.
In this episode, when Admiral Picard learns of the importance of his ancestor to the timeline that he is trying to restore, this can be analogized to when the conscious ego becomes aware of a piece of unconscious material in the form of an ancestral wound. When Admiral Picard realizes that a change in the timeline was caused by something that affected Renée Picard, this can be compared to when an individual begins the process of working with an ancestral wound in order to heal it. And just as Admiral Picard hopes to restore his timeline by protecting Renée Picard, when the conscious ego acknowledges and integrates an ancestral wound into itself, this starts the healing process, not only for the individual but for the ancestors and descendants of the individual as well.
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