Jeremy's internal struggle to move from stunned, repressed grief and the temptation to live inside a fabricated reunion, toward authentic mourning and acceptance of a living community (the choice point between illusion and belonging).
Jeremy's internal struggle to move from stunned, repressed grief and the temptation to live inside a fabricated reunion, toward authentic mourning and acceptance of a living community (the choice point between illusion and belonging).
Events in This Arc
Captain Picard quietly delivers the devastating news that Jeremy's mother has died. Troi remains physically and emotionally present as Picard states the facts — an explosive device, instantaneous death — …
Picard stages an emotional intervention: after arguing with the alluring Marla about the cost of painless consolation, he brings Wesley into Jeremy's quarters. Wesley finally confesses a long‑buried, fierce anger …
In Worf's darkened quarters, the security officer performs a quiet Klingon R'uustai with twelve‑year‑old Jeremy: Worf removes his sash, places it over the boy, and they light candles together in …