Patrick Stewart really is a world class actor. I knew it before, but this scene reaffirms it, along with the rage from First Contact.

I love how their relationship is such that Picard allows himself to be vulnerable in front of her. That level of trust was earned over years of sacrifice, service and friendship along with unwavering trust in her confidentiality. Riker also often confides in Deanna, but with him, he only lets his guard down as much as he does because of their prior romantic/emotional relationship. Even then, he'd never cry in front of her (or anyone) at this stage of his life. I think it's a result of Picard's greater wisdom and experience with age that he recognizes even tough guys can cry.

When he says there will be no Picards the sun blasts. The star that shines twice as bright lasts half the time. I think that defines Picard

This makes the latest episode of picard hit that much harder.

when patrick stewart goes into breakdown mode, marina sirtis almost starts crying, you can see in her face, she fighting to hold on

Have you noticed how the "worst" Star Trek movies have the best scenes showing human interaction?

As I am coming up on 35 years, which is the beginning of the middle years of your life (35 - 40), I am starting to really think about the fact that there are almost certainly more years behind me than ahead, and feeling like I haven't done much of anything with my life. I feel for Picard in this scene. I really do.

I always cry, every time I watch this.

When I first saw this movie I never knew Picard had a brother and nephew because I didn’t watch enough of The Next Generation at the time.

I'm not sure what it is, but when I see Picard fall apart I can't help but cry myself.

As sad as this scene is, Captain Picard can finally release his emotions before this mission got really intense.

TNG, DS9, and VOY were the Star Treks I grew up with, but TNG has always been my favorite, and Patrick Stewart to this day is my favorite actor. Picard in particular was always my TV role model as a man....he was such a strong portait of masculinity. Being a man doesn't mean being emotionless, we all have moments when we have to let go of stress...and sometimes that means crying, and it is okay to do that with your closest friends and family.

I'm so sorry about your nephew, Jean-Luc.

Despite the hate this film gets. This is the only one I've seen where Picard shows such emotion. He never got married so he loved his brothers family like his own

This scene is so relevant to Picard Season 3 Episode 2.

Ah, so good, thanks.

They say time is the fire in which we all burn.

It was always odd below they did in a house fire in the 24th Century.

There was a fire at the vineyard, jean-luc picard's brother and nephew didn't make it out, it's so sad that the young boy Renee with his whole life ahead of him died before his life could truly begin

If I were Picard I would go back in time and save them.

Look how much better Trek got when they dropped the "no conflict" and "no emtions" rules.

Back when Star Trek was written for grownups.

This is so sad, but a truly missed opportunity for Star Trek. Picard's brother Robert and his nephew Rene, were to Picard the "Heirs to the Picard name and family". When they died, it left Jean Luc with no heir to the family name. But as we have seen in several episodes of STTNG, Picard seems to have a sort of implied "romance" with Beverly Crusher. And in even another reality, Beverly becomes Captain Beverly Picard of the USS Nightingale, a very fast medical starship. I would have LOVED to see Beverly and Jean Luc settle down and have a family. There are stories on the net, that a future Picard child marries a certain "future Riker". This should have been explored, as the writers tried too hard to keep the TOS "Kirk" type of Captain (ladies man, but was close to marriage to Carol Marcus) her and her son David (Kirk's son) invented the Genesis Device. So they should have broke tradition and allow Picard to have a route that led to his marriage to Dr. Crusher. And in the movie ST Generations, it is revealed that Jean Luc DOES have a family when he was briefly in the nexus.

Same year that show had their series finale.

Picard I think cried 2-3 times over the whole series and movies. Burnham cries every time they do a diagnostic.

This scene reminds of a friend who passed at 21. Far too young far too soon

Patrick Stewart could read the phone book and it would sound dramatic!

Jean-Luc: There will be no more Picards…. Jack Crusher: Hold my beer. Beverly: I gave you my name. Jack Crusher: Give me my beer back!

yeah i'm like cinemasins, picard had could have used the nexus to go go back and save his brother and nephew from the fire, instead of going with kirk 'time has no meaning there.'

After watching Picard season 3 Episode 2 where Picard has a son named Jack with Beverly. Beverly could have told Picard during this film that they have a son together many years ago and that he is a splitting image of him. I blame Beverly for keeping their son’s existence a secret.

Well, atleast the Picard name will carry on no…oh. Wait. Crusher.

Did you record this on a strip of cellophane?

There’s no reason for this scene/plot point to be in the movie. It’s only there so he can realize the kids in the nexus aren’t real. Except, Guinan told Picard he could go anywhere if he left. Which means he could have easily left the nexus and returned to a time a month before any of these shenanigans happened, and saved his brother and family, those people on the observatory, anyone who died as a result of the first supernova, anyone who died during the Bird of Prey battle, PLUS the Viridians. And he just… forgets to. Along the way to getting Kirk killed. Genius

what happened to roberts wife?!

Patrick Stewart is such a fantastic actor. He’s a bit over the hill now though.

These things happen 😂😂😂

SHOWEST... NATO as it had been then. X men Don't panic. Already there.

This seems very out of character for Picard. He never displayed emotions until he cried in front of Robert. This was an outburst relative to his other moments of emotional distress. I remember his kind of being short with Riker in an earlier scene in Generations. That kind of made more sense.