10 Star Trek Characters You Didn't Realise Died Horrible Deaths

10. Picard's Brother And Nephew

The Next Generation episode Family came right after Captain Picard's traumatic assimilation by the Borg in The Best Of Both Worlds. In the episode, Picard, recovering from his experience, returned to Earth to visit his family.

There was a few harsh words shared and things briefly got physical between Picard and his brother Robert, but it was clear by the end of the episode that the Captain deeply loved his family, although they had some unaddressed issues (issues that got explored further in the second season of Star Trek: Picard).

Interestingly, Star Trek: Generations included a tragic detail that many fans may have missed: the death of Picard's brother Robert and his nephew René (who also appeared in the episode Family). Their deaths happened off-camera, and were only briefly mentioned in the movie, but both Robert and René died horrifically in a fire. Picard broke down crying telling this to Deanna in the movie, but was almost immediately distracted by an exploding star.

René appeared later in the movie as a Nexus illusion (as part of Picard's perfect idyllic reality), but still, their deaths were barely touched on, and easy to miss if you haven't seen the episode Family recently.