Star Trek: 10 Times Captains Lost Control

6. Picard And Robert Fight

Captain Picard has, in his long history with Starfleet, maintained control over emotion wherever possible. His more recent years are marked by more and more incidents of this control slipping, though for the first three seasons of the Next Generation, he rarely lost his cool.

Then the Borg came, and with them came the destruction of thirty nine Starfleet ships, with the loss of 11,000 lives. Through his abduction and assimilation by the Borg, Picard led the assault as Locutus, fully aware of what was happening with no power to stop it.

Once the threat has been taken care of, the Enterprise is granted some much needed shore leave, returning to Earth to do so. Picard takes the opportunity to visit his brother Robert's family in France, enjoying the time with his nephew and sister-in-law, though immediately butting heads with his brother.

This continues, while the old-school Robert seems to scoff at the notions that Jean-Luc has about technology and advancement. Their bickering intensifies until, in a very un-Picard manner, the two of them erupt into a fistfight in the middle of their vineyard.

While they stop the fight within moments, even going so far as to laugh about the state of their mud-covered bodies, Jean-Luc's laughter turns to tears as he finally breaks down, spilling the trauma he feels about his inability to stop the Borg. His brother, listening with empathy, manages to get the last word in. The great Jean-Luc Picard is human after all.

They help each other up, their relationship stronger for it.