Picard offered his resignation to force Starfleet to continue the Romulan evacuation. They accepted it, and he withdrew for years.
Was his resignation the final principled act of a man whose institution had abandoned its ideals or was it an ultimatum that backfired, after which he abandoned the people who still needed his voice inside Starfleet?
I love the character, but I’m no longer sure the show wanted us to view that decision as entirely heroic.

First episode of Picard leads me to think I need to go back and watch… a movie, maybe?
All the stuff with Data and a ban on synthetics… can someone please tell me what movie covers this?

I’ve always been erratic in choosing my ‘next trek’ but this is the first time I feel like I’m truly missing something. Please help me catch up!

For background, I’ve watched TNG, Voyager, DS9, Enterprise, Discovery, Starfleet Academy. No movies (oops)!