After a flash of white light, Picard wakes up back on the Enterprise and, while he has lived a full life as Kamin is his mind, mere minutes have passed on the ship.
This episode fundamentally changes Picard, with ramifications that follow through in “Lessons” and into Star Trek: Generations.
After a mysterious alien probe puts him into a coma, Picard wakes up off of the Enterprise and the strangers around him are all calling him Kamin.
One of TNG’s most beloved episodes, “The Inner Light” finds Picard living a life not lived.