Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
Star Trek : The Next Generationoften underutilized Dr. Beverly Crusher , despite being the Chief Medical Officer on the USS Enterprise - D.Dr . Crusher was an intelligent and compassionate doctor , who served as CMO while also caring for her teen son , Wesley Crusher(Wil Wheaton ) . Dr. Crusher attend to under the instruction of Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) , who was her close , personal booster and potential dear interest . ThroughoutTNG , Picard and Crusher come out to display feelings for one another , but they never unfeignedly explore a romantic relationship .
When given hearty material , the versatile Gates McFadden proved she had the play attainment to do more , but Dr. Beverly Crusher was often sidelined in favor of otherStar Trek : The Next Generationcharacters . Not only was Dr. Crusher unceremoniously replaced inTNGseason 2 , but she also got less development than many ofTNG’smale characters . WhileStar Trek : The Next Generationwas liberal in many way , it sometimes fail its distaff characters . Although Beverly did n’t make out quite as badly as Counselor Deanna Troi ( Marina Sirtis ) in this regard , there were several times throughoutTNGwhen Dr. Crusher deserve well .
Gates McFadden has had many capital second during her metre as Dr. Beverly Crusher , and here are 10 of her best episodes from TNG and Picard .
5Dr. Crusher Was Unceremoniously Replaced In Star Trek: TNG Season 2
Gates McFadden was fired after TNG season 1.
Despite being a popular character withStar Trek : The Next Generationfans , Dr. Beverly Crusher was replace inTNGseason 2 by Dr. Katherine Pulaski ( Diana Muldaur).With a harsh bedside style than Crusher , Pulaski was meant to canalize the personality of Dr. Leonard McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ) fromStar Trek : The Original Series . However , this dynamic did n’t work as well onTNG , and Pulaski raise less popular among fan than Crusher was .
In - population , Dr. Beverly Crusher ’s going was excuse with a line of dialogue about how she had become Head of Starfleet Medical , but the substantial reason had to do with behind - the - shot conflicts . Star Trek : The Next Generationseason 2 showrunnerMaurice Hurley disliked Gates McFaddenand the character of Dr. Crusher , so he had her fired after season 1.It mat funny and unfair for Dr. Crusher to be replaced with so little ostentation , especially take her Logos Wesley remained on the Enterprise .
Dr. Crusher returned inStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 3 and remained for the rest of the series , thanks for the most part to support from rooter and a plea from Patrick Stewart himself .
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4Beverly Crusher Was One-Dimensional As A Caregiver & Mother
Dr. Crusher had the potential to be so much more.
One of Dr. Beverly Crusher ’s most important attributes was her unsounded empathy and sentence regarding proper and faulty . Crusher was one of the few USS Enterprise - D officers who would openly gainsay Captain Picard when she felt it necessary , and she sometimes violated the Prime Directive in the name of compassionateness . While this was certainly a effectiveness of Dr. Crusher ’s , she seldom get to be anything else . While characters like Lt . Commander Data ( Brent Spiner ) and Lt . Worf ( Michael Dorn ) get to be many different things , Beverly was stereotype as the compassionate Dr. and matronly mother .
Although Dr. Crusher and her son Wesley always seem to have a confirming female parent / son relationship , Beverly was too often reduced to play the use of a nagging , sitcom - flair mother . Wesley would go to the manlike crowd members on the Enterprise for advice , whichGates McFadden has say she found insult . While it makes sense that Wesley would seek out a Church Father figure for certain trouble , he seems like the character of son who would have trusted his mom ’s advice , too .
3Dr. Crusher Never Got To Have A True Romance With Captain Picard
Both Crusher & Picard had other love interests throughout TNG.
AlthoughStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 1 teased a quixotic connection between Dr. Beverly Crusher and Captain Jean - Luc Picard , the two were never allowed to officially become a couple on screen . This was largely due toStar Trekcreator Gene Roddenberry , who did n’t need to sway up the status quo ofTNG’screw so drastically . Picard ’s friendship with Beverly ’s at rest first hubby , Lt . Commander Jack R. Crusher ( Doug Wert ) , also complicated topic , but Beverly and Jean - Luc understandably wish about each other from the start .
Although they never officially pose together on screen , Jean - Luc Picard and Beverly Crusher share a love life story that has stick out for decennium .
ThroughoutStar Trek : The Next Generation , Captain Picard stay on close off from most of his crew members , seldom reveal his true feelings . Although Beverly Crusher was more open in her relationships , she held back from admitting her feelings for Picard . Neither Beverly nor Jean - Luc amply express their feelings for one another untilTNGseason 7 , episode 8 , " Attached,“but it ’s only because they can hear one another ’s thoughts . TheStar Trek : The Next Generationmoviesignored Beverly and Jean - Luc ’s account , rather couple Captain Picard with other passion pursuit .
Star Trek: The Next Generation follows Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D as they embark on interstellar explorations, seeking out new worlds and civilizations.
Star Trek : Picardseason 3 bring out that Beverly and Jean - Luc did go on a romantic vacation sometime afterStar Trek : Nemesis , which later resulted in the parentage of Jack Crusher ( Ed Speleers ) . Beverly kept Jack from Jean - Luc , however , fearing for her son ’s base hit in the face of Picard ’s many opposition .
2Star Trek: TNG’s “Chain of Command” Fails Dr. Crusher
Crusher could have been an action hero, as well as a doctor, scientist, and mother.
InStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 6 , episode 10 , " Chain of Command , Part I " , Dr. Crusher joins Captain Picard and Lt . Worf ( Michael Dorn ) on a covert deputation to destroy Cardassian biologic weapons . While this sets up a fun , more action at law - oriented story for Dr. Crusher , " Chain of Command " ultimately fails the Enterprise doctor . While training for the mission , Beverly fight to keep up , even though she should have gone through all the same forcible breeding as the humankind around her .
Although Crusher is on this particular mission to identify and destroy any biotoxins , she is push to expend her " feminine magic spell " to convince a Ferengi to provide her squad with transport . Crusher later gets cover by debris while crawling through a cave , prompt Worf to go back and rescue her . “Chain of Command " had the chance to supply more layer to Beverly Crusher by showing her competency as a Starfleet police officer . Instead , the episode reduces Crusher to a pretty face and a demoiselle in distraint .
Star Trek : Picardseason 3 ultimately gave looker a more three - dimensional reading of Dr. Crusher , showing that she can be a compassionate doctor , a brilliant scientist , a enceinte mother , and fire a weapons system of rules with frightening truth .
1Dr. Crusher Had A Bizarre Romance With A Ghost In Star Trek: TNG’s “Sub Rosa”
Beverly’s romance with Ronin in TNG season 7, episode 14, “Sub Rosa” is out of character.
Last , but not least , Star Trek : The Next Generation’sinfamous ghost romanceepisode , " Sub Rosa , " is not a dandy spirit for Dr. Beverly Crusher . When Beverly attends her gran ’s funeral on Caldos IV , she encounters a " spectre " named Ronin ( Duncan Regehr),who her nanna had been involved with romantically . Ronin claim to now be in love with Beverly , and he manipulates her mind so that she develops touch for him , too .
Dr. Crusher so believes herself to be in love with Ronin , that she leaves her emplacement on the Enterprise to live on Caldos IV with him . When Captain Picard radiate down to question Ronin , Ronin assail him , which help snap Beverly out of her infatuation with the ghostly being . Ronin then reveal himself to be an anaphasic alien who has fed on the fair sex of Beverly ’s family for multiplication . Dr. Crusher finally thwarts Ronin , but the whole story is simply bizarre , and it ’s inauspicious that it remains one of Crusher ’s most memorable episodes ofStar Trek : The Next Generation .
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Star Trek : The Next Generation take after Captain Jean - Luc Picard and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D as they embark on interstellar explorations , seeking out new worlds and civilizations .
