Story: Evolution
Written By: Michael Piller
Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Year: 1989
A whole new season brings some changes. Dr. Crusher returns to the Enterprise after a year at Starfleet medical, but now that she’s back, she is having some trouble relating to her son. That’s okay Beverly, almost everyone in the audience is too. She is afraid he is too wrapped up in his responsibilities and studies to act like a normal teen, and she is right.
The Enterprise has a scientist on board who is about to perform the final act of his lifetime experiment…he will finally get his chance. But Wesley’s final project for a class goes wrong, and some nanites escape and evolve, to a point that the entire ship is acting weird…to dangerous levels.
It is a solid opener for this season, re-introduces the audience to Beverly Crusher, and makes Wesley seem flawed, which is nice, because he was far too often regarded as everyone’s favorite little genius…and that is hard to both buy and relate too. Now he is a smart kid who isn’t perfect, and that is a hell of a lot more interesting to watch.
NEXT TIME: Tau Cygna V
Written By: Michael Piller
Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Year: 1989
A whole new season brings some changes. Dr. Crusher returns to the Enterprise after a year at Starfleet medical, but now that she’s back, she is having some trouble relating to her son. That’s okay Beverly, almost everyone in the audience is too. She is afraid he is too wrapped up in his responsibilities and studies to act like a normal teen, and she is right.
It is a solid opener for this season, re-introduces the audience to Beverly Crusher, and makes Wesley seem flawed, which is nice, because he was far too often regarded as everyone’s favorite little genius…and that is hard to both buy and relate too. Now he is a smart kid who isn’t perfect, and that is a hell of a lot more interesting to watch.
NEXT TIME: Tau Cygna V