2025 Notes:
A one-shot “pilot episode” of a series that was never intended to be. The general idea was to take the first season version of Wesley Crusher – the version that was obnoxious and was made to be smarter than all the professionals on the ship – and make him captain of the Enterprise. This was based on readings of Wil Wheaton’s TNG reviews that were eventually compiled into a book called Memories Of The Future.
Shortly after posting, I got a couple comments accusing me of being a Wesley hater – “obviously” because of the overexaggerated nature of his caricature. People seemed to have overlooked that it was intended to be overexaggerated. It says so in the disclaimer as stated below. This was harmless comedy that took something from an actor’s rummaging of his older work and took it to eleventy billion. Also, a Wesley hater would have seen Wesley die at the end of this story; mine ended with Wesley’s daydream interrupted by Captain Picard demanding he get off his chair.
No ill-will towards the character… though I sadly can’t say the same for the actor who portrayed him these days.
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