Why did Wheaton depart TNG?
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Why did Wil Wheaton quit Star Trek: The Next Generation? Introduced in TNG's series premiere, "Encounter at Farpoint," Wesley was the highly intelligent prodigal son of Chief Medical Officer Dr. Beverly Crusher . Having a teenager on the USS Enterprise-D bridge thinking he knew better than the adults grated on fans, who made no secret of how they'd grown weary of Wesley.
The Real Reason Wil Wheaton Quit Star Trek When Wil Wheaton left Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1990, he was only 18 years old. In his recently updated memoir, Still Just a Geek, he recalls being a 16-year-old and thinking: "I'm going to prove to everyone that I can do more with my life than just be on Star Trek." Wheaton has been open about the emotional abuse he suffered at the hands of his parents.
Looking back at Star Trek: TNG, it's apparent that the writers didn't quite know what to do with Wesley Crusher. As one of the few young people on this ship full of experienced Starfleet officers, he should have been someone for young audience members to relate to. Just as the team behind TNG failed Wesley Crusher, the people who should've been his biggest supporters failed Wil Wheaton.
However, between the reunited cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the introduction of several new characters, including Jack Crusher , the son of Admiral Jean-Luc Picard and Dr. Beverly Crusher, adding Wesley as a Traveler into that mix may simply have been too much. Though the creators behind Picard have not revealed the exact reason Wheaton was not asked to return, Wheaton himself revealed a potential explanation on his social media pages.
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