I hoped for Barclay but it’s Beverly Crusher.

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    I really would love for this community to implement tags of some kind. I honestly couldn’t care less about what characters are doing in the comics.

    I can’t be the only one getting a little tired of clickbaity headlines like this exploiting the ambiguity.

    Edit: Big props to OP for editing the title.

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    don’t understand Barclay stans.

    He was problematic AF and then when he did have confidence, he was always a bit of a dick. And he had the absolute worse combover in starfleet.

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      Barclay’s actor has become a truly odious person in real life –– I don’t think the TNG cast (Stewart in particular) would have agreed to have him on the show.

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        Yeah, sadly that’s my impression as well. I really like his acting style and remember him especially for this scene. But it’s not easy to separate the artist from his art.

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    Command and medical are two separate tracks though. Would a captain of a hospital ship need a medical degree?

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      That’s true but I would think that the career path to captain would be more agnostic. Starfleet would benefit from having captains with tactical backgrounds, scientific. Backgrounds etc.

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      Probably not need but it would be helpful when determine where to apply what limited resources (time, staff, ship location) is most needed for a given mission

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    Underrated? More like boring and uninspired character. She was almost as annoying as her son on the show.

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      I’m watching the first season of TNG now with someone who’s never seen it before. That’s forced me to look at the series with fresh eyes. One thing that strikes me is that TNG took a lot of risks in the beginning to make a new kind of Star Trek. I see the Crushers as one. Some risks didn’t work out as well as others, but Star Trek overall benefited. IMO, it would be edifying revisit Dr. Crusher and see more character growth like in Picard.

      Edit: grammar

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        Wesley’s mom, a main character, was initially going to be the ship’s teacher. They shifted her over to the empty doctor position without changing much about her. Then they made a new teacher who was also changed to be a bridge character, as the ship’s pilot.

        While Riker and Troi are adapted from Decker and Ilea, Beverly was more extrapolated from yeomen Colt, Smith, and Rand.

        Edit: specifically, their bios were mostly about a potential relationship with the captain, how competent they were (making them reasonable mates for him), and having the “walk of a striptease queen.”

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            I think that’s fair. Star trek has always had a weird mix of ultra-professionalism and horn-dogging.

            They have not only eliminated scarcity, they have eliminated sexual jealousy too. Don’t ask how. Now go talk to the nice green lady!