Warning: SPOILERS forStar Trek: ProdigySeason 2, Episode 12 - “Last Flight of the Protostar, Part II”
Summary
Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2 features the first meeting between Admiral Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden).Star Trek: Voyagerpremiered 29 years ago in 1995, introducing the world to Captain Janeway and the crew of the USS Voyager. After being stranded in the distant Delta Quadrant for seven years, Voyager returned to Earth, where Janeway was quickly promoted to Vice Admiral.Janeway popped up briefly inStar Trek: Nemesisto give Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) orders to travel to Romulus, but she never interacted with Dr. Crusher.
Dr. Beverly Crusher spent much of her Starfleet career as the Chief Medical Officer on the USS Enterprise-D and USS Enterprise-E under the command of Captain Picard. Beverly and her teenage son, Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton), lived together on the Enterprise-D for several years before Wes left, first to study at Starfleet Academy, and then to join the Travelers. As revealed inStar Trek: Picardseason 3, Beverly left the Enterprise-E sometime afterStar Trek: Nemesisto secretly raise her son with Picard, Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) while offering medical aid to those in need.InStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2, Admiral Janeway reaches out to Dr. Crusher to learn more about her Traveler son, Wesley.
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Admiral Janeway Finally Meets Dr. Beverly Crusher In Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2
Two iconic Starfleet women meet for the first time in Prodigy season 2, episode 12, “Last Flight of the Protostar, Part II."
After Admiral Janeway encountered Wesley Crusher and allowed the Protostar kids to travel through his portal, she reached out to Dr. Beverly Crusher for insight into her son. Dr. Crusher was"surprisingly hard to track down,“but Counselor Noum (Jason Alexander) pulled a few strings with Starfleet Medical.Janeway greets Crusher with a reference to the"Shinzon incident"depicted inStar Trek: Nemesisbefore asking about Admiral Picard.A bit flustered by the question, Beverly responds that she hasn’t seen Jean-Luc in a while, meaning she no longer serves on the Enterprise.
Admiral Janeway meeting Dr. Beverly Crusher, with Kate Mulgrew and Gates McFadden voicing their characters, is a historic moment crossing overStar Trek: VoyagerandStar Trek: The Next Generationas well as a face-to-face with two ofStar Trek’s most iconic women.
Admiral Janeway apparently hasn’t spoken to Admiral Picard sinceStar Trek: Nemesisor kept up with the whereabouts of the USS Enterprise-E’s crew, although that’s not particularly surprising as an Admiral with myriad responsibilities, including her own starship missions.Dr. Crusher quickly moves the subject away from Picard, asking about her son, Wesley.Janeway tells Beverly that Wesley saved their lives, but"seemed erratic.“Janeway is clearly worried about the cadets, but Beverly reveals that she hasn’t spoken to her son in years. Still, Beverly assures Janeway that Wes is"a good son with a good heart"and that he must know what he’s doing.
Although not revealed in this particular scene, Beverly had her younger son, Jack Crusher, at home. As he would have been a couple of years old at this point, Beverly has already made the decision to keep him a secret from his father, Jean-Luc Picard.
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After Wesley Crusher helps the Protostar kids save the universe and fix the timeline, he finally visits his mother, Dr. Beverly Crusher. Wes reveals that he doesn’t know how long he can stay in this universe, but Beverly is glad to get whatever time she can with him.In a brief, but heartwarming scene, Beverly hugs her son before introducing him to his younger brother, Jack Crusher.This scene further connectsStar Trek: Prodigywith the rest of theStar Trektimeline, bridging some of the gap between theTNGera andStar Trek: Picard.
There are still many years before the timeline ofStar Trek: Prodigycatches up with that ofStar Trek: Picard,and it remains unknown how Wesley spends the rest of that time.Maybe he visits his mom more throughout the intervening years, in between hopping universes and traveling in time.With the proposedPicardspin-offStar Trek: Legacya no-go at this point, it remains up in the air whether Beverly and Wes will ever reunite in live-action. But even if they don’t,Star Trek: Prodigyseason 2 provided a lovely moment between Beverly and Wesley, her cosmic traveler son, as well as the historic first meeting between Dr. Crusher and Admiral Janeway.
Star Trek: Prodigy
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Star Trek: Prodigy is the first TV series in the Star Trek franchise marketed toward children, and one of the few animated series in the franchise. The story follows a group of young aliens who find a stolen Starfleet ship and use it to escape from the Tars Lamora prison colony where they are all held captive. Working together with the help of a holographic Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), the new crew of the USS Protostar must find their way back to the Alpha Quadrant to warn the Federation of the deadly threat that is pursuing them.
