STAR TREK: PICARD: Wil Wheaton Explains Why Wesley Crusher Hasn't Visited His Mom
Star Trek: Picard Season 3 took Star Trek fans on an incredible adventure and it was so awesome to see the original crew from Star Trek: The Next Generation reunite for one final journey as the once again faced off with the Borg.
Picard (Patrick Stewart), William Riker (Jonathan Frakes), Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis), Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Worf (Michael Dorn), Data (Brent Spiner), and Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) were all back and they even got to return to their original USS Enterprise-D ship, which was amazing!
One character we didn’t see return, however, was Wil Wheaton’s Wesley Crusher. Wheaton did appear as in the Star Trek: Picard Season 2 finale, where he invited Kore Soong to join him as a member of the Travelers, who work to keep all of time and space running smoothly. But, we learn in Season 3 that Wesley has never visited his mom, Beverly Crusher. She hasn't seen her son since he left the Enterprise-D with the Traveler in the final season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
So, why in the hell hasn’t Wesley visited his mom? What kind of son doesn’t visit his mother!? Well, Wheaton offered an explanation on Facebook. His explanation isn’t really canon, but he says that it’s "as close to an official answer as you're going to get." His explanation deals with his character being a Traveler and harkens back to when Wesley breaks a Traveler rule to ask Jean-Luc Picard for some advice before deciding if he should go back in time to recruit Kore. This storyline came from the story Wheaton wrote in IDW Publishing's Star Trek #400. Wheaton said:
"One of the fundamental rules of being in the Travelers is that, once you've joined, you must NEVER interact directly with the people, places, planets, etc. that were part of your previous life, because it can affect your judgment and break reality. Wesley would like nothing more than to visit his mom, and meet his brother. But he knows that not seeing them is a sacrifice he has to make in service of something so much bigger than anything else in his reality."
So, there ya go! That’s why Wesley hasn’t visited his mom. It’s kind of sad!