Journey's End

Episode aired Mar 26, 1994
TV-PG
45m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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Wil Wheaton in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

After the Federation grants access by the Cardassians to a planet already inhabited by Native Americans, Picard has the daunting task of relocating them.After the Federation grants access by the Cardassians to a planet already inhabited by Native Americans, Picard has the daunting task of relocating them.After the Federation grants access by the Cardassians to a planet already inhabited by Native Americans, Picard has the daunting task of relocating them.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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Trivia
Jeri Taylor intended the Native American colony in this episode to be the home of Voyager character Chakotay, though this was never mentioned on screen.

Goofs
Beverly speaks to Wesley about the Traveler, but mistakenly says that he is from Tau Ceti. Both Where No One Has Gone Before (1987), and Remember Me (1990) had established that the Traveler was from Tau Alpha C. However, this may have been retconned because 'Tau Ceti' is correct astronomical terminology (Star 'T' in the constellation Cetus) but 'Tau Alpha' is meaningless. (Stars are designated by a Greek letter and the name of the constellation, e.g., Alpha Geminorum, star 'A' in Gemini.)

Quotes
Lakanta: What do you think is sacred to us here?
Wesley Crusher: Maybe the necklace you're wearing? The designs on the walls?
Lakanta: Everything is sacred to us - the buildings, the food, the sky, the dirt beneath your feet - and you. Whether you believe in your spirit or not, we believe in it. You are a sacred person here, Wesley.
Wesley Crusher: I think that's the first time anyone's used that particular word to describe me.

Connections
Featured in Star Trek Insurrection Review (2009)

Soundtracks
Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage

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Featured review

9/10

A Different Path

As season 7, it's final season closes on Star Trek: The Next Generation this episode marks the fate of Wesley Crusher who goes on a much different path that what seemed to be marked out for him as the series began. This is Wil Wheaton's farewell performance in the role for the television series.

Captain Picard has a delicate situation. Several generations ago an American Indian tribe moved to a planet to preserve their culture and identity. But that planet became part of the Cardassian-Federation dispute and war. Now it is part of the treaty which assigns it to Cardassian jurisdiction.

It is suggested that they move but they've got an understandable fear of treaties.

How Wil Wheaton figures in all of this is for you to watch and see how it unfolds. But in the end he makes a life altering decision.

This episode belongs to him and to Gates McFadden. The scenes with mother and son are really touching.

My disappointment is that this seemed like the premise of another TV series with Wesley Crusher. It's obvious someone had this mind at least at some point. It should have been made so.

One of my favorite TNG episodes. A must for Trekkies everywhere.