At various stages of TNG's development, the Enterprise's resident teen genius was going to be Leslie Crusher -- a girl. Anika and Liz wonder what it would have been like to have a girl STEM genius on television in 1987. Would she have been well-written? Would audiences have hated her as much as Wesley? Would she have inspired girls of our generation to become engineers?
We also talk about similar characters and significant female characters in other media, including...
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170. Kovich Ex Machina (Discovery 5.06)
169. (Anika's Version) (Discovery 5.05)
168. Wig Continuity (Discovery 5.04)
167. Trust the Process (Discovery 5.03)
166. His Holiness Pope David Cronenberg (Disco 5.01 and 5.02)
165. Hallmark Trek (VOY 5.22)
164. The Sito Jaxa Duology (TNG 5.19 and 7.15)
163. PUA seeks Tradwife (TOS 1.22)
162. Certain Type of Feminism-Coded
161. Holding Hands at the Malt Shop
160. Chekov’s Genesis Device (LD 4.10)
159. Lower Decks: Friendship is Magic (LD 4.09)
158. The Vendorians Work For the Bourgeoisie [LD 4.08]
157. The Three Laws of Evil Robotics [LD 4.07]
156. Cop Landlords Slash Fic (LD 4.06)
155. The Overthinking Podcast (LD 4.05)
154. Hijinks and Bad Sex Ideas (LD 4.04)
153. The Cosmic Koala (LD 4.03)
152. Hijinks Bonding (LD 4.01 and 4.02)
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