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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152. Hijinks Bonding (LD 4.01 and 4.02)
Very Short Treks: Skin A Cat
151. Working Girl (Nyota’s Version) (SNW 2.10)
150. Extremely Off-Broadway (SNW 2.09)
150. All Hurt, No Comfort (SNW 2.08)
148. His Job Is Just … Trek (SNW 2.08)
147. Star Trek: Microaggressions (SNW 2.06)
146. Awkward Dinner Party, Vulcan Edition (SNW 2.05)
145. Whose Utopia Is It Anyway? (SNW 2.04)
144. Rom(ulan)Com (SNW 2.03)
143. Star Trek: JAG (SNW 2.02)
141. Fake It Til You Make It (SNW 2.01)
141. The Ninth Episode Curse (Star Trek: Picard season 3 - part 2)
140. The Main Character Of The Federation (Star Trek: Picard season 3 - part 1)
139. Every Trek Everywhere All At Once (Q-Squared)
138. No Trek Home (Q-Squared)
137. Dr Howard and the Multiverse of Trekness (Q-Squared)
136. Into the Trekiverse (Q-Squared)
135. Sensitive New Age Terrorist (TNG 3.12)
134. Android Butt (TNG 1.13)
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