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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74. Talking Dolphins
73. The Rick Berman Problem
72. What About Manperson?
71. Edith Keeler in the 23rd Century
70. Clinton-Era Star Trek
69. She’s A Queen, Motherf****er! (Discovery 3.13)
68. A Little Capitalism, As A Treat (Discovery 3.12)
67. The Last Dilithiumbender (Discovery 3.11)
66. Ebenezer Georgiou (Discovery 3.10)
65. Harlan Ellison’s Angry Ghost (Discovery 3.09)
64. Starfleet Is A Social Construct (Discovery 3.08)
63. Michael and Ahsoka (Discovery 3.07)
62. Blue Redshirt (Discovery 3.06)
61. Fetch Quest (Discovery 3.05)
60. Trilling Around (Discovery 3.04)
59. It's Just A Really Good Tree, Man (Discovery 3.03)
58.Sexy Neelix (Discovery 3.01 and 3.02)
57. A Tale of Two Romulan Commanders
56. At Least One Pon Farr
55. The Trekkie's Mantra
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