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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54. It's The Dark 'n' Gritty Zootopia
53. Modesty Slime (Star Trek: Lower Decks1.01)
52. 2020 Keeps On 2020ing
51. James Riberius Kirk
50. Riker Is Blanche
49. Living My Red, Spiky Truth
48. A 100% Patient Fatality Rate
47. Pride And Prejudice In The Original Romulan
46. #MeToo: Terok Nor
45. Affable Evil and the Chaos Agents
44. Screw You, Rick Berman (Picard 1.10)
43. #notallorganics (Picard 1.09)
42. Ask A (Romulan) Manager (Picard 1.08)
41. As Organic As A Happy Meal (Picard 1.07)
40. Impossible Girls (Picard 1.06)
39. They Were All Wearing Eyepatches (Picard 1.05)
38. The September Issue of Coloniser Monthly (Picard 1.04)
37. Proto-Existentialist Sad Boy (Picard 1.03)
36. Romulans! Romulans Everywhere! (Picard 1.02)
35. Romulan Fish Nuns (Picard 1.01)
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