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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14. Disco 211 - Definitely Sad and Gross
13. Disco 210 - Nearly Shatnerian
12. Disco 209 - A Super-Powered Google
11. Disco 208 - Walking Around With A Head Vina
10. Disco 207 - The Squid Ships It
09. Disco 206 - Walks Like A Squid Sister
08. Disco 205 - A Hot Mushroom Man
07. Disco 204 - She's Like A Little Yo-Yo!
06. Disco 2.03 - Klingon Botox
05. Disco 2.02 - So Spock all the time
04. Disco 2.01 - He's Not Like A Regular Captain, He's A Cool Captain
03. Insecurity Chiefs
02. The Ultimate Wing Woman
01. Manic Pixie Dream Vina (The Cage)
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