10 Greatest New Beginnings In Star Trek

8. Wesley Leaves Starfleet To Join The Traveller

For this entry, a certain level of future knowledge is required. As it stands Journey's End is a bit of a mixed episode. Wil Wheaton returned to The Next Generation for the final time (on the small screen) to give Wesley Crusher some closure. He is argumentative and abrasive and manages to annoy just about everyone. He then goes on a vision quest on the Dorvan colony, stops time, and goes off with the Traveler.

While the episode is a little unsatisfying, it is what we have learned in the years since that makes this the start of something special. Once he began his travels, Wesley was inducted into the Supervisors - a collective who worked on behalf of the Travelers.

By the time Dal and the Protostar crew meet Wesley, he seems to have graduated toward becoming a Traveler himself. Though his existence may be a confusing one, it is exciting, and offers the young man the full scope of possibilities for his Mozart-level genius, as Eric Menyuk's Traveler once described him. 

Knowing where Wesley ends up makes Journey's End a far more satisfying watch, while it also signalled the true beginnings of the Maquis.