10 Deleted Scenes That Explain Confusing Star Trek Moments

The Mystery:

What was Wesley Crusher doing at Riker and Troi's wedding and where did Beverly go?

The Deleted Scene:

Rightly hated by fans and non-fans alike, Star Trek Nemesis favors underwhelming action set pieces (a pointless dune buggy chase, a protracted space battle) over the characters its supposed to be bidding farewell to.

Still, tons of footage was shot to tie up the Enterprise crew's arcs only to be cut from the film. Much of this footage is simple but useful character development: Picard and Data musing over the passage of time; Riker, Troi, and Worf sharing a meal in Ten Forward; Worf expressing his long held suspicion of the Romulans. But other material actually explained what happened to these people and gave both Wesley and Beverly Crusher something of a send off.

Set immediately after Picard's toast at Riker and Troi's wedding, material deleted from the film actually gives Wil Wheaton's Wesley Crusher dialogue. In it, he reveals he's off to join Riker and Troi on the USS Titan and Picard comments on seeing Wesley back in Starfleet. The exchange doesn't actually explain why Wesley and the Traveler broke up, but it's at least an acknowledgment of the last time we saw the former acting ensign. And hey, Wil Wheaton gets a few lines after an eight year absence from the franchise rather than the glorified background role he has in the final cut.

Wesley's mother, Beverly, is treated just slightly better in Star Trek Nemesis but she still just up and disappears before the film's conclusion without explanation. That explanation was included in a deleted scene that showed Beverly had departed the Enterprise-E and was now head of Starfleet Medical. Might've been a nice conclusion for a character who often had nothing to do when she wasn't having sex with a candle ghost.