Star Trek: 10 WORST Things Captain Picard Has Ever Done

This is one of the stranger events in Picard’s list. Though he was self-admittedly terrible with children, he was well aware of who Wesley was, having known Beverly for years. He brought the body of Jack Crusher home to the family, so young person though he was, Wesley was no simple stranger. 

With that, is that why Picard felt in a position to tell him to shut up in front of the entire bridge crew? During the show’s first season, Wesley slowly earned a place on the bridge, usually by showcasing some new innovation that endeared him to the officers, while admittedly giving audiences pause. However, despite his brash child’s nature, he became the butt of the joke.

Picard, displaying a short temper that rarely came to the surface, barked at him to shut up, loud, in front of his mother. Wesley was almost immediately cowed. Unfortunately, the script decided to make the scene into a joke, as Crusher quickly defends, then also shuts him down. It is one of the least Picard-like moments of the character on-screen, even if it did come so early in The Next Generation.