“I Don’t Like My Performance At All:” Wil Wheaton Gets Candid About One Of Wesley Crusher’s Most Famous Star Trek: The Next Generation Episodes

Wil Wheaton gets very candid about his performance as Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generationseason 5's episode. "The First Duty." Wheaton left TNG as a series regular in season 4, but he returned to portray Wesley, who was involved in a cover-up of the death of a fellow Starfleet Academy cadet. "The First Duty" is a fan-favorite Star Trek: The Next Generation episode for its depiction of Starfleet Academy, and it influenced Star Trek from years to come, including the creation of Star Trek: Lower Decks.