There's no doubt that Beverley erred majorly in not telling Jean-Luc about Jack (and I don't think the show is really trying to absolve her of that), but it also helps dispel the myth about perfect Humans, IMO.
Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 3x02 - "Disengage"
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I think that myth permanently died with Roddenberry. Thank God.
I think it continued after Roddenberry passed and was ultimately an aspect of the Berman Era in general.
Humans are gonna human. It is much more interesting when they do.
Well, they're only perfect on Earth.
"It's easy to be a Saint in Paradise."
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The same one she lives in. Except now she’s a space smuggler medicins sans frontier combo. I think the vineyard would have been safer.
Hell, Starfleet Academy on Earth would have been safer for Jack than being on the Eleos. But Beverly's been in survival mode ever since her husband was killed and she was left a single mother of a very small child so to her this is common sense and a perfectly logical decision. The one member of her family she feels she actually can be there in person to protect and keep by her side.
Beverley lost both her husband and first son while they were on ships with Jean-Luc. She may not have wanted a three-peat with Jack. It's not an excuse for what she did, but it may been what she was thinking.
She never lost Wesley because he never died. While he is living on another plane of existence, he's out there doing good on pretty much a galactic level. What more can a parent ask for?
Him to call every once in a while.
Grandkids.
Or maybe it's not rational because managing loss is not always a rational process.
That is a fair point... to her, he may as well be dead because she has no way of knowing he's around.
But he is living on a level that's above what a vast majority of humans are capable of. That has to be some comfort.
But he is living on a level that's above what a vast majority of humans are capable of. That has to be some comfort.
I mean, maybe? Every parent is different and their desire for their child is to accomplish something but also to be involved in the parents lives in some way. So it might be a great accomplishment and also feeling very lonely.
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I await her motivation on screen — I don’t think that will be it. As a story element, I have zero problems with it.
I have to point out that Wesley was back for the wedding of Troi and Riker, years after leaving with the traveler.
Did that scene actually make it in the final cut, though? I honestly can't remember, it's been a long time.
No, it was cut. So it's not canon.
Oh, Wesley was there alright. The only non-canon stuff now is what he said in his spoken lines to Picard at the wedding.
Exaclty: we don't canonically know how he ended up there but we definitely know he was.
