If you don't know what happens in the season two finale of Star Trek: Picard, you should stop reading immediately.
The series finale of Star Trek:... features Wil Wheaton as the Traveler.
He's back! The season two finale of Star Trek: Picard, which was released Thursday, featured Wil Wheaton, the host of the Paramount+ streaming series The Ready Room.
For the first time since the movie Star Trek: Nemesis was released two decades ago, Wheaton reprised the role of the boy genius of Starfleet, now known as The Traveler.
I love him. I am fond of the man, the person, the person, the person, the person, the person, the person, the person, the person, the person, the person, the person, the person, the person, the person, the person, the person, the person, It is an honor to be the actor who plays him. I have no idea what will happen next in his story, but I am excited to find out. I cannot wait to be a part of it if it turns out that there is more to his story.
Right, Wil Wheaton, with an actor on Star Trek: Picard.
In this week's new episode of his talk show, Wheaton shared more about the experience with readers of his blog and viewers of The Ready Room.
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Don't want to make this all about me, but you may have seen Picard in the Star Trek: season two finale. That was me! Your boy was given the chance to play a character in the 21st century.
The first two seasons of Star Trek: The Next...
When he and I worked on the Enterprise, I couldn't fully feel any of those things. I didn't think I'd be able to love being Wesley in the moment. I am so grateful that I did.
He said that his character is not the same as when he played it 30 years ago.
One thing both sides agree on is that he is a character that divided fans into those who loved to hate him and those who saw themselves in him.
Being a part of the Star Trek legacy will bring in fans from all over the world, including billionaires, astronauts, presidents, kings and even a secretary of state who recently passed away: Madeleine Albright.
In a January interview, he said he planted the seeds of a comeback with Akiva Goldsman at the Star Trek Day celebration last September.
You can watch the full interview with Wil Wheaton here.
The Paramount's 2nd Annual "Star Trek Day" Celebration at Skirball Cultural Center will take place on September 8, 2021. The photo was taken by Tommaso Boddi.
In The Ready Room video, Goldsman reveals that his colleague Terry Matalas introduced the idea of bringing back Wesley as a way to resolve a plot point.
It was the first time in the history of the Star Trek universe that people went to war over a character.
Matalas and Goldsman won the battle to bring back Wesley. The audiobook narrator told me in our interview that it would have been fun to appear on one of the animated series, such as Star Trek: Lower Decks, or introduce his character to a new generation on Star Trek.
Wil Wheaton is on the far left with the cast of Star Trek: Nemesis posing for a wedding picture. All of the major characters from the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series appeared together for the last time.
The cast of Picard are my family. If I had the chance to work with my family again, it would be a challenge, I would weep most of the day, it would be difficult. A business person would tell me to play it coy. I know that Star Trek is fond of me. I know that we would all work hard to make it happen.
It looks like that won't be happening. Although several actors from Star Trek: The Next Generation will appear in the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard, Wheaton was not among them.
Fans weighed in, some delighted at the snub, many more dismayed, and Wheaton himself wrote about it.
I share some of your sadness, but I choose to focus on how special it will be to see my family again.
The New York Times hardcover nonfiction list and the combined hardcover and ebook nonfiction list have both ranked Still Just A Geek: An Annotated Memoir in the top ten.
Wil Wheaton's memoir has a cover.
He opens up about his life, love, battle with depression, career choices and his birth family in his memoir. He describes how he came to terms with a painful childhood and how he found fulfillment in the new phases of his career.
The man who was my father was not a father to me at all, according to Wheaton.
Before writing his book, the father of Ryan and Nolan said he had to unlearn the harmful behaviors that had been modeled to him and therapy helped him deal with chronic depression.
I have spent all this time with teenagers and early 20s me. I am almost 50. He imagines telling his younger self that he can do this for him.
The Star Trek Tour - North American Debut was held at the Queen Mary Dome in Long Beach, Calif., on January 17, 2008. Chris Polk has an exclusive photo.
In promoting his book, he has been logging long hours on tour, recording new episodes of The Ready Room and dealing with a lot of celebrity drama. William Shatner was recently quoted, complaining about having to answer questions about a long-ago feud with Wheaton, which the author discussed in great detail in his memoir.
Shatner directed a film called Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, which was on the set of Next Generation. He was 16 years old. He was excited to meet Captain Kirk. He recalled that Shatner was a dick to him.
The New York Post reported on this excerpt from the memoir, and Shatner blocked this reporter on social media for writing about his boorish behavior on social media. Shatner said it was a ploy to promote the book.
On Facebook, Wheaton responded.
I feel bad for Bill, and it hasn't been an issue between us. Someone decided to write a real click-baity article that made Bill seem unimportant, and that just doesn't sit right with me. I don't appreciate the effort to drum up a fake feud or controversy for the sake of clicks.
A few weeks ago, a media moment came when Jerry O Connell and Stand By Me co-star, Robert Wheaton, appeared on The Talk.
Left to right, River Phoenix, Jerry O&Connell and Wil Wheaton.
O'Connell apologized to his co-star when they were kids for not supporting him when he was on set. They were just 11 years old, and Wheaton talked about how he dealt with his trauma.
The controversy surrounding comedian Dave Chappelle has made headlines. The comic and the company have come under fire for the way they responded to the criticism of what he said about the trans community.
The scandal brought to mind a personal episode of shame for Wheaton, and he wrote a long post on his Facebook page in December of 2021. Talking about it got him fired up.
He told me that when he confronted his own homophobia, it had been normalized. Chappelle does all of these things. He is very close to the face of the anti-trans person.
We talked about his interviews with the queer actors on Star Trek: Discovery, as well as why he is a strong ally.
Shame on the people who are so worried and preoccupied with their own access, influence, and social standing that they are willing to put all of that ahead of the fundamental right. That is not right. It makes me angry.
The full video of our conversation can be watched on the internet.
A science fiction writer who has been associated with the Star Trek franchise for over 50 years is the reason why Wheaton's career and marriage to Anne are all thanks to. The Trouble With Tribbles was written by David Gerrold, and he is a fan favorite.
When Next Generation was being developed, Gene really wanted a teenage character to bring kids in.
David said that it was a really bad idea. The Brady Bunch character who has since become a TV trope is Will Robinson. It does not work. If you are going to do this, you need an actor who can bring this kind of pathos to this character.
David Gerrold was at the Egyptian Theatre for the Star Trek 50th anniversary celebration. The photo was taken by Albert L. Ortega.
Gerrold sent me a message on Facebook saying that it was true.
Gerrold thought of Wil Wheaton when he was added to the ensemble. I wrote a memo saying we should consider him for the part. I was thrilled when he was cast in the part because I thought that he should be the one playing the character. I had the chance to tell him to give Big bang a chance. He played himself in so many great episodes that I laughed my ass off. I am proud to call him a friend.
He told me that it was a source of great anxiety that the show was a version of himself.
I loved every second of it. I loved the cast. I liked the writers. He said that every single second he was on that stage was great. He said that it took him 10 years to feel comfortable and that he deserved it. I thought I was going to be fired every time. I was convinced that this would be my last episode, but I absolutely loved it.
Gerrold is the linchpin to his success, and everything else he cares about.
Wil and Anne were at Dodger Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., in April 2022.
He traveled on a Star Trek Cruise because of his fame from the series. He met his future wife at a party where they met, after befriending a woman named Stephanie.
I never would have met Anne if I hadn't met her. I wouldn't have been on that cruise if I hadn't been on Star Trek. I would never have been on Star Trek if it weren't for David Gerrold. It keeps going back and back.
Gerrold sold his first television script in 1967. It was about the trilling furballs that are born pregnant. As a fan of the original series, he became an actor who was cast as a member of the next generation.
Next time you see or think about tribbles, think of Wil Wheaton, and the role their creator played in launching him on his career.
Fans are grateful for that, and for the work of the host of his show.
He seems to have taken charge as the lead Trekkie in The Ready Room. He is a fan. He laughs with us and cries with us. I love him on The Ready Room. He has a genuine love for all things Trek. He is so charming to watch him interview the cast and crew.
Wil is host of The Ready Room on Paramount+.
In my full interview, Wheaton answers questions from fans. Click here to watch the video. If you click here, you can learn more about Wil Wheaton's book, Still Just A Geek, and follow him on social media.
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