Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 4 – "No Win Scenario"Star Trek: Picard season 3 has put the spotlight back on the family of Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), a family that's been crucial to the franchise since the earliest days of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Beverly and her kin have been important players in the life of Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) for years before the events of TNG. Beverly and Jean-Luc would eventually form one of the strongest bonds over TNG's seven seasons and four feature films.
Conspicuously absent from the first two seasons of Star Trek: Picard, Beverly Crusher made her long awaited return in the very first moments of season 3's debut episode "The Next Generation." In the same episode, it's revealed Beverly's former shipmates from the USS Enterprise-D have not had any contact with her for decades, a mystery that haunts them, especially Picard. The revelation of the reason behind's Beverly's absence is a gut punch for Picard, yet another chapter in the Crusher family tale that not only affects Picard, but the entirety of the TNG crew and story.
