Star Trek’s Worst Movie Redeems Beloved Character

For longtime Star Trek fans, that adds some pleasantly crunchy complexity to both Picard as a character and his relationship with Wesley. For much of The Next Generation, Picard tries to teach Wesley how to be the perfect Starfleet officer.

But in Insurrection, we discover that Picard ended up learning something equally important from Wesley: if the first duty of a Starfleet officer really is to the truth, it’s important to stand up against hypocrisy, lies, and injustice, no matter what your official orders are.