BEVERLY CRUSHER

Doctor 'Beverly Crusher,' played by actress Gates McFadden, was a character on the '' TV show and subsequent films. She was a regular character in the show for all but the second of its seven seasons.
During the character's absence in the second season, the character of Dr. Katherine Pulaski was added to the series.
Dr. Crusher is the chief medical officer on board the USS ''Enterprise''-D and its successor, the USS ''Enterprise''-E. She initially held the rank of Lieutenant Commander until promoted in 2362 to the rank of Commander. She was the head of Starfleet Medical from 2365 to 2366.

Contents

Overview

Crusher and Picard

Key episodes and milestones

External links

Overview

Beverly Howard was born on October 13, 2324 to Paul and Isabel Howard in Copernicus City, Luna.
Her mother died while Beverly was young and she grew up with her grandmother on the Arvada III colony. She attended Starfleet Academy from 2342 to 2350. She married Jack Crusher in 2348 and gave birth to their son Wesley Crusher the following year. Jack Crusher proposed to Beverly Howard by giving her a book called ''How to Advance Your Career Through Marriage'' as a gag gift.
Beverly's husband died on an away mission in 2354, and it took her a long time to recover. Captain Jean-Luc Picard was the first to inform Beverly and her son about Jack's death.
In 2364, Dr. Beverly Crusher was assigned to the USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-D as the chief medical officer under Captain Jean-Luc Picard. She would reintroduce her son Wesley to Captain Picard, who angrily chased the boy off the bridge after Wesley acknowledged an alert. Later, Picard would name Wesley an acting ensign, beginning Wesley's Starfleet career.
During the first year, Dr. Crusher diagnosed and cured a polywater infection that was causing the crew to lose their inhibitions. She was seriously injured in the episode "The Arsenal of Freedom", and would reveal to Picard that her grandmother had taught her about the roots and herbs used by the colony where she grew up.
Dr. Crusher left the ''Enterprise'' for a year when she was offered the head position at Starfleet Medical. During this year, her son remained on board the ''Enterprise''. Crusher was replaced during this time by Dr. Katherine Pulaski.
In 2366, Crusher returned to the ''Enterprise'' and was reunited with her son and fellow officers. She would remain on the ''Enterprise-D'' for the remainder of the ship's service.
After the destruction of the ''Enterprise-D'' at Veridian III, Crusher was assigned, along with most of the ''Enterprise-D'' command crew, to the USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-E. After the events of ''Star Trek Nemesis'' Beverly returns to Starfleet medical, leaving the Enterprise.

Crusher and Picard

There was ongoing romantic tension between Crusher and Jean-Luc Picard. It was first brought up in the episode "The Naked Now". The attraction was later shown in the episode "Allegiance". In it, Jean-Luc, replaced by an alien double, seduced Beverly. The two did not openly bring it up until it was forced into the open by a device implanted in the two by an alien species that allowed them to read each other's thoughts in the episode "Attached". While Picard expressed interest in exploring their mutual attraction, Beverly declined, at least at the time. In the series finale, "All Good Things...", after learning that Picard may acquire a neurological disease sometime in the future, she approaches him in his ready room and kisses him.
In one of Q's timelines in the final episode "All Good Things...", she had married and divorced Picard and been promoted to Captain of the medical ship USS ''Pasteur''. She kept his name, and on one occasion, both of them answered "yes" to someone asking for "Captain Picard".

Key episodes and milestones

Episodes in which Beverly's character is expanded or plays a key role.

★ Encounter at Farpoint - Introduction to her character.

★ Symbiosis - Argues to violate the Prime Directive to save a race from being exploited and manipulated.

★ Remember Me - Becomes trapped in a collapsing alternate universe.

★ The Host - Falls in love with a Trill negotiator and must operate on him to save the negotiations.

★ The High Ground - Kidnapped and held hostage by terrorists.

★ Cause and Effect - Helps save the ship and crew from an infinite time loop.

★ Suspicions - Becomes entangled in a murder-mystery and defies orders.

★ True Q - Befriends and mentors a young girl who is developing omnipotent powers.

★ Descent - Is given temporary command of the ''Enterprise'' during a crisis involving the Borg.

★ Attached - Admits her true feelings to Jean-Luc Picard as they are both kidnapped.

★ Sub Rosa - History of Crusher's family is revealed, grandmother's funeral.

★ All Good Things... - Potential future with Jean-Luc Picard.

★ '' - Part of the away-team that finds Soren. Concludes that Guinan was on the same ship as Soren.

★ '' - Activates sickbay's EMH program as a decoy to allow her and her patients to escape the Borg. Acts as second in command while Riker is on the planet, giving her code to destroy the Enterprise.

★ '' - Discovers Shinzon is Picard's clone.

External links

★ Official biography