Wesley Crusher Wesley Crusher Wesley Crusher is a character in the fictional "Star Trek" franchise. He appears in the television series "" ("TNG") and the feature film "" (2002). He was a regular character in the first four seasons of the series and appeared sporadically in the next three seasons. He is the son of Beverly Crusher and Jack Crusher and is portrayed by actor Wil Wheaton. In the television series "Star Trek: The Next Generation", Wesley Crusher first arrives on the "Enterprise"-D with his mother, soon after Captain Jean-Luc Picard assumes command. Crusher's father was killed while under Picard's command, with
Star Trek: The Next Generation also appeared in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country". All episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" were made available on VHS cassettes, starting in 1991. The entire series was gradually released on VHS over the next few years during the remainder of the show's run and after the show had ended. The VHS for TNG were available on mail-order usually two episodes per VHS cassette. Paramount published all episodes on the LaserDisc format from October 1991 using an extended release schedule that concluded in May 1999. Each disc featured two episodes with Closed Captions, Digital Audio, and CX encoding.