Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s crew abandoned Worf (Michael Dorn) after 17 years serving together on the USS Enterprise-D and E. Star Trek: The Next Generation aired for seven years from 1987 to 1994 before jumping to the big screen for four feature films from 1994 to 2002. TNG‘s icons reassembled one more time in Star Trek: Picard season 3.
Star Trek: Nemesis wasn’t just the final Star Trek: The Next Generation movie, but also ended the unity of the crew led by Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). By the end of Star Trek: Nemesis, three key members of Picard’s found family had left the USS Enterprise-E for different reasons.
What canonically happened to Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s characters after Star Trek: Nemesis was revealed almost two decades later in Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Star Trek: Prodigy, all of which continued TNG‘s 24th century era. One thing established was that Worf became Captain of the USS Enterprise-E after Picard.
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Star Trek: Nemesis took place in 2379. Just two years later, Worf was promoted to Captain of the USS Enterprise-E. This was due to Starfleet promoting Jean-Luc Picard to Admiral. Picard left the Starship Enterprise to lead the United Federation of Planets’ mission to save the Romulan people from their sun going supernova, which happened in 2387 as seen in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek (2009).
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When Captain Worf looked around the USS Enterprise-E’s bridge, however, he saw no familiar faces from his crew of the previous 17 years. Everyone else who was part of the USS Enterprise-D’s crew when Star Trek: The Next Generation began, which was in 2364 in Star Trek‘s timeline, was now gone by the time the Klingon’s Captaincy happened in 2381.
In Star Trek: Nemesis, Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) died saving the Starship Enterprise from Shinzon’s (Tom Hardy) thelaron weapon. Subsequently, newlyweds William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) exited the Enterprise together. Riker became Captain of the USS Titan, and Troi joined Will on his new mission and starship.
Star Trek: Picard season 3 revealed that in 2381, Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) and Captain Picard rekindled their romance, conceiving their son, Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers). Following an incident that threatened Picard’s life, Beverly decided to leave Starfleet and raise Jack on her own in secret.
Star Trek: Picard season 1 referenced Commander Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) surviving the Mars Attack of 2385 by rogue synthetics. This confirms the comic book miniseries Star Trek: Picard – Countdown that La Forge left the USS Enterprise-E with Admiral Picard. Geordi oversaw the construction of the Romulan rescue fleet at Mars’ Utopia Planetia Fleet Yards.
Thus, Captain Worf was all alone leading a different crew aboard the USS Enterprise-E. Star Trek: Picard season 3 also hinted that Captain Worf’s command of the Enterprise-E ended with the mysterious loss of the Sovereign-class starship, which the Klingon insisted “was not my fault.” This must have happened before the USS Enterprise-F launched in 2386.
Worf Left Star Trek: The Next Generation First (But Always Came Back)
The USS Enterprise-E’s crew may have felt that turnabout was fair play by leaving Captain Worf alone on the USS Enterprise-E. After all, the Klingon left them first. In Star Trek: Deep Space Nine seasons 4 to 7, Lt. Commander Worf served as Strategic Operations Officer on Captain Benjamin Sisko’s (Avery Brooks) space station.
Of course, Worf always came back when it came time for a Star Trek: The Next Generation movie. Despite his role in DS9, Worf always found a reason to resume his post as Security Chief on the USS Enterprise-E. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was over when Star Trek: Nemesis took place, and Worf was back on Captain Picard’s bridge, where he stayed put until his promotion to Captain.
Worf was also not the first Star Trek: The Next Generation character to exit the Starship Enterprise. Years before Worf was posted on Deep Space Nine, Lt. Tasha War (Denise Crosby) was killed in action, Chief Miles O’Brien (Colm Meaney) was transferred to DS9, Lt. Ro Laren (Michelle Forbes) defected to the Maquis, and Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) became a Traveler.
In a way, it was fitting that Captain Worf was the last Star Trek: The Next Generation character standing on the USS Enterprise-E before its mysterious fate. The first Klingon in Starfleet was unwaveringly loyal to the Enterprise, and Worf must have felt pride in becoming Captain of the Enterprise after Picard, an honor that eluded Will Riker and Data.
- Release Date
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1987 – 1994-00-00
- Network
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Syndication
- Showrunner
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Gene Roddenberry
- Directors
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Cliff Bole, Les Landau, Winrich Kolbe, Rob Bowman, Robert Scheerer, Jonathan Frakes, Robert Wiemer, Gabrielle Beaumont, Alexander Singer, David Carson, Paul Lynch, Corey Allen, Patrick Stewart, Chip Chalmers, Joseph L. Scanlan, James L. Conway, Robert Lederman, Tom Benko, Timothy Bond, Robert Legato, Adam Nimoy, Robert Becker, David Livingston, LeVar Burton
- Writers
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René Echevarria, Maurice Hurley, Richard Manning, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Tracy Tormé, Hannah Louise Shearer, Stuart Charno, Ira Steven Behr, Sara B. Cooper, Peter Allan Fields, Herbert Wright, Frank Abatemarco, Burton Armus, Hilary Bader, Morgan Gendel, David Kemper, Michael I. Wagner, Philip LaZebnik, Robert McCullough, Susan Sackett, Nick Sagan, Fred Bronson, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Sam Rolfe