Journey's End

"Journey's End" is a seventh-season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. Wesley Crusher questions his future as the Enterprise is under orders to forcibly remove the descendants of North American Indians (here called 'Indians') from a planet being yielded to the Cardassians. This episode lays the groundwork for the Deep Space Nine conflict between the Federation, the Cardassians, and the Maquis separatist group. This episode marks Wil Wheaton'... more

"Journey's End" is a seventh-season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. Wesley Crusher questions his future as the Enterprise is under orders to forcibly remove the descendants of North American Indians (here called 'Indians') from a planet being yielded to the Cardassians. This episode lays the groundwork for the Deep Space Nine conflict between the Federation, the Cardassians, and the Maquis separatist group. This episode marks Wil Wheaton's last appearance in TNG, though he does return for a cameo in Star Trek Nemesis. The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 mentioned in the episode (Picard's ancestor, Javier Maribona-Picard, was one of the Spanish soldiers participating in the conflict) was a real event. As a result of a long-disputed treaty with the Cardassians, the Federation has agreed to return several planets to Cardassian control. One such planet, Dorvan V, is inhabited by red Indian settlers, who had left Earth to preserve their heritage on a new home. They had spent two hundred... less