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EXCLUSIVE: The Parents Weigh in on Star Trek: Picard’s ‘LaCrush’ Budding Romance

Does Jack Crusher and Sidney La Forge have the blessing of LeVar Burton and Gates McFadden?

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SPOILER WARNING: Discussion for Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 7 "Dominion" to follow!

On Star Trek: Picard , in between the threats on the lives of those aboard the U.S.S. Titan -A, two legacy kids have found something, or someone, that has caught their eye.

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Both Jack Crusher , the son of Admiral Jean-Luc Picard and Dr. Beverly Crusher , and Sidney La Forge , the daughter of Commodore Geordi La Forge , have the weight of the galaxy on their shoulders living in the shadow of their legendary parents. Something they’ve both commiserated together in “ The Bounty ,” when the young Crusher clocks the less than “warm and cuddly” interaction between the Titan ’s helmsman with her father upon her family’s arrival.

In addition to navigating their complicated relationships with their fathers, they’re both grappling with outsider tendencies. Perhaps, that’s why they both find it easiest to connect with Commander Seven, as seen in “ Seventeen Seconds ” and “The Bounty.” However, Jack and Sidney appear to be open to allowing another person into their guarded lives as they playfully yet awkwardly flirt following their cloaking device heist, testing the waters to see if they would like to “hang out.”

In “Dominion,” Jack inadvertently reads Sidney’s minds as his hand grazes her, reminiscent of when Jean-Luc and Beverly were privy to each other’s thoughts in “ Attached ” ( Star Trek: The Next Generation ). The unease grows when Vadic and her crew board the Titan and Jack and Sidney find themselves trapped by a Changeling assailant. In providing Sidney aid, Jack’s newfound powers allow them to access each other’s thoughts as well as allow him to guide her movements as she fights the Changeling. Following the rather invasive but necessary act, Sidney is unsure what to make of Jack.

StarTrek.com had the opportunity to speak with Ed Speleers (Jack Crusher), Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut (Sidney La Forge), Gates McFadden (Beverly Crusher), and LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge) on their thoughts on “ LaCrush .”

On building Jack Crusher’s rapport with Sidney La Forge, Ed Speleers lavishes heaps of praise for Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, “What a great, great actor, very committed. Makes it so easy as well as frustrating. I feel like I have to do so much work; I’m sure she does as well but she makes it look so easy. It just comes naturally to her. She’s a wonderful talent and great fun to be around on set. There’s a nice little freestyle building between those two characters, which brings me back to my point that we need to see more!”

Unable to tell StarTrek.com too much at the start of the season, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut offers this nugget of advice on how to navigate a Starfleet romance, “Hypothetically, if there is a romance, you might want to keep it under wraps, especially if your father is on board.

And does the internet-christened “LaCrush” have their parents’ approvals? Gates McFadden, whose Beverly Crusher knows a thing about workplace romances, advises, “You have to go with your instincts, always respect the other person, and always respect your friends. And if you’re having great pheromones, well, you’ve got to do what you got to do.” You know what they say, mothers know best.

How about fathers? When asked how he felt that Sidney La Forge had the eye of one of his friend’s son, LeVar Burton, firmly but jovially, states, “I expressed it as the character I thought pretty clearly, ‘Get the hell away from my daughter!’”

With the ability to hear each other’s thoughts, will Sidney and Jack move closer to a place of understanding and greater intimacy like Jean-Luc and Beverly once did? Will Jack heed the Commodore’s demand? With three more episodes left for the season, tune in and find out!

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In addition to streaming on Paramount+, Star Trek: Picard will also stream on Prime Video outside of the US and Canada, and in Canada can be seen on Bell Media's CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave.

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Star Trek's Newest Breakout Star Made One On-Screen Change Happen Herself

Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut has thought a lot about Sidney La Forge — and she’s ready for a spinoff.

The helmsman of the USS Titan has a lot to live up to. In Star Trek: Picard Season 3 , the person sending the starship into warp, traversing asteroids, and ducking in and out of nebulae is Sideny La Forge, played by Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut. She’s one of two daughters of Next Generation legend Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), along with Alandra La Forge, played by Burton’s actual daughter, Mica Burton. In real life, Chestnut is ready to join the Star Trek family for the long haul. “We're Star Trek's family, but outside of that, like, we're family too,” Chestnut tells Inverse of her new place in the La Forge family, on-screen and off.

As Picard Season 3 heads into its final episodes, Chestnut has thought about legacy, Sidney’s on-screen romance with Jack Crusher, how she made sure no one would ever confuse her with a Changeling, and what she hopes for Sidney La Forge in the future. Spoilers ahead.

As revealed in “The Bounty,” Jack Crusher and Sidney La Forge start to flirt as they team up to steal a cloaking device that saves the day. When Geordi growls at Jack, “stay away from my daughter,” a new fan ship was born: “LaCrush.”

Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut as Sidney La Forge and Ed Speleers as Jack Crusher in “The Bounty.”

“I feel like their relationship is more meta in the sense that we are the kids of these iconic characters,” Chestnut says. “Sidney's trying to come out of her dad's shadow and be her own kind of woman. And Jack is finally figuring out his father. Figuring that out behind the scenes was a journey in and of itself.”

As Picard Season 3 heads into Episode 7, fans can expect a lot more “LaCrush” moments, because this connection between Jack and Sidney isn’t going away. “There’s an arc that Ed [Speleers] and I have on this show, that’s separate from our ‘parents,’ you know? I think fans are going to be surprised!”

Chestnut also reveals that she was encouraged to help define Sidney La Forge. One specific switch, which fans may not have noticed, occurs halfway through the season. Amid all the chaos, Sidney La Forge changes her hairstyle. That’s not a production error, but a character-based change that came from Chestnut herself. In Episode 5, “Imposters,” Sidney sees a dead shapeshifter doppelganger version of herself as Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) performs an autopsy.

“Just seeing myself, laying down as a dead body, that was nuts,” Chestnut says. “Sidney sees her dead body. She doesn’t want to see that again. So. I wanted to do a hair change! I talked to Terry [Matalas] and asked him if Sidney could change her hair in response to this, and he was like yes .”

For longtime Trek fans, the attention to detail in Picard Season 3 is part of the appeal. Chestnut proves that the details aren’t just fan service, but story-oriented. And it’s a story Chestnut is hoping continues well beyond this year.

Sidney La Forge’s first hairstyle in Picard Season 3.

Chestnut has several projects lined up, including her role in the final season of NCIS: Los Angeles. But she hopes to return to the Trek universe if and when a spinoff ( Star Trek: Legacy ? Star Trek: Titan? Star Trek: LaCrush? ) happens.

“I kept my comms badge,” Chestnut says. “I tried to keep my uniform, but CBS and Paramount were like, ‘No, please give that back.’ I hope we get our own spinoff! If the fans really love us, maybe it will happen.”

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Sidney La Forge Survived Star Trek: Picard Thanks In Part To LeVar Burton

The bulk of the third season of "Star Trek: Picard" takes place on the U.S.S. Titan-A, a ship that was once commanded by Captain Riker (Jonathan Frakes), but had since been entirely retrofitted and put under the charge of the embittered Captain Shaw (Todd Stashwick). Although "Picard" followed the fate of its title character (Patrick Stewart) and his old compatriots from "Star Trek: The Next Generation," one could see an entirely new Titan-based "Star Trek" series going on in the background. With a new crew, a new captain, and all-new technology, the Titan could easily have gone on its own exciting TV treks, even if the people on board had never met Admiral Picard.

Sitting at the helm of the Titan-A was Sidney La Forge (Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut), the estranged daughter of Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), once the chief engineer on the Enterprise-D. Sidney was merely an ensign, but she already had a reputation for being one of the best pilots in Starfleet. She and her father bickered a lot, and he pointed out that her driving-centric youth was punctuated by crashes and danger. Sidney pointed out that she crashed vehicles on the regular merely so she and her engineer father could bond by repairing them together. By the end of "Picard," Sidney and Geordi had come to an understanding. 

Chestnut in a recent interview with Decider , revealed just how imperiled Sidney was during the production of "Picard." She and Burton didn't get to talk much prior to filming, and she had even assumed that her character would be killed off. It seems that Burton might have made an appeal to keep Sidney alive. 

The death of Sidney LaForge?

Chestnut had assumed her role was going to be a lot smaller than it was, so her character's death was entirely plausible. Burton, however, was to be a large part of the season, and audiences would learn that Geordi La Forge was now running a museum and had two daughters in Starfleet. Given the sentimental nature of the season, it seemed ill-advised, at least to Burton, that Geordi should witness his daughter's death. Tragedy, it seems, wasn't in the cards for these characters. Chestnut told Decider: 

"[T]o give you some context, I initially signed up for this, and I was told that I would only be in like two to three episodes at the time. There was a rumor that my character was going to get killed off. And so I remember talking to LeVar [Burton], and him being like, 'There's just no way, Geordi is finally getting the chance to have this family that he's always wanted. It wouldn't be a good move to kill one of his children off.' And so I think, LeVar specifically advocating for me and Sidney's character to stay on was a huge part [of it]."

Whether or not Burton actually actively advocated for Chestnut remains speculation — the actress herself acknowledged that Sidney's death was merely a rumor — but Burton's words, at the very least, could certainly serve as comfort. Burton, after all, had been working in film and television since the mid-1970s, while Chestnut hadn't been born until much later. As such, Burton's instincts for "Star Trek" and for TV writing, in general, could be acknowledged as being honored. 

Thanksgiving with the Burtons

Also intimidating for Chestnut was the fact that her character's sister, Alandra, was going to be played by Mica Burton, LeVar's real-life daughter. The two Burtons had their real-life child-parent relationship to draw from when acting together. Chestnut, meanwhile, was an outsider, merely playing a member of the family. Luckily, it seems, she and Mica got along well and had some wonderfully nerdy conversations on set prior to shooting. This allowed them, however briefly, to bond a little bit. It must have worked as Chestnut was invited to a family function. She said: 

"So I met Mica while we were shooting. I mean, I was shooting, but she was there for, like, a hair test. And she came by set to say 'Hi.' And again, we immediately hit it off talking about, like, random anime, to boys. We were just talking about any and everything. And then Mica and ... LeVar were welcoming to me not only to the LaForge family but also to the Burton family ... They invited me to Thanksgiving." 

If the Burtons invite you to join them for Thanksgiving dinner, one kind of has to say yes. Chestnut did point out that playing a role in the "Star Trek" universe is already fraught, seeing as there are decades of history behind it. It becomes more fraught when dealing with a legacy character. But, she said, the Burtons were so warm and welcoming that the edge was certainly taken off. "They welcomed me so much," she said. 

The Titan-A was rechristened the Enterprise-G at the end of "Picard," and some are advocating for a new series called "Star Trek: Legacy." If that show is made, Chestnut would be a regular part of the cast. 

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‘Star Trek: Picard’: Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut Is Hoping For The Spin-Off

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Normally, fans will wait for the end credits to roll on a series before they start clamoring for a spinoff. Not so with Star Trek: Picard . Pretty much as soon as the series introduced the next generation of Starfleet crew members, and more specifically the children of the crew from Star Trek: The Next Generation, a fan — and showrunner Terry Matalas — supported spinoff tentatively titled Star Trek: Legacy has gone from a fond wish to constant demand.

This fervor makes sense, too. Picard Season 3 drew critical and fan acclaim, and a spinoff seemed baked into the premise, with the Next Gen crew passing the baton to their literal next gen. But even for the cast, the amount of passion was a surprise.

“[Did we] expect the fandom to go crazy like this?” Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, who plays Sidney LaForge in the series, told Decider. “Absolutely not. I mean, I didn’t. I was hoping for a spin-off because it leaves everything open-ended, and even Terry Matalas said, ‘We’re not done with all of these characters,’ there’s still room to keep going and keep playing. But I didn’t anticipate the fans.”

Despite the outcry of support and an end credits scene that almost directly set up the spinoff, as of the finale no plans are currently ready to be announced, according to Paramount . And when we talked to Chestnut a week later, there was still no movement on Legacy , even with a petition that currently stands at over 40,000 signatures. There was still plenty to talk about, though, including her week later reaction to the reaction, the various relationships Sidney LaForge has on Picard (including her crush on Ed Speleers’ Jack Crusher), and much more:

Decider: Now that we’re a week past the show, what has that experience been like for you? What’s your reaction to the reaction, now that you’re free to talk about the whole thing?

Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut: Yeah. overwhelming, but in the best possible way. I mean, the positive response from fans globally has been just mind-blowing. I’m so honored to have been able to have the opportunity to be a part of the show, this franchise.

I’m curious what the audition process was like, did they tell you anything about the role? Was it one of those things where you came in there, like, we can’t tell you what this is?

Yeah, they definitely have to give you dummy sides. The character’s name at the time was Bryce. And it wasn’t until I officially booked it that they told me that I was playing Geordi LaForge’s daughter because at first I think in the breakdown, it just said, “daughter of legendary character.” And so I was like, okay, that’s very vague, but in the Star Trek realm, I knew it could only be, you know, either LeVar Burton or Michael Dorn’s kid.

Were you a Star Trek fan? It sounds like you were at least a little bit before you booked this role.

Yeah, I had base knowledge just because my mother’s a huge Trekkie. But me, I’ve only seen like a few episodes of TNG , the classic show… I grew up watching the Chris Pine movies more so, but I had knowledge of William Shatner. Nichelle Nichols… I knew who these people were.

So then was there a moment where you first felt like, wow, I’m on Star Trek? Was it putting on a costume, or going on set just some other part of the experience?

Yeah, I think the first moment aside from stepping onto the bridge for the first time was putting on my onesie, you know, like Star Trek is infamous for, their onesies. And then, having them pin it up on me, put my com badge on my chest, that moment really solidified in my brain like, “Well, I’m here I can’t back out now.”

I remember talking to Sonequa Martin-Green for Discovery , and she said putting on the uniform, firms up your shoulders and tightens you up… Did you have the same sort of experience putting on the costume?

Absolutely. My crappy body, shoulder posture immediately shifted. I feel like there were no more back issues. For me, I was straight as a board.

Sidney’s an interesting character because when we first meet her, she has already come in with all these pre-formed bonds. I want to talk about them individually in a second. But what does that pressure feel like, as an actor, to essentially hit the ground running like that? Or is it freeing to know you already have all of these pre-established relationships?

It’s a mixture of both… You’re part of this cool franchise, it’s cool people, but also, it’s nerve-wracking. You don’t know if people are going to be receptive to you and your character. I’ve just been lucky that on all fronts, it’s just been a positive experience.

One of the bigger relationships, of course, is that she’s Geordi’s daughter. We don’t see them in scenes together until about halfway through the season, but did you get to talk to LeVar Burton at all to flesh this relationship out, or was it more about figuring it out on set?

Figuring it out on set. We didn’t really talk about it outside of that… So just to give you some context, I initially signed up for this, and I was told that I would only be in like two to three episodes at the time. There was a rumor that my character was going to get killed off. And so I remember talking to Levar, and him being like, “There’s just no way, Geordi is finally getting the chance to have this family that he’s always wanted. It wouldn’t be a good move to kill one of his children off.” And so I think, Levar specifically advocating for me and Sidney’s character to stay on was a huge part [of it].

I mean, similarly, you’ve got Mica Burton as your sister, we don’t get to see a ton of them together. But I was curious about what it was like working with her and also coming in the middle of this real-life family dynamic with the fictional family dynamic.

Yeah. So I met Mica while we were shooting. I mean, I was shooting, but she was there for like a hair test. And she came by set to say hi. And again, we immediately hit it off talking about like, random anime, to boys. We were just talking about any and everything. And then Mica and… Levar were welcoming to me not only to the LaForge family but also to the Burton family… They invited me to Thanksgiving.

It was a little intimidating to step into this role, knowing the history that they’ve already experienced and had together and then, obviously, around the other cast members who’ve known each other for decades, there’s a little pressure, I’m not gonna lie. But they’ve welcomed me so much.

She also has this really fascinating bond with Seven of Nine … What do you think it is that draws Sidney and Seven together? What makes them friends?

I think their ability to have trouble making friends. Sidney kind of said that in that scene with Seven, knowing that even on the ship, Seven of Nine is still being deadnamed, she’s being called Commander Hanson. Which shows the audience she’s not welcomed by Captain Shaw. There’s a little animosity there, and I feel like Sidney’s bond with Seven goes to show like, “Hey, I’m here for you. I do want to be your friend.” It’s an olive branch if you will.

And then there’s of course, Jack. He’s clearly flirting with her and we hear some of her thoughts on the matter. Does she have a Crusher crush? Or is it one-sided?

Let’s be clear, he has a crush on her . [Laughs] No, I’m kidding. It’s definitely mutual. Even with talks of hashtag LaCrush, with hashtag Star Trek Legacy… The consensus is this relationship would continue to blossom into possibly more romantic territory.

We get to see this great new crew at the end here on the rebranded enterprise, but we never hear Seven’s captain catchphrase. Did she try out on set? Did you get to hear anything?

Yeah, but it was more playful. It wasn’t anything serious. One time, she was like, “Go!” and we all just busted out laughing. It’s not going to be “go” or anything like that. She was definitely being facetious. I don’t think there’s an actual catchphrase. Or if there was, we don’t know any. She said so many different things. If they do decide to choose one, we wouldn’t know the answer.

There’s obviously there’s this huge swell of support for a spin-off featuring this new crew throughout the run on the show as people really picked up on how good the season Picard was. Was that anything you all were expecting when you were filming it, or did it come as a surprise afterwards?

There was always the possibility just because we are the next generation. And so to be continuing that, the legacy of that, we kind of anticipated it. But [did we] expect the fandom to go crazy like this? Absolutely not. I mean, I didn’t. I was hoping for a spin-off because it leaves everything open-ended, and even Terry Matalas said, “We’re not done with all of these characters,” there’s still room to keep going and keep playing. But I didn’t anticipate the fans. I don’t know if you’ve seen the 30,000 and still going to sign the petition for the spin-off, these fans are going in. There was Discovery or Strange New Worlds , whichever one had a petition signed up…

It was a Strange New Worlds spinning out of Discovery . This feels like a very similar situation where they were surprised at how much people loved it. I know Terry Matalas has talked about this a bit. And I had checked in with Paramount last week after I saw that end credit scene just to prep our coverage, and they were like, “Nope, no announcements coming this week.” So… How about this week? Is there any movement there in terms of the spin-off? Or is it still TBD?

You know, I have no idea. I’m not gonna lie to you. I’m just hoping that this isn’t the last time that we see Sidney. I mean, like we’ve just said, 1000s of fans don’t want this to be the end. I just would hope that for the younger kids who are being introduced to Star Trek… I was tagged in so many DMs about like little kids and little girls watching the show. I’ve been amazed by the fans’ response. I just would hope that the powers that be would allow this story to continue.

That all said, while we’re waiting around to find out some sort of announcement about Star Trek Legacy , what else is next for you?

The finale just ended. I’m still basking in all of the positive responses and feedback, but I have a ton of friends in theater. The Tony nominations are next week. My heart is in theater and has always been in theater. I’m hoping to return to Broadway or Off-Broadway soon.

I’ll mention I talked to Brent Spiner , and he said he was looking to do a Broadway show. So maybe the two of you can team up.

I would love it.

This interview was edited for clarity and length.

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Star Trek: Picard's Jean-Luc Meets Geordi’s Daughter Sidney La Forge In Season 3 Clip, And The Actress Told Us About Her 'Fangirl' Moment

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Pretty soon, anyone with a Paramount+ subscription will have a chance to check out the long-awaited final season premiere of Star Trek: Picard . There are undoubtedly many fans excited to see the crew of The Next Generation back together and would love to see the premiere just one day sooner. Well, CinemaBlend can't do that, but we can preview a small clip in which Jean-Luc Picard meets helmsman Sidney La Forge for the first time on the USS Titan. 

As seen in the clip above, Sidney La Forge was thrilled to be meeting Admiral Picard in the flesh and less than thrilled that Riker knew about one of her more embarrassing stories from Starfleet. CinemaBlend learned from Sidney actress Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut ahead of Star Trek: Picard Season 3 that wasn't the first time she met Patrick Stewart , and she didn't have to act too hard to genuinely "fangirl" out for the Admiral on the bridge: 

Luckily I was able to meet them before we started shooting, so I kind of got my fangirl moments out. But definitely, what you see on screen is actually real. Ashlei, aside from Sidney, is fangirling for Patrick.

Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut was psyched to meet Patrick Stewart, and I don't blame her. Even three seasons in, I'm still in awe that Stewart returned to Star Trek to be a part of another series. I can't imagine being an actor actually getting to share screen time with him in a season that feels as big as Picard Season 3, and being immortalized as a part of that. 

As mentioned, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut plays Sidney La Forge, one of two daughters of Geordi La Forge. While she's not actor LeVar Burton's real-life daughter like her co-star Mica Burton (playing Alandra La Forge), Chestnut certainly felt the weight of working on Star Trek: Picard Season 3 and spoke to CinemaBlend about what being a part of it all meant to her: 

Honestly, when everyone came back, it just was a moment. It’s history, you know? I just felt really grateful to be there in their presence, working alongside them. The fact they were my peers working in scenes, it was phenomenal.

It feels fated that Star Trek: Picard Season 3 will be the final adventure for the character. 

Phenomenal is one of many positive adjectives floating around the internet after a number of fans and media had a chance to screen the premiere of Star Trek: Picard Season 3 early. The batch of ten episodes may end up being the final adventure for the TNG cast, so there's a lot of pressure to close out the arc and give these characters a worthy ending. 

Here's hoping it succeeds and paves the way for new characters like Sidney La Forge to appear in other upcoming Star Trek shows ! There are still a few shows operating in this timeline after Picard ends, which means more opportunities for the "next, next generation" to start their own adventures. 

Star Trek: Picard Season 3 premieres on Paramount+ on Thursday, February 16th. Now is the perfect time to grab a subscription to the service to check out the latest season and revisit some of the best episodes of The Next Generation . 

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Who is Sidney La Forge? Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut’s character in ‘Star Trek: Picard,’ explained

Warning: contains spoilers about the latest season of Star Trek: Picard .

Sidney La Forge is proving one of the most popular new characters in the latest season of Star Trek: Picard . But just who is she and what is her background in the Star Trek universe?

At Starfleet Academy, she infamously earned the nickname “Crash” La Forge, due to her crashing a shuttle twice—not an easy feat in the ultra-high-tech world of the 24 th century.

Legendary Enterprise engineer Geordie La Forge is her illustrious father, but the pair seem to have a strained relationship. While Geordie wanted his daughter to design ships, all the young Sidney ever wanted to do was fly them.

When Star Trek: Picard opens, Sidney is serving as helmsman of the USS Titan-A under its by-the-book captain, Liam Shaw. What looked like a quiet mission turned explosive when Admiral Picard and Captain Riker showed up for an inspection. In the short time since, Sidney has already been impersonated by a Changeling and is now an outlaw from the Federation. With yet more twists on the way, we certainly haven’t seen the last of helmsman La Forge.

Who plays Sidney?

Sidney is played brilliantly by up-and-coming actress Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut . Ashlei has appeared on stage in plays as diverse as A Christmas Carol and The Crucible . Her early film and TV work included roles in Gotham , Homeland , and NCIS: Los Angeles .

Florida-born Ashlei is also an accomplished dancer, having earned a degree from the Northwest School of the Arts. Both the actress and her character Sidney are gaining popularity fast. Some Star Trek fans in the know are already predicting another spin-off series set on the Titan-A with Liam Shaw as captain, Seven of Nine as his first officer, and Sidney La Forge at the helm.

Star Trek's Lt. Commander La Forge's Fatherhood Timeline Explained

One of LeVar Burton 's most famous roles is that of Commander Geordi LaForge. Appearing first in "Star Trek: The Next Generation," LaForge went on to appear in films such as "Star Trek: First Contact" and "Star Trek: Nemesis," the latter film marking the character's last onscreen appearance until Burton reprised the character on the Paramount+ series "Picard."

The series also revealed that Geordi has two daughters , Alandra LaForge and Sidney LaForge, the former character played by LeVar Burton's real-life daughter Mica Burton, while Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut plays the latter character. Upon this revelation, fans have been speculating when Geordi became a father, and whether he already had children during his previous appearances in "Star Trek: First Contact," or even earlier.

In an interview with IndieWire , Burton spoke about the timeline of Geordi's fatherhood, noting that it happened after "Star Trek: Nemesis." He noted that the events of the latter film, as well as "Star Trek: Insurrection," led to Geordi deciding to move away from traveling. This is what gave him the opportunity to put down roots long enough to find a partner, get married, and start a family.

"Star Trek: Nemesis" revolves around the crew trying to stop Shinzon (Tom Hardy) a Romulan-created clone of Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). Lieutenant Commander Data (Brent Spiner) ultimately sacrifices himself to save Picard, though he lives on thanks to downloading his memories into another android. It's quite likely that Data's near-death motivated Geordi to step down from space missions.

LaForge's daughters had been mentioned before Picard

While the revelation of Geordi LaForge's daughters was a new wrinkle to the character on "Star Trek: Picard," this was not the first time they've been mentioned in the history of "Star Trek." Showrunner Terry Matalas, a fan of the franchise from before he took the reins of "Picard," dug back through the history to the mention of the LaForge family in "Star Trek: The Next Generation," drawing the names Alandra and Sidney from there.

The series finale of "The Next Generation," titled "All Good Things...," focuses on Picard as he mentally jumps through three points in time; the show's present, the past when he was about to take the Enterprise out for its first mission as captain, and 25 years in the future, where he's now living in a vineyard.

It is in this vineyard that Geordi LaForge comes to visit Picard, revealing details about the universe's future in the process. Geordi also mentions his own daughters during the conversation, in one of the moments where Picard's mind is in the future, and says their names are Alandra and Sidney.

While this particular future becomes an alternate future thanks to Picard's efforts during the episode to save humanity from a threat traveling backward through time, Matalas and the "Star Trek: Picard" writing team noted the mention, drawing another connection between "The Next Generation" and "Picard" in the process.

Star Trek Introduces Its Newest Ship: Jack Crusher and Sidney LaForge

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Fans of Star Trek: Picard are enjoying seeing familiar starships like the USS Voyager and HMS Bounty. Yet, the newest "ship" in the franchise is the other kind, the burgeoning romance between Jack Crusher and Sidney LaForge. The show's producers even gave it a name: LaCrush.

In this case, the name is fitting because the romance is still pretty much just a crush. Since its inception, Star Trek has been one part optimistic vision of a peaceful and curious future, and one part melodrama about space-flirts getting down across the galaxy. The Next Generation era downplayed this slightly, favoring slow-burn romance between on-again, off-again love interests like Will Riker and Deanna Troi . Jack's own parents had their dramatically difficult ups and downs. Thus far, the flirtation between the two characters has been subtle. Yet, Sidney and Jack bonded in a far more intimate way than either of their parents ever did. It's the kind of love story fitting for the post- TNG era, and one that can work either as a slow burn or flashbang.

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Jack Crusher and Sidney LaForge Bonded Over Shared Trauma

Even with Jack Crusher's past of adventuring around the galaxy with his mother, neither he nor Sidney has ever faced anything like the current threat. As the child of a high-ranking Starfleet legend like Geordie LaForge, Sidney likely enjoyed a very privileged upbringing. Her altercation with Vadic's minion was likely the first time she ever had to fight for her life. Using his as-yet unexplained mental abilities, Jack is able to "get inside" her head, hearing her thoughts and controlling her movements. This coupling is far more intimate than any traditional love story, and it's what makes LaCrush so interesting.

Earlier in the episode, his abilities manifested so that he was able to hear her thoughts. He was asking her out (in the "trapped in a fugitive starship" way), and she thought that he could "at least touch [her] hand, something." He did just that, and it freaked her out. In Star Trek 's universe , plenty of beings have psychic abilities. Yet, what Jack is able to do is something unique in the canon. How Sidney feels about her experience with him could be mixed. Yet, since it saved her life, it may bring them even closer.

Picard has played this relationship right, taking it from simple flirting to something deeper. Both are the children of Starfleet legends. In Jack's case, twice over. The parents aren't for it, which only makes the two more attractive to each other. Viewers neither need nor want Sidney and Jack to declare their undying love for one another. Yet, with the right finesse, the LaCrush ship can fly further and faster than any other on Picard .

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Star Trek: Picard Is About Legacy and Love

The inclusion of the children of The Next Generation characters helps to underscore that Picard is about legacy. However, it's about more than all of Jean-Luc Picard's children , biological or otherwise. The necessities of serial drama meant that Jean-Luc and Beverly were doomed from the beginning. They were never going to be able to have a healthy relationship. However, LaCrush doesn't have to maintain viewer tension for multiple seasons. The nature of modern Star Trek storytelling is such that the days of keeping couples apart for easy tension are over. Picard doesn't even have to end with Sidney and Jack in a relationship. They can just close with the implication that one is coming.

Just a tease is all fans need to launch a fleet of fan art and fiction that examines this relationship. However, if there is a sequel series to Picard , or even another season of the show, exploring this relationship could be a rich source of drama. A great way to tell stories about the legacy characters without focusing the story on them is through characters like Jack and Sidney. The chemistry between Ed Speleers and Ashlei Sharpe is great, and they each approach their performances with subtlety and nuance.

Second-wave Star Trek didn't handle romance well, but the modern era is doing a better job. Discovery had Michael Burnham and Cleveland Booker or Paul Stamets and Hugh Culber. Picard even tried to give Jean-Luc a satisfying romance with Laris. Jack Crusher and Sidney LaForge could be a fantastic love story running through a new series of Star Trek stories . Hopefully, Paramount+ gives them a chance to finish it. If not, there will always be the LaCrush fanfics.

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Sidney La Forge

• 1.1 Alternate timeline
• 2 Starfleet service record
• 3.1 Connections
• 3.2 Appearances and references
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Biography [ ]

Sidney was born to the engineers Doctor Leah Brahms and Geordi La Forge .

During the time before the Undine War , around the 2390s decade , Captain Geordi La Forge of the USS Challenger kept photos of his family, including Sidney, at his workplace at the Cochrane Institute in New Samarkand on Alpha Centauri III . During an interview with journalist Jake Sisko , Captain La Forge discussed his first wife, Leah, and their children, with the other man. At the time, the captain was close to marrying his chief engineer , Mikaela Leishman . ( STO novel : The Needs of the Many )

Cadet La Forge earned the nickname "Crash La Forge" as a result of two shuttlecraft incidents caused by her piloting at Starfleet Academy .

Following graduation , Ensign La Forge served as helm officer aboard the Constitution III -class starship USS Titan -A under Captain Liam Shaw . In the 25th century , La Forge could not contain her excitement when Admiral Jean-Luc Picard and Captain William T. Riker came aboard the Titan -A for a supposed inspection. Riker recalled La Forge's notoriety at the Academy on the bridge , embarrassing the young woman.

Later, La Forge served on the helm when first officer Commander "Annika Hansen" ordered the ship to the Ryton star system . ( PIC episode : " The Next Generation ")

In 2423 , the interview was published as part of Sisko's work on the Undine War. The interview, including the talk about Sidney and the family, were included in "Jake Sisko, Data Rod #L-52". ( STO novel : The Needs of the Many )

Alternate timeline [ ]

In an alternate timeline created by anti-time , Jean-Luc Picard inquired about Sidney, Alandra and Bret when Geordi La Forge visited the older man at his vineyard in La Barre , France on Earth around the year 2395 . ( TNG episode & novelization : All Good Things... )

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• STO novel : The Needs of the Many
• PIC episode : " The Next Generation " (first appearance)
• PIC episode : " The Last Generation "
• PIC - Explorer short story : " Confirmation Bias "

External link [ ]

• Sidney La Forge article at Memory Alpha , the wiki for canon Star Trek .
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LeVar and Mica Burton on Playing Father and Daughter in STAR TREK: PICARD

With Star Trek: Picard season three’s sixth episode, we saw the long-awaited return of LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge. These days, Geordi is actually Commodore La Forge, and runs the Starfleet Museum. But he didn’t arrive alone. He was joined by his real-life daughter Mica Burton, who played Geordi’s daughter, and fellow Starfleet officer, Alandra La Forge. We got the chance to chat with the two Burtons, who told us about what it was like playing on-screen parent and child in the 25th century.

Nerdist: Playing father and daughter on-screen has to be very cool for you both. How did you both react when the Picard producers approached you about the idea for this season? Or was this something that you two pitched to them?

LeVar Burton: Yeah, this was all ( Picard showrunner) Terry Matalas’ fault. When I first started talking to Terry about coming back and playing Geordi again, I shared with him what I felt was important to me. He said, “Well, what do you want to see happen?” And I said, “The only thing that I feel like I need to have happen, Terry, is that we rehabilitate Geordi’s canon, where his relationships with women are concerned.”

I know, I know, that in “All Good Things” [ The Next Generation series finale], we find out that Geordi was married to Leah Brahms , the woman that was stalked in the episode, “Booby Trap.” And that they had two daughters, Sidney and Alandra. I didn’t buy that. Just never bought the idea that the engineer was discomforted by the presence of women. It’s an old, tired trope. So, that was really, really important to me, and Terry took it from there and he made this happen. He created these two daughters for Geordi, and the suggestion was made, “Well, let’s have Mica audition,” and here we are.

Now, you’ve just talked about Geordi and his relationship with women. And we’ve heard “mom” La Forge mentioned in episode six. Are we ever going to find out just who Mrs. La Forge actually is in this timeline?

Mica Burton: It’s Beyoncé. We talked about this on Twitter. Terry Matalas confirmed it. Our mother is Beyoncé Knowles, and she lasted until the 25th century.

Well, of course she did .

Mica: And it was a beautiful wedding. She sang herself at her own wedding. This is Star Trek canon.

LeVar: You know, I have heard that Rihanna is a big Star Trek fan …. and I’m just going to put it out there that maybe Geordi married Rihanna.

Mica: Look, Bad Girl Ri, if you are my mother, please step forward.

Even though Sidney La Forge (Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut ) has an icy relationship with her dad on Picard , it seems Alandra and Sidney have more of an understanding. Mica, did you ever talk to Ashlei about your two characters’ relationship off-screen? What it was like for both of them to grow up as daughters of a legend?

Mica: It’s funny, we actually didn’t. We had this conversation afterward about it. But our sisterly bond forged … “La Forged”.

LeVar: Ba-duh-bum.

Mica: Ba-duh-bum. Day one that I came to set. She is just so warm and lovely, and we bonded like that, and we became actual sisters. So, I think that a little bit of our personal relationship informed this lovely sisterly bond on the show. But we discussed it afterward that even though Sidney and her father have not had the best relationship, that wouldn’t have gotten in the way of the sisters. The sisters love each other. The sisters understand each other through and through. They don’t need a guy around. They don’t need a dad around.

Sidney name-drops her famous dad a lot in the first five episodes. Do you think that Alandra does the same thing when she meets people? Or is that purely a Sidney thing?

Mica: I think it’s hilariously a Sidney thing. It’s one of those “trying not to be like her dad”, but she still wants you to know that’s her dad. Maybe it’s like it almost hovers around Alandra, because she works with him. I don’t think there is anybody in the Starfleet Museum that doesn’t know that she’s Geordi’s kid. So, I think it maybe almost haunts her a little bit.

In this episode, Commodore La Forge and Jean-Luc have a really emotional exchange about fatherhood and other things, and how it has changed Geordi, and made him more cautious. What was it like playing such an intimate scene with Patrick Stewart again after 20 years?

LeVar: Just delicious. Delicious. He’s obviously one of the best actors of this generation, and I’ve known that for a long, long time. And anytime you get an opportunity to do a two-hander with Patrick, it’s a good day.

So, we talked about “All Good Things,” and how some of those things (from the future timeline seen in that episode) came true for Geordi, like having two daughters. But in that episode, he was also a published author. So I’m wondering, does Commodore La Forge write novels on the side?

LeVar : He does. He does.

Mica, I know you’re big in the gaming world. This is a huge thing for you. How would you feel if Alandra La Forge made the jump into a Star Trek game of some kind?

Mica : I genuinely cannot eloquently explain the joy that would bring me to see something come that full circle. Even to know that somebody might cosplay Alandra, as someone who was a cosplayer coming up in her career. When I saw people cosplaying my D&D character from Critical Role , Reani—I still sob every time I see it. So, to think that somebody might cosplay live-action me … to think that they’d have a video game with me, tears. Just drowning. I’m going to start a flood.

On TNG , Geordi was very deferential to Captain Picard. You would’ve never heard him call him “Jean-Luc”, but he does here. Did you fill in the blanks of Jean-Luc and Geordi’s relationship in the missing two decades?

LeVar: Well, there weren’t any conversations. But you take your clues from the text, and the way it was written, it was clear that where Geordi had been, and what he had been doing, and the life that he had been living had changed him significantly. And adventuring around the universe was no longer a priority for him. He became a family man, and he needed and wanted stability. So, we find him in a real stable situation, and that all gets threatened when Picard comes calling, and rightly so.

I think it was the right note to play. Gene Roddenberry was clear that he didn’t want any conflict among the bridge crew. His opinion was that we would’ve evolved beyond that. I’m not so sure, and in terms of storytelling, conflict is essential for a good story. So, having those handcuffs taken off of all of us, I think that has made for much better storytelling.

It feels like a lot of this season is setting up a “next Next Generation ,” and I don’t know if that’s really going to happen. We know Terry Matalas wants to do a Star Trek: Legacy series. So Mica, is that something that you would be interested in being a part of?

Mica: I would literally not want anything more in this world, other than unicorns to be real. But right under unicorns being real, it would be to be a crew member regularly on a Star Trek series. I am so thankful for this opportunity, and I get it. I get the love of the Star Trek family. I’ve always been a part of it, like my dad said tangentially, just growing up with everybody. But leaving that cast and that crew on the last day, I got to know all the camera operators, and everybody on set, and it broke my heart. I loved being a part of that, and I see why I grew up with the family that I did, which was Patrick, Gates, Michael, and Brent. Because, my God, there’s no family like a Star Trek family.

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Geordi La Forge

Geordi La Forge was a Human male Starfleet officer, who was originally a lieutenant junior grade while serving as the helmsman of the USS Enterprise -D , during 2364 . As his career progressed, he transitioned to engineering , and was promoted to lieutenant , and later lieutenant commander , rising to become the chief engineer of the Enterprise -D, and later USS Enterprise -E , both under Captain Jean-Luc Picard . ( TNG : " Encounter at Farpoint ", " Where No One Has Gone Before ", " The Child ", " Evolution ", " Booby Trap "; Star Trek: First Contact ) By early 25th century he attained the rank of commodore and held the position of curator at the Fleet Museum . ( PIC : " The Next Generation ")

• 1 Early life
• 2 Early Starfleet career
• 3.1.1 Conn Officer
• 3.1.2 Chief Engineer
• 3.2 The Enterprise -E
• 4.1 Stopping the Changeling and Borg plot
• 6 Engineering interests, talents, and specialties
• 7 Legendary forces
• 8 Personal life
• 9.1 Friendships
• 9.2.1 Christy Henshaw
• 9.2.2 Leah Brahms (hologram)
• 9.2.3 Aquiel Uhnari
• 10 Alternate realities and timelines
• 11 Holograms
• 12 Chronology
• 13.1 Appearances
• 13.2 Background information
• 13.3 Apocrypha
• 13.4 External links

Early life [ ]

Geordi La Forge was born on February 16 , 2335 in Mogadishu , Somalia to parents Captain Silva La Forge and noted exozoologist , Commander Edward M. La Forge . Due to a birth defect , he was born blind . As an adult, he stood 170 centimeters (appr. 5'7") tall and was right-handed. ( TNG : " Encounter at Farpoint ", " The Masterpiece Society ", " Cause And Effect ", " Identity Crisis ", " Ship In A Bottle ")

"Cause and Effect" features La Forge's medical record, establishing his date and place of birth as the African Confederation . The remastered version of the episode narrowed his place of birth to Mogadishu.

In the first draft script of VOY : " Death Wish ", which would have featured Geordi La Forge and not William T. Riker , it was established that Quinn somehow caused Geordi's birth and that, otherwise, Tuvok would have ended up as chief engineer aboard the USS Enterprise -D .

Around 2340 , when he was about five years old, Geordi was trapped alone in a burning building; he later remembered this as one of the most frightening moments of his life. ( TNG : " Hero Worship ")

Sometime, not long after, Geordi received his first VISOR , which allowed him to see (although not the same way the average Human does) for the first time in his life. ( TNG : " Hero Worship ") At age eight, Geordi was brought his first pet , a Circassian cat , and he remembered his excitement for years to come. ( TNG : " Violations ")

Young Geordi spent time with both his parents as a child, sometimes separately. For a time, Geordi lived with his father, Edward, while Edward studied invertebrates in the Modean system . On other occasions, Geordi was away from his father, on outposts near the Romulan Neutral Zone with his mother, Silva. ( TNG : " Imaginary Friend ")

Geordi attended to Zefram Cochrane High School sometime prior to 2353 . ( Star Trek: First Contact )

Early Starfleet career [ ]

He attended Starfleet Academy from 2353 to 2357 , where he excelled at engineering and idolized Zefram Cochrane . ( Star Trek: First Contact ) Among his reading during the Academy, La Forge read about the USS Stargazer . ( TNG : " The Battle ")

A scene in the script of " Coming of Age " but cut from the final episode would have revealed that La Forge was scared to death the whole time during his entrance exam , though he considered that good for a person because it kept the adrenaline going.

La Forge graduated with a Starfleet specialty in antimatter power and dilithium regulators . His first deep-space assignment was as an ensign aboard the USS Victory under Captain Zimbata . ( TNG : " Elementary, Dear Data ") In 2362 , La Forge participated in the investigation of the disappearance of the Federation colony on Tarchannen III . ( TNG : " Identity Crisis ")

La Forge later transferred to the USS Hood , where he served under Captain Robert DeSoto . On the Hood, La Forge knew William T. Riker , but only professionally. ( TNG : " Encounter at Farpoint ") Riker knew La Forge the longest of all of their shipmates aboard the Enterprise , and the two developed a close friendship during their later years together at that assignment. ( TNG : " The Next Phase ")

At one point in his career as a young officer, La Forge was assigned to pilot Jean-Luc Picard on an inspection tour . En route to their destination, Picard made an off-hand remark about the shuttle 's engine efficiency not being what it should be. In response to this, La Forge stayed up all night refitting the shuttle's fusion initiators . When Picard discovered what La Forge had done the following morning, he knew immediately that he wanted La Forge with him on his next command. ( TNG : " The Next Phase ")

La Forge's first meeting with Picard is referenced – although not seen directly – in the prequel novel The Buried Age , detailing Picard's activities between the Battle of Maxia and receiving command of the Enterprise -D. This scene also reveals that Picard was responsible for La Forge being transferred from the Victory to the Hood , noting that La Forge deserved a promotion but there were currently no opportunities for advancement on the Victory where the Hood had more positions available.

Aboard the Starships Enterprise [ ]

The enterprise -d [ ], conn officer [ ].

In 2364 , he was named conn officer on the USS Enterprise -D under Captain Jean-Luc Picard . ( TNG : " Encounter at Farpoint ")

While investigating the deaths of the SS Tsiolkovsky crew , La Forge contracted a variant of polywater intoxication , causing him to lose his inhibitions. Dr. Beverly Crusher used La Forge to test her vaccines and was able to develop a cure. ( TNG : " The Naked Now ")

The first test of his ability as a starship commander came during an encounter with an advanced planetary defense system in orbit around the planet Minos . With the senior officers' away teams entrenched at the planet's surface, La Forge gave the order to send the Enterprise 's saucer section to safety and then returned to Minos with the stardrive section to work out a way of evacuating the away teams. While battling a cloaked drone in orbit, he devised a strategy to lure the opponent into the planet's atmosphere, thus revealing its location. In this tense situation, he proved that he had the ability to successfully lead a skeleton crew to victory. ( TNG : " The Arsenal of Freedom ")

His special vision was impressively demonstrated during an away mission to the drifting freighter Batris . The VISOR data was directly transmitted to the Enterprise -D's main bridge viewscreen via his visual acuity transmitter , allowing the bridge crew to gain an insight into Geordi's view of the world and to follow the progress of the mission until the datalink failed. ( TNG : " Heart of Glory ")

Chief Engineer [ ]

Lieutenant La Forge as chief engineer in 2365

In 2365 , La Forge was promoted to full lieutenant . He transferred from the command division to the operations division and was named chief engineer . Over the course of the next several years, it became evident that this transfer had been a wise decision. His technical and analytical abilities, his versatility, and his cooperative leadership style were very well suited to the requirements of a senior engineering officer aboard a major starship. Just one year later, in 2366 , he was promoted to lieutenant commander . ( TNG : " The Child ", " Hollow Pursuits ", " Evolution ")

An especially demanding situation arose in 2365, after the ship's main computer had been infected by an Iconian computer virus by way of the log files of the USS Yamato . Those files were the only useful item that remained of this Galaxy -class starship after a catastrophic loss of antimatter containment had caused it to explode with the loss of all hands. La Forge was eventually able to disprove suspicions of a general design flaw in Galaxy -class starships which had arisen when the alien program caused more and more shipboard systems to fail. Working with Lieutenant Commander Data , whose positronic brain had been infected as well, he found the solution to the problem in time to save the Enterprise -D from seemingly inevitable destruction. ( TNG : " Contagion ")

As a lieutenant commander

Geordi learned about one particular disadvantage of following in the footsteps of Starfleet's legendary engineers when members of a race known as the Pakled took him hostage, hoping to gain technological knowledge. Although injured, he successfully devised an escape method without further bloodshed. ( TNG : " Samaritan Snare ")

La Forge used a hologram of Dr. Leah Brahms , the engineer who designed the Galaxy -class, after the Enterprise was ensnared in a Menthar booby trap. He and the hologram Brahms worked extremely well together and figured out an escape route for the Enterprise . In the process, Geordi became strongly attracted to Brahms. ( TNG : " Booby Trap ", " Galaxy's Child ")

Later that year, Geordi was trapped on Galorndon Core with a Romulan named Bochra . He and Bochra at first tried to kill each other, but soon resolved their differences and worked together to survive. ( TNG : " The Enemy ")

In 2367 , he met the real Leah Brahms . La Forge was ecstatic at the chance to meet her, even if on a solely professional level, but he was in for a surprise. Whereas the hologram Geordi had assembled was kind, creative, and warm, the real Brahms was rude and, much to Geordi's chagrin, married. They worked together to solve a problem on board, but Dr. Brahms found out about the holoprogram and became infuriated. They were eventually able to laugh about it, but a romantic future for the two seemed unlikely. ( TNG : " Galaxy's Child ")

Temporarily transformed into an alien

He met an old friend named Susanna Leijten whom he had served with aboard the Victory . She told La Forge that several of their crewmates, with whom they had formed an Away team to Tarchannen III , had disappeared. Shortly afterward Leijten started to transform into an alien being. La Forge too became infected, but before he was transformed into an alien, he discovered that shadow aliens on the planet had implanted a parasite into the away team members that turned them into the aliens. This was how they reproduced. La Forge was rescued and given an antidote that stopped the transformation. ( TNG : " Identity Crisis ")

Undergoing severe brainwashing after having been captured by Romulans

At the end of 2367, La Forge was captured by the Romulans, who brainwashed him into assassinating the Klingon Governor Vagh . Klingon ambassador Kell worked with the Romulans from the inside. By tracing Kell's signal to La Forge's visor, they were able to stop the assassination attempt. ( TNG : " The Mind's Eye ")

When the Enterprise was hit by a quantum filament that caused massive power failure throughout the ship, La Forge and Dr. Crusher were trapped in a cargo bay with dangerous explosive materials. They daringly decompressed the bay while they were still in it, to jettison the materials into space. ( TNG : " Disaster ")

He worked with the scientists on Penthara IV after the planet's mantle was damaged by an asteroid hit. His first plan failed, but a new one more risky than the first worked and the planet was saved. ( TNG : " A Matter Of Time ")

Later that year, the Enterprise discovered an injured Borg drone in the Argolis Cluster . La Forge helped to repair the drone and, in the process, made friends with him, naming him " Hugh ". Starfleet initially planned to use Hugh to infect the Borg Collective , but Hugh's emotions, including those he felt towards his friend Geordi, prevented this plan. La Forge asked Hugh to remain onboard, but he declined in order to ensure the safety of the Enterprise . ( TNG : " I Borg ")

La Forge with Ro Laren in 2368

After answering a distress call from a Romulan ship, La Forge and Ro Laren disappeared during a transporter cycle. They could see each other and everything around them, but no one was aware of them, and they were presumed dead. They discovered that the Romulan distress call was related to an accident with their cloaking device , and decloaked themselves by creating enough chroniton fields to force Data to use Anyon particles to decontaminate the fields, which also rematerialized La Forge and Ro. ( TNG : " The Next Phase ")

La Forge with Deanna Troi in 19th century disguise

In 2369 , La Forge, along with the rest of the Enterprise principal crew, traveled back to 19th century Earth to save Data. In the process, Geordi encountered Samuel Clemens . ( TNG : " Time's Arrow ", " Time's Arrow, Part II ")

One of Geordi's dreams came true later that year, when the Enterprise answered a distress call sent out by the USS Jenolan . He discovered that the ship's transporters were configured in a strange manner and was able to rematerialize someone. That someone turned out to be Montgomery Scott , the Chief Engineer from the original USS Enterprise . Scott had preserved himself in the transporter buffer for 75 years. Geordi was initially overjoyed to be working with such a legend, but Scotty's constant nitpicking about 24th century technology led Geordi to snap at him. This plunged Scott into a brief depression. Geordi eventually consoled him, pointing out that age does not dictate usefulness, and the two worked together to save the Enterprise . ( TNG : " Relics ")

He was abducted by solanogen-based lifeforms , who experimented on him. ( TNG : " Schisms ")

Later that year, he became romantically involved with fellow Starfleet officer Aquiel Uhnari , who was suspected of murdering her coworker. He eventually proved that the murderer was a coalescent organism . ( TNG : " Aquiel ")

In 2370 , he was captured by Lore , who was leading a group of rogue Borg, who had left the collective due to the individuality Hugh displayed, which Geordi helped to foster, in attacks against the Federation. Lore brainwashed Data into attempting to turn La Forge into a cybernetic organism. This plot was narrowly foiled. ( TNG : " Descent, Part II ")

Later that year Geordi's mother, Silva , was listed as missing in action during a mission. Upon further investigation, Geordi found that her image was being used by aliens to lure him into helping them. ( TNG : " Interface ")

He helped to prove that the Hekarans Serova and Rabal were correctly asserting that warp drive was damaging the fabric of space, which was instrumental in creating the warp 5 "speed limit". ( TNG : " Force of Nature ")

La Forge realizes that a Warp core breach is about to occur.

In 2371 , while on an away team investigating the Amargosa observatory with Lieutenant Commander Data, Geordi was knocked unconscious by Tolian Soran . Soran then kidnapped Geordi and escaped aboard a Klingon Bird-of-Prey . The Klingons traded him for Captain Picard . They put a spy device in Geordi's VISOR and used it to obtain the Enterprise 's shield frequency. The device was removed after the destruction of the Klingon ship, but unfortunately the damage suffered from the Klingons caused a coolant leak which he was unable to fix. This meant a warp core breach was imminent and also meant the inevitable destruction of the Enterprise . ( Star Trek Generations )

The Enterprise -E [ ]

La Forge in engineering aboard the Enterprise -E

After the destruction of the Enterprise -D, he transferred to the new Sovereign -class USS Enterprise -E in 2372 . He and the Enterprise then spent a year on a shakedown cruise .

La Forge in 2373

Some time between 2371 and 2373, he received ocular implants capable of even more impressive functions than his VISOR. This advanced technology no longer required an external apparatus to see.

In 2373 , the Borg attacked the Federation colony on Ivor Prime. The Enterprise was told to patrol the neutral zone; Geordi argued that the Enterprise -E was the most advanced ship in the fleet and should therefore be at the front lines. After Geordi made his case, Captain Picard decided to head to the battle. After destroying the Borg cube , the Enterprise followed the Borg sphere that had left the cube into a temporal vortex it had opened in Earth's atmosphere.

Geordi, along with the entire crew of the Enterprise -E, was transported to 2063 . He and an engineering team beamed down to help repair the Phoenix , and La Forge got to work with his hero, Zefram Cochrane . He told Cochrane about his attendance at a high school named after him and a large marble statue erected in his honor. This rattled Cochrane, but he pulled together and made first contact as planned. The Enterprise then returned to the 24th century. ( Star Trek: First Contact )

At the helm of the Enterprise , 2375

In 2375 , while investigating an incident involving Data on the Ba'ku planet , La Forge was able to temporarily see naturally through real eyes as a result of the metaphasic radiation emanating from the planet's rings. Despite this apparent gift, he, along with the rest of the senior staff , still assisted Captain Picard in working against the Federation's plans to exploit the planet, insisting that he would be unable to look at another sunrise when he was fully aware of the price that the Ba'ku would have to pay for his restored vision; in doing so, he was able to convince a reluctant Picard to accept the crew's help in saving the Ba'ku. ( Star Trek: Insurrection )

In 2379 , Geordi took part in the Enterprise 's mission to Romulus . After a fierce battle with the Scimitar , he helped his best friend Data in his task of self-sacrifice to save the Enterprise crew. ( Star Trek Nemesis )

Later life [ ]

Geordi later rose to the rank of commodore and had two daughters, Alandra and Sidney , both of whom joined Starfleet. Alandra became an engineer like her father, while Sidney trained as a pilot, becoming the helmsman of the USS Titan -A . ( PIC : " The Next Generation ", " The Bounty ")

As of 2399 , retired Admiral Picard still considered La Forge a loyal colleague who would not hesitate to join him on a mission if asked. ( PIC : " Maps and Legends ")

In the Star Trek: Picard - Countdown, Issue 1 prequel comic book , La Forge, with the rank of full commander, is featured as overseeing efforts at the Utopia Planitia Ship Yard to construct a fleet to evacuate Romulan space in 2385 . Reference to him by name in PIC : " Maps and Legends " suggests that he was not among the fatalities of the Attack on Mars later that year.

According to the Star Trek: Picard Logs , La Forge received the rank of Commodore and was given a series of special assignments by Starfleet Command.

By the early 25th century , La Forge was the head of the Fleet Museum on Athan Prime , during which time Admiral Picard wanted to donate his artwork of the Enterprise -D to La Forge. ( PIC : " The Next Generation ")

Unbeknownst to his friends, La Forge had spent the last twenty years secretly rebuilding the USS Enterprise -D , intending to reveal her as a surprise one day. By Frontier Day in 2401 , the Enterprise was a fully functional starship again minus some lingering issues that La Forge had yet to address. ( PIC : " Võx ")

Stopping the Changeling and Borg plot [ ]

In 2401 , having gone rogue due to the Changeling infiltration of Starfleet , the USS Titan -A visited the Fleet Museum where Admiral Jean-Luc Picard and La Forge's old friends attempted to enlist his help with rescuing an away team raiding Daystrom Station for information. However, given their status as fugitives and unwilling to risk his family, La Forge refused to help, even when both Sidney and Alandra fought with him about it. As a result, La Forge's daughters and Jack Crusher stole the Klingon cloaking device from the HMS Bounty . Although infuriated at first, La Forge finally agreed to help install the device and to join the mission. While William Riker was captured, the crew managed to rescue Daystrom Station's security system which proved to be Data resurrected as Daystrom Android M-5-10 . La Forge made amends with Sidney, admitting that he was disappointed in himself for not doing what La Forge's younger self would've done from the very beginning. ( PIC : " The Bounty ")

The crew began attempting to reach out to their allies for help, only to learn that many, like Tuvok , had been replaced with Changeling infiltrators. The crew attempted to figure out the plot, but discovered that Data and Lore were fighting for control of the golem body and La Forge was unable to simply delete Lore and worried about the possibility of losing Data forever if he were to lift the partition and attempt to integrate the two. The crew proceeded to lure Vadic and the Shrike into a trap, but Lore took control of the android body and helped the Changelings take control of the Titan . With no other choice, La Forge lowered the partition in the hopes that Data could overpower Lore and take full control. Although Data initially appeared to be destroyed, he was able to trick Lore and integrate with him. With Data in full control, he took control of the Titan 's systems and the crew was able to regain of the ship and destroy the Changelings while Riker and Deanna Troi were rescued by Worf and Raffaela Musiker . Afterwards, the Enterprise command crew was reunited for the first time in years. ( PIC : " Dominion ", " Surrender ")

After the discovery that Jack was hearing the Borg in his mind and his subsequent flight, La Forge discovered that when the Borg had transformed Picard into Locutus of Borg , they had included biological changes that no one was able to detect 35 years before, turning Picard into a receiver for the Borg, hence why Picard had retained a residual link with the Borg Collective . This "seed" was what was truly responsible for Picard's organic death rather than Irumodic Syndrome and it had been inherited by Jack as a transmitter able to send out instructions from the Collective. The Changelings had then extracted the Borg DNA from Picard's original body -- stolen from Daystrom Station -- and spread it throughout the fleet using the transporter system.

As Frontier Day celebrations began, the Borg Queen transformed Jack into Võx of Borg and used him to send a signal that assimilated all Starfleet personnel twenty-five years old and younger and took control of the fleet through the new fleet formation mode , including the Titan . Amongst those who were assimilated by the Borg were Alandra and Sidney and Picard, La Forge, Beverly Crusher , Worf, Data, Riker and Deanna were forced to flee the Titan as the Borg took it over, leaving behind Musiker and Seven of Nine . La Forge led his friends back to the Fleet Museum and unveiled the rebuilt Enterprise -D, now the only ship in the fleet immune to Borg control. ( PIC : " Võx ")

The crew were able to locate Jack and the Borg Queen aboard a Borg cube hiding in Jupiter 's Great Red Spot. While Picard, Riker and Worf beamed aboard the cube to rescue Jack and find the location of the beacon emitter, La Forge took command of the Enterprise in Picard and Riker's absence. Upon discovering that the beacon was at the very heart of the cube, La Forge believed that it was impossible to reach as no computer or pilot could fly that path no matter how good they were. Much to La Forge's surprise, Data insisted upon trying himself based on a gut feeling and La Forge reluctantly allowed it. Data succeeded in flying the Enterprise to the heart of the cube, but he and La Forge quickly realized that destroying the beacon would cause a cataclysmic chain reaction that would destroy the cube and everything on it. With no other choice, La Forge reluctantly ordered Beverly to fire on the beacon, but Deanna was able to telepathically sense the away team's location and fly the Enterprise to it, beaming them aboard and escaping just before the cube exploded. The rescue of Jack and the destruction of the Borg cube cut the command signal, freeing Starfleet from Borg control.

A year later , La Forge, Picard and Riker placed the fully restored Enterprise in a spot of honor at the Fleet Musuem between the USS Enterprise -A and the USS Stargazer . La Forge promised his friends that he would look after the ship the same way that she had always looked after them. La Forge later joined the rest of the Enterprise command crew in sharing drinks at 10 Forward Avenue and playing poker together. ( PIC : " The Last Generation ")

• Main article: VISOR

La Forge, who was born blind, often wore a VISOR , a crescent-moon-shaped device attached at the temples that allowed him to see. It enabled him to "see" throughout the electromagnetic spectrum, from heat and infrared through light and radio waves. With the cybernetic technology connected directly to his brain, it required such a complex and broad-based input that the user had to concentrate to focus on one area. Eventually, he received ocular implants with electric blue irises and even more abilities. ( TNG : " Encounter at Farpoint ", " The Masterpiece Society ", " Hero Worship ", " Heart of Glory "; Star Trek: First Contact )

Engineering interests, talents, and specialties [ ]

La Forge works to repair the Enterprise 's warp core .

La Forge had a great talent for engineering and a keen judgment for needed modifications in the field; his faith in technology and his ability to master it were normally an inspiration to those around him. As a junior officer, his specialties included antimatter power , dilithium regulators , holodeck programs , and climate-control computers . His intense focus enabled him to master the complexities of warp engineering and other starship systems. Geordi's all-night refit of a shuttle engine after an off-hand comment by Jean-Luc Picard garnered the attention of the captain , as it was a testament to his no- nonsense skill and insight. ( TNG : " The Last Outpost ", " Elementary, Dear Data ", " Homeward ", " Sub Rosa ", " The Next Phase ")

During the Zefram Cochrane project, he recalled the Phoenix test vehicle's intermix chamber from memory. ( Star Trek: First Contact )

During the 2369 visit to Deep Space 9 , Geordi wished to shop on the station's Promenade , where he wanted to take a look a number of Ktarian antiques on display, including a rumored 21st century plasma coil that was in perfect condition. ( TNG : " Birthright, Part I ")

Legendary forces [ ]

In 2063 , La Forge helped his idol Dr. Zefram Cochrane , Human scientist , eccentric genius, and inventor of the warp drive , to launch his warp test vessel Phoenix in order to make the historic initial meeting with the Vulcans . ( Star Trek: First Contact ) Similarly, when a transporter loop allowed Geordi to come into contact with the near-mythic engineer Montgomery Scott in 2369 , the two joined forces to free the Enterprise from a Dyson sphere 's interior. ( TNG : " Relics ")

Personal life [ ]

The major childhood trauma of being alone in his burning home caused him great distress, though he was pulled to safety after only two minutes. His isolation from his field-assigned officer parents amplified his feelings of solitude. ( TNG : " Hero Worship ")

Despite this, his outstanding characteristic was his adaptability to change and satisfaction with life. His sense of humor and affable nature remained strong, despite his growing responsibilities. ( TNG : " The Child ", " Code of Honor ", " The Masterpiece Society ", " Relics ")

He enjoyed the senior officer's weekly poker game, and though his artificial "eyes" allowed him to detect bluffing and see his opponents' cards in the ultraviolet spectrum , he never "peeked" until a hand was over. ( TNG : " Ethics ")

La Forge with a beard

On occasion, La Forge wore a beard . ( TNG : " The Outcast ", " A Fistful of Datas ", " The Quality of Life ") When he began showing stubble in early 2369 , he was asked by Data if he was attempting to grow another beard. When La Forge asked his opinion on the attempt, Data responded, " [a]s is the case with many natural growth processes, it is difficult to envision the end product based on an intermediate stage. " With that response, La Forge decided that he'd " [g]ive it a few more days. " ( TNG : " A Fistful of Datas ") La Forge continued to grow his beard in, and when asked by Worf if he intended to keep in, during one of their weekly poker games, La Forge was not sure at first; Riker, however, felt that it looked good on him. Their discussion lead to Dr. Crusher's challenge that the reason why men still wore beards, was that they were trying to hide something, and/or, that since the razor was invented , beards were little more than an affectation . While La Forge argued that "some of the most distinguished men in history have worn beards," when Crusher offer to "up the stakes" of their poker game, bet that the three men wouldn't be willing to shave their beards off if her hand won. La Forge took Crusher's bet and told him he had "the hand to beat". When it seemed as if La Forge bit off more than he could chew, their game was interrupted by Captain Picard with a call to return to duty , without knowing the hand's final outcome. ( TNG : " The Quality of Life ") He wore a beard again, in the form of a goatee , while serving aboard the USS Enterprise -E in the mid- 2370s . ( Star Trek: Insurrection , Star Trek Nemesis ) He also wore it in an alternate 2390 and in the anti-time future . ( VOY : " Timeless "; TNG : " All Good Things... ")

Actor LeVar Burton preferred the facial hair, but the producers did not, and the first appearance of La Forge's beard was an experiment that was not approved. Burton was later permitted to regrow his beard during filming of the latter two appearances in Season 6 for the purposes of his wedding. ( Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion , 2nd ed., p. 194, 227)

A model of the HMS Victory , built by Geordi La Forge

He also delighted in scale model building of old sailing ships, namely the HMS Victory , ing chess , swimming , skindiving , fencing , the history of his profession. ( TNG : " Elementary, Dear Data ", " The Loss ", " Relics ") He was not well suited for writing or the mandolin , despite a preference for guitar music. He liked iced tea and pasta , such as fungilli . ( TNG : " Booby Trap ") Due to his nomadic upbringing, he was adept at various languages including Haliian . ( TNG : " Aquiel ")

Personal relationships [ ]

Friendships [ ].

La Forge with Data in 2366

La Forge always tried to be on friendly terms with everyone around him, yet he only seemed completely at ease in company of his closest friend, Data. The two of them often role-played in holodeck simulations of Sherlock Holmes stories, in which Data assumed the role of Holmes and La Forge was Dr. Watson. ( TNG : " Elementary, Dear Data ", " Ship In A Bottle ")

Geordi was also close friends with Miles O'Brien and Susanna Leijten . Possibly because of his own tendencies to retreat to fictitious settings, Geordi became friends with the extremely shy and nervous genius Reginald Barclay , trying to keep him in reality. ( TNG : " Data's Day ", " Identity Crisis ", " Hollow Pursuits ", " The Nth Degree ") Geordi also forged an unlikely bond with fellow Enterprise Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott after rescuing him from the crashed USS Jenolan . ( TNG : " Relics ")

Romance [ ]

Geordi was slightly insecure concerning dating and women, though he had significant relationships with Christy Henshaw , Lt. Aquiel Uhnari , and Dr. Leah Brahms. He may have also harbored a slight romantic attraction to his crewmate Natasha Yar . ( TNG : " Booby Trap ", " Transfigurations ", " Aquiel ", " The Naked Now ", " Hide And Q ")

Self-conscious and slightly nervous, it took him considerable effort to get in contact with potential female partners. This apparently contributed to his falling in love with two women's holographic audiovisual representations when it appeared that he would never get to meet them in person. ( TNG : " Booby Trap ", " Hollow Pursuits ", " Galaxy's Child ")

Michael Piller once likened Geordi to "the guy who fumbles around women but is in love with his '57 Chevy". ( Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion , 2nd ed., p. 106)

Christy Henshaw [ ]

Efforts to date Enterprise -D crewmate Christy Henshaw were initially unsuccessful, although she became much more interested in him after an encounter with the Zalkonian known as John Doe left him feeling much more confident. ( TNG : " Booby Trap ", " Transfigurations ")

Leah Brahms (hologram) [ ]

Working with a holographic representation of engineer Leah Brahms , a key member of the Galaxy -class Starship Development Project and, in a way, the mother of the Enterprise 's warp propulsion system, La Forge fell in love with her. Despite this attraction, he later noted that he still knew when it was time to turn off the holodeck and say goodbye.

Upon meeting the real, married Dr. Brahms one year later, in 2367, things were anything but rosy; after discovering the holoprogram, she resented his usage of her image and accused him of exploiting her. Both had to work hard to find a way of cooperating, but eventually they became friends. ( TNG : " Booby Trap ", " Hollow Pursuits ", " Galaxy's Child ")

Aquiel Uhnari [ ]

Investigating the supposed death of one and disappearance of another officer at a remote subspace relay station in 2369, Geordi reviewed the personal correspondence of the suspected victim, Lieutenant Aquiel Uhnari. In the process, he came to know and like her so much that upon her unexpected apprehension, they formed a short relationship. ( TNG : " Aquiel ")

Alternate realities and timelines [ ]

In an alternate timeline created when the Enterprise -C accidentally traveled to the future, La Forge had been fighting in a war with the Klingons for the duration of his Starfleet career. He was still Chief Engineer, but was a lieutenant for reasons unknown. ( TNG : " Yesterday's Enterprise ")

In two alternate quantum realities , La Forge was killed in 2370 . In one of them, he died during an attack on the Enterprise -D by a Cardassian Galor -class battle cruiser. ( TNG : " Parallels ") Later that year, in an alternate timeline , La Forge's optic nerves regenerated due to the anti-time particles emanating from a temporal anomaly , restoring his vision. ( TNG : " All Good Things... ")

Geordi La Forge in 2390

In another alternate timeline , La Forge had been promoted to the rank of captain by 2390 and was in command of the Galaxy -class USS Challenger . In that year, he pursued Chakotay , Harry Kim , Tessa Omond and The Doctor in a stolen Delta Flyer to the Takara sector in an attempt to stop them from changing history by preventing the destruction of the USS Voyager fifteen years earlier . ( VOY : " Timeless ")

According to the script notes, " He's slightly older, with ocular implants , rank of Captain. […] His attitude is serious but also even-tempered – if he can win these people over with diplomacy, so much the better. " Later when he and Chakotay reached an impasse in their conversation, it was stated in the script that "There's a mutual respect between these two men – neither of them wants this conflict to ignite. "

LeVar Burton found that reprising his own role of Geordi La Forge here was enjoyable. " It was fun, " he enthused. " It was a nice little opportunity to put a spacesuit on. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 42)

Geordi La Forge in the " anti-time future "

In an alternate future, around 2395 , Geordi had retired from Starfleet to become a novelist and was married to someone named Leah (possibly Leah Brahms ). The couple were living on Rigel III and had three children, Alandra , Bret and Sidney . Leah became the director of the Daystrom Institute as well as quite a gardener . ( TNG : " All Good Things... ")

Holograms [ ]

Geordi as one of The Three Musketeers : "We shall thrash them!!"

Geordi La Forge was holographically duplicated on a number of occasions.

• In 2366 , as part of the investigation into the destruction of the Tanuga IV research station , copies of Geordi were created based on the depositions given by the witness in the programs Deposition Program Riker One and Manua Simulation One . ( TNG : " A Matter of Perspective ")
• As part of Reginald Barclay 's holo-addiction , he created at least two programs that had representations of Geordi. One was a recreation of the USS Enterprise -D ; the other, Barclay Program 15 , had Geordi as one of The Three Musketeers . ( TNG : " Hollow Pursuits ")
• Barash recreated the entire command crew of the Enterprise -D in 2367 on Alpha Onias III to keep Commander Riker there, creating an illusion of the Enterprise crew sixteen years in the future. The La Forge hologram appeared without his VISOR – apparently the result of improved medical technology restoring his eyes – but Riker deduced that the simulation wasn't real when La Forge took too long to conduct basic repairs on the Enterprise (really the result of Barash having trouble creating a completely convincing simulation), informing La Forge that he was " incapable of that level of incompetence. " ( TNG : " Future Imperfect ")
• Later that year, La Forge created a holoprogram based on the reports of the Tarchannen III outpost 's investigation in 2362 by an away team of the USS Victory , including himself. ( TNG : " Identity Crisis ")
• The James Moriarty hologram recreated the entire Enterprise -D in 2369 as part of a ploy to escape the holodeck . Data finally realized the trap laid by Moriarty and revealed it to Captain Picard when they were both in the holographic engineering. Data tossed a tool to "La Forge" who caught it with his left hand, although he was actually right-handed. Data recognized this as one of the holodeck's initial malfunctions and used the visual lesson to show Picard that they were on the holodeck. ( TNG : " Ship In A Bottle ")
• When Deanna Troi took Riker's version of the Bridge Officer's Test in 2370 , it contained a recreation of La Forge. In order to pass the test, Deanna needed to know that on some occasions she might be required to order one of her officers to sacrifice himself for the good of the ship. During an antimatter leak simulation, Deanna ordered the La Forge recreation to repair the leak at the cost of his own life. ( TNG : " Thine Own Self ")

Chronology [ ]

• 2335  : Born in African Confederation , Earth .
• 2340s  : Receives his first VISOR .
• 2353  : Admitted to Starfleet Academy .
• 2357  : Graduates Starfleet Academy, assigned to USS Victory .
• 2361  : Assigned to USS Hood under Captain DeSoto .
• 2364  : Assigned to USS Enterprise -D as helmsman .
• 2365  : Promoted to lieutenant and chief engineer .
• 2366  : Promoted to lieutenant commander .
• 2370  : Receives word that his mother, Captain Silva La Forge of the USS Hera , has died.
• 2371  : The USS Enterprise -D is destroyed over Veridian III . ( Star Trek Generations )
• 2372  : Assigned to the USS Enterprise -E.
• 2373  : Travels back in time to 2063 in order to defeat an attempt by the Borg to create an alternate timeline in which the Federation is never created. ( Star Trek: First Contact )
• 2375  : Assists in Picard's rebellion against Starfleet Admiral Dougherty in order to protect the Ba'ku ; La Forge's eyes temporarily gain sight because of the Ba'ku planet 's effects. ( Star Trek: Insurrection )
• 2379  : Attends the wedding of William Riker and Deanna Troi . Participates in Battle in the Bassen Rift . ( Star Trek Nemesis )
• Between 2376 and 2401 : Has at least two daughters: Sidney La Forge and Alandra La Forge . Promoted to commodore and assigned curator of the Fleet Museum .

Appendices [ ]

Appearances [ ].

• " Encounter at Farpoint "
• " The Naked Now "
• " Code of Honor "
• " The Last Outpost "
• " Where No One Has Gone Before "
• " Lonely Among Us "
• " Justice "
• " The Battle "
• " Hide And Q "
• " The Big Goodbye "
• " Datalore "
• " Angel One "
• " 11001001 "
• " Too Short A Season "
• " When The Bough Breaks "
• " Home Soil "
• " Coming of Age "
• " Heart of Glory "
• " The Arsenal of Freedom "
• " Symbiosis "
• " Skin Of Evil "
• " We'll Always Have Paris "
• " Conspiracy "
• " The Neutral Zone "
• " The Child "
• " Where Silence Has Lease "
• " Elementary, Dear Data "
• " The Outrageous Okona "
• " Loud As A Whisper "
• " The Schizoid Man "
• " Unnatural Selection "
• " The Measure Of A Man "
• " The Dauphin "
• " Contagion "
• " The Royale "
• " Time Squared "
• " The Icarus Factor "
• " Pen Pals "
• " Samaritan Snare "
• " Up The Long Ladder "
• " The Emissary "
• " Peak Performance "
• " Shades of Gray "
• " Evolution "
• " The Ensigns of Command "
• " The Survivors "
• " Who Watches The Watchers "
• " The Bonding "
• " Booby Trap "
• " The Enemy "
• " The Price "
• " The Vengeance Factor "
• " The Defector "
• " The Hunted "
• " The High Ground "
• " A Matter of Perspective "
• " Yesterday's Enterprise "
• " The Offspring "
• " Sins of The Father "
• " Allegiance "
• " Tin Man "
• " Hollow Pursuits "
• " The Most Toys "
• " Ménage à Troi "
• " Transfigurations "
• " The Best of Both Worlds "
• " The Best of Both Worlds, Part II "
• " Brothers "
• " Suddenly Human "
• " Remember Me "
• " Reunion "
• " Future Imperfect "
• " Final Mission "
• " The Loss "
• " Data's Day "
• " The Wounded "
• " Devil's Due "
• " Galaxy's Child "
• " Night Terrors "
• " Identity Crisis "
• " The Nth Degree "
• " The Drumhead "
• " Half a Life "
• " The Host "
• " The Mind's Eye "
• " In Theory "
• " Redemption "
• " Redemption II "
• " Ensign Ro "
• " Silicon Avatar "
• " Disaster "
• " The Game "
• " Unification I "
• " Unification II "
• " A Matter Of Time "
• " New Ground "
• " Hero Worship "
• " Violations "
• " The Masterpiece Society "
• " Conundrum "
• " Power Play "
• " The Outcast "
• " Cause And Effect "
• " The First Duty "
• " Cost Of Living "
• " The Perfect Mate "
• " Imaginary Friend "
• " The Next Phase "
• " The Inner Light "
• " Time's Arrow "
• " Time's Arrow, Part II "
• " Realm Of Fear "
• " Man Of The People "
• " Schisms "
• " Rascals "
• " A Fistful of Datas "
• " The Quality of Life "
• " Chain Of Command, Part I "
• " Chain Of Command, Part II "
• " Ship In A Bottle "
• " Face Of The Enemy "
• " Tapestry "
• " Birthright, Part I "
• " Birthright, Part II "
• " Starship Mine "
• " Lessons "
• " The Chase "
• " Frame of Mind "
• " Suspicions "
• " Second Chances "
• " Timescape "
• " Descent "
• " Descent, Part II "
• " Liaisons "
• " Interface "
• " Gambit, Part I "
• " Gambit, Part II "
• " Phantasms "
• " Dark Page "
• " Force of Nature "
• " Inheritance "
• " Parallels "
• " The Pegasus "
• " Homeward "
• " Sub Rosa "
• " Lower Decks "
• " Thine Own Self "
• " Eye of the Beholder "
• " Genesis "
• " Journey's End "
• " Firstborn "
• " Bloodlines "
• " Emergence "
• " Preemptive Strike "
• " All Good Things... "
• Star Trek Generations
• Star Trek: First Contact
• Star Trek: Insurrection
• Star Trek Nemesis
• VOY : " Timeless "
• " The Bounty "
• " Dominion "
• " Surrender "
• " The Last Generation "

Background information [ ]

Geordi La Forge was played by LeVar Burton in all of the character's television and film appearances.

The creation of the character began when Gene Roddenberry proposed having a disabled crewmember aboard the Enterprise . David Gerrold subsequently wrote a memo which listed various disabilities, from which Roddenberry selected blindness. Gerrold ultimately disapproved of how little of La Forge's face was usually visible due to wearing a VISOR. ( The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years , pp. 98 & 99)

This character and all other La Forges were named for the late quadriplegic Star Trek fan George La Forge . ( Star Trek Encyclopedia , 2nd ed., p. 256; Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion , 2nd ed., p. 15; The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years , p. 99) After having helped select blindness as the character's disability, it was David Gerrold who suggested naming the character after George La Forge. " Gene thought that was a terrific idea, " Gerrold noted. ( The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years , p. 99) In the documentary " Trekkies ", however, Jonathan Frakes states that the fan's name was "Jordan".

After David Gerrold proposed the character should be named after George La Forge, it was also Gerrold who thought up the idea that Geordi La Forge be a black man. " I suggested that we didn't have any black people on the ship in terms of our regular characters, " Gerrold reflected, " and in keeping with the ethnic character of the show, and if neither the captain or the first officer were black, then it was perhaps Geordi who should be black. " ( The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years , p. 99)

The original Writers/Directors Guide for TNG , dated 23 March 1987 , had La Forge with somewhat different interests and talents than in the actual series. He wasn't listed as the helmsman or even a bridge officer, instead being simply an "away mission regular". His "specialty" aboard the Enterprise was the "starship school for children". The guide also stated that there was a plan to visit a planet where Geordi would receive the equivalent of Human eyes, "and their limitations lead to the major disappointment of his young life." ( Star Trek: The Next Generation Writers'/Directors' Guide , pp. 7 & 31)

Aside from LeVar Burton, other contenders who the preproduction staff considered casting as La Forge included Reggie Jackson , Tim Russ , Wesley Snipes , Victor Love , Chip McAllister , Clarence Gilyard, Jr. , and Kevin Peter Hall . As of 13 April 1987 , all those performers were being considered for the part, with Reggie Jackson appearing to be the favorite option. [1] According to Rick Berman in an interview in the 1995 special Star Trek: Voyager - Inside the New Adventure , Tim Russ auditioned for the role and almost got it, but was beaten by Burton. (Russ later won the regular role of Tuvok in Star Trek: Voyager .)

It was Robert H. Justman who ensured LeVar Burton's audition, the two having worked together (on television movie Emergency Room ) in the past. Burton himself later remarked, "Star Trek certainly represented an opportunity to do good work. I like Geordi for a lot of reasons. First of all, his energetic attitude is much more loose than that of a lot of other characters. He has a sort of cynical sense of humor, and I like that about him. I liked the opportunity to play a character who is handicapped, yet that handicap has been turned into a plus for him, and there are all the emotional issues that go along with that. " ( The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years , p. 98)

Geordi has held more ranks on screen than any other Star Trek character: he was an ensign in a flashback in TNG : " Identity Crisis ", a lieutenant junior grade in TNG Season 1 , a full lieutenant in TNG Season 2 , a lieutenant commander in TNG Seasons 3 through 7 and the four Next Generation feature films, a commander in the illusory future of TNG : " Future Imperfect ", a captain in an alternate timeline in VOY : " Timeless ", and a commodore in PIC Season 3 . (For further information on who has held the most ranks on screen, see also Nog .)

Geordi is notable for easily establishing friendships with initially hostile aliens, such as Bochra in " The Enemy " and Hugh in " I Borg ".

Geordi La Forge appeared in the first draft script of VOY : " Death Wish ", though his part in the episode was rewritten to feature William T. Riker instead. Jonathan Frakes once explained that the reason La Forge was written out of the script was that LeVar Burton's head had recently been shaved and Burton, therefore, didn't look much like how audiences were used to seeing La Forge look. ( TV Guide , 17-23 Feb.) His cameo in VOY : " Timeless " was after audiences had already seen the changes in Burton's appearance in Star Trek: First Contact .

Geordi La Forge was also originally to have been referenced in VOY : " Flashback ". In the first draft of that episode's script, Kathryn Janeway critiqued, " You read the diaries of Geordi La Forge and what he saw on the Enterprise -D... and you realize that only some things have changed [since the 22nd and 23rd centuries , compared to the 24th century ]. " All mention of La Forge was excised from the episode by the time the final draft of the script was issued.

In 1999 , Geordi and his VISOR influenced the creation of an optical viewing device that was developed based on NASA technology to help the visually impaired see and read and was named JORDY (Joint Optical Reflective Display) after the character. [2]

In developing the characters for Star Trek: Lower Decks , Mike McMahan described all four leads in an 10 August 2020 TrekMovie.com interview as a combination of other Star Trek characters, parts of himself, and people in his life. Sam Rutherford gets some character traits from Geordi, symbolized by his cybernetic implant being "a half- VISOR ." McMahan described Rutherford as " really great at what he's doing, but he's not able to solve everything at the end of 40 minutes, because he's not the chief engineer on the Enterprise," that Rutherford is "still learning," and part of science is that sometimes he will test things and get things wrong. [3]

Apocrypha [ ]

Geordi La Forge in 2387 in Star Trek: Countdown

The comic book series Star Trek: Countdown , a tie-in to the 2009 Star Trek film, depicts Geordi as having left Starfleet by 2387 to design starships, including the Jellyfish , which is given to Spock prior to his confrontation with Nero . It is also established that Geordi was originally going to pilot the Jellyfish , but Spock convinced him otherwise as the mission the stop the Hobus supernova was a one-way trip and Geordi is still a young man, while Spock was reaching the end of his adventures. Spock also felt obliged to carry the mission out to the end, as it was he who first warned of the star's danger and who failed to predict when it would go nova. Having the modifications to the Jellyfish completed and the vessel ready for its mission into the Hobus star, Geordi informs Spock that the ship's controls are encrypted and will only respond to his voice. He then accompanies Captain Data and Ambassador Picard onboard the Enterprise -E as they go to assist Worf in his battle against Nero.

The novel Losing the Peace by William Leisner establishes Geordi's hometown as Mogadishu , Somalia , part of the African Confederation and a thriving 24th century city. This was later included in La Forge's biographical data seen in the remastered version of " Cause And Effect ".

The computer game Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Transinium Challenge establishes that Geordi's blindness was caused by an "incurable optical nerve defect."

The novel Ghost Ship establishes that Geordi was one of the few individuals who was able to successfully function with a VISOR as the VISOR was a very taxing prosthetic to wear because of the amount of energy it used and the painfully large amount of information it sent to the Human brain.

In The Path to 2409 from Star Trek Online , Geordi reentered Starfleet in 2397 and became the captain of the USS Challenger . He is played by TNG actor LeVar Burton first appearing in the mission "Beyond the Nexus", aiding the player in investigating the anomaly of the same name . He later appears helping establish a colony of Lukari and Kentari who are attempting to live together on a new world after being separated for centuries. He then helps the player repel a Tzenkethi attack on the colony, and later another Tzenkethi attack on Bajor , as well as joining the player in debriefing a Tzenkethi defector seeking asylum with the Alpha Quadrant Alliance.

In just about all the TNG novels set after the events of Star Trek Nemesis , La Forge's rank is established as being that of full commander .

In the Genesis Wave series, set in 2377 , Geordi La Forge admits his love for Leah Brahms, but assures her that he expects nothing in return. La Forge only asks her to meet him at an engineering conference in a few months' time, and she agrees.

In the novel Indistinguishable from Magic set in 2384 , La Forge served in a temporary detached role of operations and second officer aboard the USS Challenger under Captain Montgomery Scott . Their assignment was to investigate a phenomenon described as trans-slipstream drive. He was reunited with Dr. Brahms, who served the Challenger as a civilian specialist. Their reunion was awkward at first, but after Geordi was nearly killed in a battle with the former Ferengi DaiMon Bok , they began a romantic relationship. Scotty was badly injured and his first officer killed in the battle. Unable to meet Starfleet fitness requirements for service any longer, Scotty retired to become a civilian specialist like Dr. Brahms and recommended that Geordi be promoted to captain and take command of the Challenger . His first mission as captain was to continue investigating the trans-slipstream phenomenon. During their search, the Challenger was thrown outside the galaxy (along with a Romulan ship), where they found a spatial anomaly surrounding the remains of the Hera . They investigated the site, rescued the surviving Hera crew and learned that Geordi's mother died in a rockslide some time ago. The Challenger was destroyed in the process of getting the Starfleet crews and the Romulans home, and Tal Shiar chairwoman Sela returned the Starfleet officers to the Enterprise rather than hold them captive. When he returned to the Enterprise -E, Captain Picard named La Forge to the role of Captain of Engineering based on the precedent set by Scott in the same role aboard the USS Excelsior and the USS Enterprise -A . Dr. Brahms decides to stay with Geordi and moves in with him on the Enterprise .

The storyline in the Star Trek: Countdown comic indicates that La Forge and Brahms were married by 2387.

The eBook The Insolence of Office states that La Forge was ordered to have his VISOR replaced with ocular implants by Admiral Hayes or be reassigned to a less sensitive post. This was due to the Romulans manipulating La Forge through his VISOR in " The Mind's Eye " as well as the VISOR being used by the Duras sisters in their attack on the USS Enterprise -D in Star Trek Generations , which resulted in the destruction of the Enterprise .

Geordi pulled into the alternate reality by the quantum storm

In the thirtieth issue of the Star Trek: Ongoing series set in the alternate reality , Geordi appears when an anomaly called a "quantum storm" causes the crew of the USS Enterprise to meet gender-swapped versions of themselves and the quantum storm starts pulling in Enterprise crewmembers from infinite realities, with Geordi being pulled in and appearing next to the female version of Montgomery Scott .

Geordi La Forge in 2385 in Star Trek: Picard - Countdown

In the first issue of the prequel comic Star Trek: Picard - Countdown , Geordi is overseeing the construction of the evacuation fleet at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards in 2385 before he is informed of a call from the USS Verity . After being told that the first wave of ships is ahead of schedule and could be in Romulan space within the month, La Forge takes the call, being greeted by Admiral Picard. Once Picard is informed of Starfleet's progress in constructing the escape ships, both he and Geordi express their dissatisfaction that even with the impending supernova, the Romulans still adhere to secrecy.

External links [ ]

• Geordi La Forge at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Geordi La Forge at Wikipedia
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Showrunner confirms Star Trek: Picard star's return for Chicago Med season 10

Chicago Med is getting set for season 10 and it looks like one recurring character is coming back for it! Here’s what we know!

Fans of Chicago Med are used to characters coming and going over the course of the series. That was proven by word that Dominic Rains would be leaving the show as Dr. Crockett Marcel. It also appears that Luke Mitchell will now be a regular as Mitch Ripley. 

The show is building for season 10 with some new cast members announced . Darren Barnet will play Dr. John Frost, a pediatric resident and Sarah Ramos comes on board as Dr. Caitlin Lenox.

Season 9 did have a couple of characters coming and going. Sophia Ali was prominently featured as Zola Ahmad, a new intern for Marcel and it looked like she might become a regular. However, Zola made a lot of mistakes as her beef with insurance companies led her to break the rules helping patients. When she was discovered injecting blood into a patient to qualify him for a treatment, Marcel had to report her. That was the last we saw of Zola as Marcel later learned she’d been fired off-camera.

Also popping into season 10 was Naomi Howard, a medical student aiding Archer (Steven Weber). At first, she was way too nervous to the point Archer kicked her out. However, he later came to see Naomi had some promise and just needed a bit of mentoring.

The character popped up in another two episodes, played by Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, who had just come off her role as Sydney LaForge in Star Trek: Picard . If you were wondering if the actress would be back in the coming season, we now have an answer!

Naomi Howard is returning for Chicago Med season 10

Speaking to TVLine , Chicago Med showrunner Allen MacDonald confirmed Naomi would be back for season 10. He didn’t specify how many episodes she would be in or if the role would remain recurring or now she'd be a series regular character. 

Naomi did make a decent debut on the show even if she had limited screen time. The series hasn’t done much with medical students in a while and Naomi can be a good “entry level” character learning the ropes with Archer and others. Chestnut is a good actress and can make the most of her screen time.

The question is how much screen time that will be as the show has two new characters amid the usual drama. As a student, Naomi wouldn’t be taking part in major surgeries as she'd more so be following other doctors around. Yet having her around makes sense as there’s more staff to be used in a busy hospital. There’s potential in Naomi becoming more popular and a regular character to make the role more notable.

It’s another nice addition to Chicago Med to keep this hit show rolling along.

Chicago Med season 10 premieres Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 8/7c on NBC.

This article was originally published on hiddenremote.com as Showrunner confirms Star Trek: Picard star's return for Chicago Med season 10 .

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Geordi La Forge's (LeVar Burton) daughters are introduced in Star Trek: Picard season 3, and the torch of Star Trek: The Next Generation looks like it will be passed to them, which is fitting. Star Trek: Picard season 3's new trailer was revealed at New York Comic-Con 2022, which focused on the season's triumvirate of villains: the returning Lore (Brent Spiner) and Professor James Moriarty (Daniel Davis), and the mysterious new Big Bad, Captain Vadic (Amanda Plummer). But Geordi La Forge's daughters help balance the scales towards the reunited icons of TNG .

Geordi's daughters are both Starfleet Ensigns who are assigned to the USS Titan-A, which truly makes them TNG 's next generation. Ensign Sidney La Forge (Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut) is the Titan's helmsman while Ensign Alandra La Forge (Mica Burton) is presumably in Engineering since she was billed as "working with her father." Sweetening the family ties is that Mica Burton is LeVar's real-life daughter. Alandra and Sidney were both name-dropped in the alternate future of Star Trek: The Next Generation 's series finale, "All Good Things," and they now make their canonical debut in Star Trek: Picard . While Alandra and Sidney's mother has not yet been announced, it could possibly be Dr. Leah Brahms (Susan Gibney), who recently reprised her TNG role in Star Trek: Lower Decks season 3. Sidney La Forge as helmsman of the Titan-A is also nice symmetry with Ensign Demora Sulu (Jacqueline Kim), the daughter of Hikaru Sulu (George Takei), who was introduced as the USS Enterprise-B's helmsman in Star Trek Generations .

Related: Why Seven Of Nine Isn't A Captain In Star Trek: Picard Season 3

All Of TNG 's Kids Who Are The Next Generation

By now, Star Trek: The Next Generation 's main cast are 35 years older and nearly all of them have families. Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) was a parent since the beginning, and her son Wesley (Wil Wheaton) is now a Traveler who could theoretically appear at any time. Worf (Michael Dorn) is the father to Alexander Rozhenko (Marc Worden), who was last seen serving aboard a Klingon Bird-of-Prey in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .

Star Trek: Picard season 1 revealed that Captain Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Commander Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) left Starfleet to raise their children on Nepenthe. Although their son, Thaddeus, tragically died from a terminal illness, the Troi-Rikers are raising a bright and spirited daughter named Kestra (Lulu Wilson). Even Data (Brent Spiner) briefly became a parent on TNG when he created his own daughter, Lal (Hallie Todd), and Star Trek: Picard 's synthetic twins, Dahj and Soji (Isa Briones), are technically Data's daughters. Meanwhile, in LeVar Burton's view, Alandra and Sidney fix how Geordi was not given a successful romantic relationship in TNG . La Forge's daughters make TNG 's family affair nearly complete.

Is Star Trek: Picard Season 3's Villain Jean-Luc's "Next Generation"?

The lone holdout among Star Trek: The Next Generation 's icons who has no children is Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). Or it could be possible that Jean-Luc has no children that he is aware of. Star Trek: Picard season 3's mystery villain, Captain Vadic, is hunting the crew of the USS Enterprise-D and E, and her reasons must somehow tie back to TNG . This leads to speculation that Vadic could possibly be Picard's offspring, i.e. Jean-Luc's own 'next generation.' If this is revealed as the case in Star Trek: Picard season 3, it would mean the final season is a twisted Star Trek: The Next Generation family feud.

Next: What Happened To Data's Evil Brother Lore Between TNG & Picard Season 3

Star Trek: Picard Season 3 premieres February 16, 2023, on Paramount+.

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