Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
Six years afterStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , Star Trek : The Next Generationhad a mini reunification of two actors that has mostly been draw a blank . TNGpicks up around a century afterStar Trek : The Original Seriesand follow the adventures of Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) and his bunch aboard the USS Enterprise - D. Despite the crack in theStar Trektimeline , a few actors reprised their roles fromTOS , include DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard McCoy , Leonard Nimoy as Ambassador Spock , and James Doohan as Scotty . A few other actors who had appear inTOSor its subsequent films appeared inTNGplaying altogether new part .
InStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 1 , episode 22 , " mutualism , " the Enterprise rescues four survivors from a bottom before its destroyed . Soon after come on the USS Enterprise - D , the newcomers from two different planet become mired in a difference over the medicine their ship was carry . Two of the survivor , the Ornarans , appear to be very sick and in heroic need of the medicine , but the other two , the Brekkians , insist that the Ornarans have not pay off for it . As " mutualism " progresses , Captain Picard begins to distrust that the Brekkians may not be tell the whole story .
Star Trek : The Next Generation has one of the most dear casting of characters in all of science fabrication . Here are the major characters of the classic .
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan Actors Appeared In TNG
Merritt Butrick & Judson Scott return to Star Trek.
Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khanactors Merritt Butrick and Judson Scott appear on diametrical sides of the struggle inStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s " Symbiosis , " just as they did in the hit film . Butrick appears as T’Jon in " Symbiosis , " the more free-spoken of the two Ornarans , while Scott play Sobi , the utterly unbiassed manlike Brekkian . InStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , Merritt Butrick played David Marcus , the scientist boy of Captain James T. Kirk(William Shatner ) and Dr. Carol Marcus ( Bibi Besch ) . Butrick would play the character again inStar Trek III : The Search for Spock , in whichDavid is killed by the Klingon Kruge(Christopher Lloyd ) while on the doomed Genesis planet . Scott played Joachim inWrath of Khan , the chief lieutenant of Ricardo Montalbán ’s villainous Khan Noonien - Singh .
Judson Scott and Ricardo Montalbán became confining supporter while filmingStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khanand Scott presented Montalbán with the life achievement award he received in 2003 .
While the message ofStar Trek : The Next propagation ’s " Symbiosis " may be a second on the nose , Merritt Butrick ’s performance as Onararn T’Jon helps the episode oeuvre . His impassioned pleas for help convey all the desperation of a man suffering from addiction who sincerely believe he will give out without the drug . Judson Scott ’s Sobi is much less sympathetic than Butrick ’s part and does n’t make quite as much of an picture . The male Brekkian remains unmoved by the Onarans ' plight , prove no compunction after Captain Picard uncovers the Brekkians ' deceit .
What Happened To Kirk’s Son Actor Merritt Butrick?
Butrick was a tragic victim of the 1980s AIDS epidemic.
Tragically , TNG’s"Symbiosis " was one ofMerritt Butrick ’s last performances before his demise in 1989 at the age of only 29 . Butrick had begin his career just eight years before in 1981 , when he appeared in two episode ofHill Street Blues . After that , he spiel a important supporting character in the teen sitcomSquare Pegs , during which time he was cast to playAdmiral James T. Kirk ’s boy , David Marcus , inStar Trek II : TheWrath of Khan .
Butrick went on to have steadfast body of work in picture , television , and theater throughout the eighties before passing away from complication due to AIDS . By all accounts , Butrick was a talented up - and - coming vernal actor , whose career would likely have only persist in to develop . Butrick ’s portrayals of David Marcus inWrath of Khanand T’Jon inStar Trek : The Next Generationensured he will always be remembered as an important member of theStar Trekfamily .
Star Trek : The Next GenerationandStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khanare useable to stream on Paramount+ .
