View Full Version : Why did things remain platonic for Captain Picard and Dr. Crusher


TMC
10-10-2022, 04:17 AM
They acknowledged the interest was there and they were even married (and divorced but it seemed amicable) in the alternate future of the Next Generation's series finale. But at the end of it, including the movies, things like I said, remained platonic. One thought that's out there is that is that in the alternate future, Jean-Luc Picard had developed Irumodic Syndrome (https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Irumodic_Syndrome). By having visited that future, Picard learned that he had a strong likelihood of developing it himself. So knowing this hurt his marriage to Beverly Crusher in that future, he avoided pursuing any romance with her.