Editing Beverly Crusher (section)

==Family==
After marrying Jack, Beverly returned to the academy while he left for the USS ''Stargazer''. A year later, she gave birth to a son named [[Wesley Crusher]]. Jack died on an [[away team (Star Trek term)|away mission]] when Wesley was five years old. [[Jean-Luc Picard|Captain Jean-Luc Picard]], who was commanding the ''Stargazer'' at the time, took home the body of Jack. She never fully recovered from his death. Dr. Crusher and [[Jean-Luc Picard|Captain Picard]] were also acquaintances while the character's husband was alive, as Picard and Jack Crusher were very good friends. At the beginning of the series, Picard and Dr. Crusher have not seen or heard from each other since Jack's death. "[[Encounter at Farpoint]]" is the first time Picard and Dr. Crusher's son Wesley truly meet face to face. Later in her life she realizes Picard has fallen in love with her.

As time goes by, both Crusher and Picard try to conceal their feelings from each other. Their relationship advances in "[[Attached]]", when the two are linked telepathically and their romantic feelings are revealed. At the end of this episode, Beverly tells Jean-Luc, "Perhaps we should be afraid", implying that she's not ready to take that step forward in their relationship.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 5, 2021 |title=Star Trek: Captain Beverly Picard? How TNG's Biggest Ship Sort Of Came In |url=https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-beverly-crusher-picard-married-alternate-timeline/ |access-date=April 19, 2022 |website=CBR |language=en-US |archive-date=April 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419153459/https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-beverly-crusher-picard-married-alternate-timeline/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

However, only a handful of episodes later in "[[Sub Rosa (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Sub Rosa]]", it is revealed that neither Beverly nor Jean-Luc has been able to let go of those feelings and they are back to where they started, trying to pretend the feelings don't exist and that they have no problem being "just friends" with one another.

In the series finale "[[All Good Things... (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|All Good Things...]]", it is revealed that in an alternate future, Dr. Crusher and Captain Picard had been married and then divorced—still evidently having feelings for each other after so many years. Little information is given about the circumstances of their marriage or separation. In the present the two share a kiss; however, that particular timeline is erased when Picard changes the past.

In the four ''Next Generation'' movies, the flirtation between Dr. Crusher and Captain Picard remains, though it is not as obvious as previous episodes and most certainly not part of the substantial movie plots. The most noteworthy moment between the two happens in one of the deleted scenes of the last ''Next Generation'' movie, ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]''.

Following the television series and films, the relationship between Dr. Crusher and Captain Picard continued throughout the [[Canon (fiction)|non-canonical]] ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' [[Pocket Books]] series. Beverly and Jean-Luc have married, but still serve together on the ''Enterprise''-E. They have a son named René Jacques Robert Francois Picard, named after Picard's older brother (Robert) and nephew (René).

However, in the canonical sequel series ''[[Star Trek: Picard]]'', Beverly and Jean-Luc have not married. They have conceived a son, Jack II, but mounting assassination attempts on Picard have led Beverly to hide Jack away from him and raise Jack by herself. By 2401, Beverly is piloting her own charity hospital ship, the SS ''Eleos'', and is assisting her son in his criminal exploits. She sends a message to Jean-Luc requesting help and gets severely injured when encountering an aggressive band of raiders. Picard commandeers a Starfleet ship, the USS ''Titan'', and rescues her and Jack, right before the raiders' leader Vadic destroys the ''Eleos''. After she is treated, Beverly helps the ''Titan''{{'s}} medical staff throughout the third season, and her analysis of autopsies and interrogation of Vadic with Picard, prove crucial in helping uncover a conspiracy of rogue Changelings infiltrating Starfleet out of revenge for Starfleet's medical experimentation and actions during the [[Dominion War]]. She is reunited with the rest of the ''Enterprise'' crew as they race to prevent the conspirators and their collaborators the [[Borg]] from further attacking Starfleet. When they are too late, Picard decides to infiltrate the Borg's last cube and rescue a newly assimilated Jack. Beverly fires the torpedoes that destroy the cube while the rest of the crew [[transporter (Star Trek)|beams]] Picard and Jack out. By 2402, after developing new transporter modifications and [[Gene therapy|gene therapies]] to prevent the conspirators and their partners the Borg from returning, her commission is reinstated. Beverly is promoted to the rank of Admiral, and Beverly and Picard see their son off as he joins Starfleet aboard the USS ''Enterprise''-G. Beverly and Jean-Luc are last seen playing poker with the rest of the ''Enterprise''-D crew in the Ten Forward bar in Los Angeles, finally content with their lives.

In ''[[Star Trek: Prodigy]]'' [[Star Trek: Prodigy season 2|season 2]], [[Kathryn Janeway]] contacts Beverly in 2384 after meeting Wesley. Beverly isn't able to offer much insight into her son's current activities as Wesley hasn't visited her in years. Beverly laments that "for a time traveler, I wish he had more time to spend with his mother." Wesley later finally visits his mother, and she introduces Wesley to his little brother for the first time, Jack having only been a small child at the time.