WARNING: Contains SPOILERS for Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, episodes 9 & 10, “The Devourer of All Things, Parts I & II”
Summary
The safe house that Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) uses to hide from the Loom inStar Trek: Prodigywill look familiar to fans ofStar Trek: The Original Series. InStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2, episode 9,“The Devourer of All Things, Part I”, written by Jennifer Munro and directed by Sung Shin, Wes is revealed to be the mysterious benefactor of Dal R’El (Brett Gray), Gwyndala (Ella Purnell) and the rest of their young crew. Wesley tasks the former crew of the USS Protostar with preserving theprimeStar Trektimeline, by returning their ship to Tars Lamora, where their younger selves had previously found it.
However, before Wesley can send Dal and the crew to rescue Captain Chakotay (Robert Beltran), they’re attacked by the terrifying Loom. To escape,Wesley Crusher uses his Traveler powersto open a vault that leads to an office in the 1960s. This office, used by Wesley and the Protostar crew as a safehouse inStar Trek: Prodigy, was last seen inStar Trek: The Original Seriesseason 2, episode 26, “Assignment: Earth”, further emphasizing the connections between the Travelers and Supervisors.
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Wesley Crusher’s Prodigy Safehouse Belongs To Gary Seven From Star Trek: TOS
InStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2, episode 10, “The Devourer of All Things, Part II”, written by Aaron J. Waltke and directed by Sean Bishop, it’s confirmed that Wesley is taking refuge in a replica of the office from"Assignment: Earth". In theStar Trek: The Original Seriesepisode, Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) encounter Supervisor 194, also known as Gary Seven (Robert Lansing).The artists on “The Devourer of All Things” do a great job of recreating Gary Seven’s office down to the tiniest detail, from the Beta 5 computer concealed in the book case to the avocado-colored telephone.
“Assignment: Earth” was written as a potential backdoor pilot for a Gary Seven-ledStar Trek: The Original Seriesspinoff of the same name.
Wesley states that their safe house isn’t Gary Seven’s actual office, but an old facility used byStar Trek’s Travelersto train Supervisors who work in different time zones.The office seen inStar Trek: Prodigyis designed to mimic 1968, on the day of the Apollo 7 launch, confirming the identity of the rocket that Gary was trying to detonate in “Assignment: Earth”. Therefore, the office that hides Wesley and the Protostar crew from the Loom is the very same one that trained Gary Seven ahead of his encounter with Kirk and Spock inStar Trek: The OriginalSeries.
Star Trek: TOS' Gary Seven’s Connection To Prodigy’s Traveler Explained
InStar Trek: The Original Seriesseason 2, episode 26, “Assignment: Earth”, Gary Seven is dispatched to 1968 by his superiors to check on the status of Agents 201 and 347.Discovering that they had been killed in an automobile accident, Gary took up their mission to quietly prevent humanity from instigating a nuclear apocalypse.Star Trek: Picardseason 2 revealed that Gary Seven and his fellow agents, the Supervisors, were actually working at the behest of Travelers like Wesley Crusher, to maintain the fragile web of time.
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Star Trek: Picard
Wesley confirms this inStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2, when he tells Dal R’El that the Supervisors are the Travelers' “field agents” in “The Devourer of All Things, Part II.” Now thatProdigyhas confirmed the importance of theseStar Trektime travelers, it will be interesting to see if more Supervisors appear in the franchise. Kore Soong (Isa Briones) was recruited by Wesley Crusher inPicardseason 2, but it remains to be seen if she’ll be following in the Traveler’s footsteps or will instead be a successor to Gary Seven’sStar Trek: The Original Serieslegacy.
Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek follows the U.S.S. Enterprise on its five-year mission to explore the galaxy, led by Captain James T. Kirk and First Officer Mr. Spock. The crew confronts a variety of challenges, including Klingons, Romulans, and genetic supermen, as they search for new life and civilizations.
Star Trek: Prodigy
Star Trek: Prodigy is the first TV series in the Star Trek franchise marketed toward children, and one of the few animated series in the franchise. The story follows a group of young aliens who find a stolen Starfleet ship and use it to escape from the Tars Lamora prison colony where they are all held captive. Working together with the help of a holographic Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), the new crew of the USS Protostar must find their way back to the Alpha Quadrant to warn the Federation of the deadly threat that is pursuing them.
