Wesley was ok. Gene Roddenbury said in an interview years ago that Wesley Crusher represented him at that age, as he was a bright kid and did well in school.

Wil Wheaton was brilliant in Stand By Me. I think he made a mistake, just as Denise Crosby ( Tasha Yar. ) made a few years before him in leaving the show. Both actors admitted such a move killed their careers dead. Being typecast in Star Trek :TNG might have been a factor, as well.

"I offer you a Vulcan prayer, Mr Suder. May your

death bring you the peace you never found in

life." - Tuvok.