Let's get to brass tacks.
- Does Doc Crusher even have a character even after 7 seasons? Pulanski was better than her. Her only character I remember was that she's a mother and her relationship with Picard.
- Troi, whom I absolutely love, sucks ass almost half the show and has her entire character and utility given to Whoopi fucking Goldberg. Should we go to the federation counselor? Nah, we should just go to the mysterious black bar tender. And by the time Troi falls into her element it's too late and there's like two seasons left.
- Guinan. What the fuck is her point? Oh, she's mysterious. So the fuck what? Does she even HAVE a character besides the mysteriousness? Where does she come? What is she? All she provides is vague nothings. She's CRAP.
- La Forge is BALLS. He's always in the engineering deck. He's not interesting at all. He's basically a nerd and his best friend is an android.
- Tasha Yar. Need I say more? Oh wait, I do. Remember when TNG got popular so her actress decided to come back once a season? Yeah.
- WESLEY. CRUSHER.
Of TNG, only Data, Riker, Picard, and Worf are good characters. Characters like Ro, O'Brien, Nurse Ogawa are interesting and are barely explored.
It's weird how such a pedestal people put on TNG. It's a great show. It's a goddamn classic, and some days it might even be my favorite Star Trek. But god fucking damn stop riding it and the rest of the franchises nuts. They've always been flawed, the new characters in Picard have more development some like Dr. Crusher ever had. We don't know what direction they'll take the series in season 2 so this is all moot.
You guys didn't even want to give Picard a chance. It's just endless bitching, even about the most banal of things likes smoking and cursing (who cares).