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The Trill were first introduced in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "The Host". In that episode, Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) engaged in an intense love affair with a Trill super-diplomat named Odan (Franc Luz), a man whom she later discovered had a very unusual biology. It seems some members of the Trill species are joined with incredibly long-lived worm-like symbionts that are surgically implanted in their stomachs. The symbionts possess the memories and experiences of all their hosts and take over the personalities of the people they are implanted inside of. Symbionts can live through dozens of hosts in their lives.

In "The Host," Odan sported inverted v-shaped forehead ridges above his eyes and a larger, extended septum. The makeup was designed by Michael Westmore, a longtime "Next Generation" makeup artist.

It wouldn't be until "Emissary", the pilot episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," that Trekkies would encounter another Trill.

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard Season 3, Episode 1 - "The Next Generation"The premiere of Star Trek: Picard season 3 ends with a shocking revelation that Dr. Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) has another son, played by Ed Speleers, but who is his father? Both Crushers are attacked for unknown reasons by new enemies led by Captain Vadic (Amanda Plummer), and a distress message from Beverly pulls Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Captain Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) to rescue her. Both Star Trek: The Next Generation icons come face to face with a young man who claims to be Beverly Crusher's son.

Of course, Beverly already has a son, Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton), who has since become one of the Travelers and made a surprise cameo in Star Trek: Picard season 2's finale. Taking this young man at his word, Beverly's second son appears to be in his early-to-mid 20s. Dr.