Patrick Stewart's terrible Star Trek wig will ruin your memories of The Next Generation

According to Screenrant, Stewart, who starred in the series from 1987 to 1994 and in four subsequent films, was initially asked to sport a hairpiece as Paramount executives "believed there would be a cure for baldness by the 24th century".

And while the recently resurfaced picture, which is actually from the Star Trek TNG episode "Violations", in which a flashback briefly shows Picard at an earlier stage of his life, it can also be seen as a glimpse into an alternate reality in which the veteran actor had been forced to cover up his iconic dome.

Twitter user Paul Haine shared the pic with the (misinformed) caption: "I knew that they initially tried to make Patrick Stewart wear a wig for Captain Picard but I’d never seen the test photo and now my day is complete."

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