<p>TEX-TREK Mission 358: STAR TREK : TNG&#39;s &quot;Coming of Age&quot; Back-Trekking Retrospective</p><p><br></p><p> With the new Academy show only weeks away, it seems appropriate to reflect back on some of the more Academy focused stories. Let&#39;s travels back in time to TNG season 1 for a Back-Trekking retrospective on &quot;Coming of Age,&quot; the one when Wesley takes his Starfleet Academy admissions test. Class is now in session!</p><p><br></p><p>As always, available in both video and audio-only formats.</p><p><br></p><p>Watch on YouTube:</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSxqQbrPmHI</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to podcast:</p><p>https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/3mm6M8OfyYb</p><p><br></p><p>Download this podcast episode:</p><p>https://d3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net/staging/2025-10-24/413049168-44100-2-6dc797abfa665.m4a</p><p><br></p><p>Get RSS feed:</p><p>https://anchor.fm/s/f37edb0c/podcast/rss</p><p><br></p><p>Apple Podcasts:</p><p>https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tex-trek/id1495605753?uo=4</p><p><br></p><p>Spotify:</p><p>https://open.spotify.com/show/6mdZ030Klldxwn7SSc5PKp?si=3BOqsbQER9Ssfppqk7lofQ&amp;fbclid=IwAR1M1uH_xBE1lYWcwQocoDzjoVSsLmCgBt08TCEYAltwIH3MPC0S60bMCsE</p><p><br></p><p>Join our Discord server:</p><p>https://discord.gg/YXPeRyQh7y</p><p><br></p><p>Support us on Patreon:</p><p>https://www.patreon.com/txtrek</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1 Episode 19</p><p>&quot;Coming of Age&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>Written by Sandy Fries and Hannah Louise Shearer (uncredited rewrite)</p><p>Directed by Mike Vejar</p><p><br></p><p>As Wesley Crusher faces the Starfleet Academy entrance exam on Relva VII, representatives from Starfleet Command conduct an exhaustive investigation into Captain Picard and the Enterprise-D crew.</p><p><br></p><p>http://www.facebook.com/textrek</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.instagram.com/txtrek/</p><p><br></p><p>http://twitter.com/TxTrek</p><p><br></p><p>https://www.tiktok.com/@txtrek</p><p><br></p><p>Email: [email protected]</p><p><br></p>