Wil Wheaton reunited with his Star Trek co-star (Picture: Getty Images)

The Big Bang Theory’s Wil Wheaton reunited with his Star Trek co-star 17 years after their last appearance in science-fiction film Nemsis.

The 46-year-old actor, who played Wesley Crusher in the franchise, met up with his on-screen mum Gates McFadden to celebrate her 70th birthday and just like his final appearance in the CBS sitcom, it was everything.

Wil marked the occasion with an incredible photo alongside his wife Anne and sharing it with his 774,000 followers he captioned the pic: ‘Space Family picture from last night, when we celebrated my space mom’s birthday.’

Trekkies went mad for the snap, with comments such as ‘This photo makes me ridiculously happy’ and ‘This is the best thing ever’ filling Wil’s replies.


Wil, who was arguably one of The Big Bang Theory’s unsung heroes, recently starred in his last ever episode after a decade of filming.



Upon his exit, the Stand By Me star revealed that he feared getting fired from the CBS sitcom, and bowed out with William Shatner, Kevin Smith, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Joe Manganiello by his side.

‘That was just the most joyful way to complete the most amazing 10 years of my acting career. There could not have been a better, more satisfying way to finish it,’ he told Cleveland at the time.

The Big Bang Theory continues on Thursdays on CBS.

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