Geordi La Forge's (LeVar Burton) best crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He only played a ing role in each film, but Geordi's sunrise scene with Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) was a hallmark of LeVar Burton's fan-favorite character.
In Star Trek Insurrection, Picard (Patrick Stewart) led the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise-E in a revolt over the forced relocation of the Ba'ku so that an alliance between Commander Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis).
However, the Enterprise crew member who arguably benefitted the most from the Briar Patch's effects was Geordi. La Forge was born blind and wore a Star Trek: First , Geordi's eyes got upgraded when he received ocular implants, which eliminated the need for his VISOR and gave La Forge artificial blue irises. But thanks to the Briar Patch, Geordi's natural eyes regenerated, so he was able to remove his implants and see with his own two eyes for the first time in his life.
In Star Trek Insurrection's most beautiful moment, Picard found Geordi in the hills above the Ba'ku village where the Chief Engineer was waiting for the sunrise. LeVar Burton's stellar acting that really hammered home what seeing the cascade of his first dawn truly meant for Geordi. With just the power of his performance, Burton pulled on Trekkers' heartstrings as he communicated the sheer joy of Geordi truly enjoying a spectacular sight he'd dreamed of all his life.
Geordi's literal moment in the sun was a perfect counterbalance to how badly La Forge was treated in Star Trek Generations. The Chief Engineer suffered the indignity of being kidnapped by the Klingon sisters Lursa (Barbara March) and B'Etor (Gwyneth Walsh) in the first TNG movie. Geordi was held in irons and interrogated about trilithium by the film's villain, Dr. Tolian Soran (Malcolm McDowell). Worse, the Klingons altered Geordi's VISOR so that they could see through La Forge's eyes once he was rescued and returned to the Enterprise. It was because Lursa and B'Etor had access to Geordi's VISOR that they were able to by the Enterprise's shields and fire photon torpedoes at the Federation flagship. Essentially, Geordi was the fall guy for why the Enterprise-D was destroyed in Star Trek Generations.
Star Trek: Insurrection isn't highly regarded by fans as one of the best Star Trek movies, but director TNG's cast. Perhaps above all, Insurrection gave Geordi La Forge his best Star Trek movie scene and reaffirmed why he one of the franchise's most beloved characters.
