Full spoilers follow for the latest Star Trek: Short Treks episode, “The Trouble With Edward.”
While Starfleet is typically depicted as having only the best people among its ranks, occasionally a dud creeps in. In the original Star Trek series this was usually some captain or admiral who had turned bad. In the Next Generation, Reginald Barclay was introduced, the most inept whoever stepped among Starfleet’s finest. But whereas Reg got a chance to redeem himself over multiple episodes and years, H. Jon Benjamin’s character in the new Short Trek “The Trouble With Edward” will seemingly never have that opportunity. And judging by the events of the short, he probably doesn’t deserve it either.
Source: IGN.com H. Jon Benjamin Talks Being the Worst Starfleet Officer Ever