In the first 2 series Wesley was an especially badly written character in an already badly written show, the only reason it survived long enough to become a goo

In the first 2 series Wesley was an especially badly written character in an already badly written show, the only reason it survived long enough to become a good show is because it's Star Trek. There are some good moments in the first 2 series, but not many. Wesley is much better in later episodes as the writing on the show improved a lot, and also because Wheaton's acting improved a bit. "Young cadet struggling with being young" would have been a good regular, not to dissimilar to Nog in DS9, and Wheaton would have been a good actor for it, but I guess by this time the damage had been done.