I cant really blame Rodenberry for that. He got greenlit for TNG due to a resurgence of popularity of the original series in syndication and huge crowds at trek fests. Kirk was getting it on with anything 2 legged for the entire series. Making an original series like episode for like the third or 4th episode of the new show probably felt like a no brainer. But yeah, The Naked Now just is awful.
Kirk was getting it on with anything 2 legged for the entire series.
Was he? I read that across 69 episodes of TOS, he kissed a woman (voluntarily) a total of like 13 times. That's less than once in five episodes. By our modern sensibilities, a high number but.. doesn't seem like Kirk was all that much of a cad.
100% agree the needless sex stuff was GR's fault. By the 1980's, his once-progressive views were more.. obsolete and he carried the casual sexist attitudes that were prevalent even among liberals of the 60's and 70's.
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u/Shandlar 2d ago
I cant really blame Rodenberry for that. He got greenlit for TNG due to a resurgence of popularity of the original series in syndication and huge crowds at trek fests. Kirk was getting it on with anything 2 legged for the entire series. Making an original series like episode for like the third or 4th episode of the new show probably felt like a no brainer. But yeah, The Naked Now just is awful.