Holy hell, the miniskirts. I know it was progressive for its time, women’s lib, etc. But: Female officers bending over console, butt swell hanging out. Almost every episode, over sexualized women needlessly emotional, constantly falling into male arms. Barely clothed, wisps of fabric. Spock saying that Kirk’s alter ego trying to rape his female officer made him interesting.
I’m at episode 14, 1st season. Is the rest of the series like this?
That said, there’s a hard, pure science to it I haven’t seen in later star treks. Can see how people then would find it fascinating. Also gets deep, in a weighty, high drama way.
I thought that Pike line was written to start a story arc of a misogynist who learns to be better. He says the “can’t get used to women on the bridge” line after pretty clearly being a cock to his yeoman who is just doing her job. The look that Majel Barrett’s character gives him when he says the next line: “No offense Lieutenant, you’re not like other women” drives it home that what he just said was really inappropriate. But that’s me watching it for the first time just a few years ago, after having grown up watching '90s Trek and having certain expectations of Starfleet captains. The way Kirk was written in the following episodes kind of crushes that theory.