Looking back at that, I think Roddenberry was lampshading the expected social discomfort expected in the audience when those words were put in Pike’s mouth. Regrettably, the rest audience reportedly still wasn’t willing to accept Number One.
It’s odd though given the prominent women characters in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea which was very popular a few years before.
MarmaladeMermaid@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That was the sense I got. When he says “oh not you, you’re not like other women” the look she gives him makes it clear we’re supposed to realize that was a fucked up thing to say.