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When Trek insults our intelligence

Whose to say that they weren't all fooling around together? Even now, there are open marriages. Who knows how the institution is seen in the 24th century?

Some people are into open relationships. Some are not.

Picard and Beverly didn't strike me as the type who would be. (Picard definitely isn't; "Attached" makes it fairly clear that despite his love for Beverly, he didn't dare do or say anything while Jack was alive.) There's no evidence that Bev and Jack's marriage was open, anyway.
 
There's no evidence it wasn't. There is very little known about it.

I suppose not. But if Beverly and Jack were into that kind of thing, then she probably would have told Jean-Luc, like "Why didn't you tell me? We could have all had a good time".
 
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Not only is Picard not a homewrecker (he wouldn't sleep with Beverly while she's still married to Jack), but surely birth control in the 24th century will have advanced to the point where it is absolutely 100% effective.

You'd think. But there sure seem to be a lot of unexpected children anyway: Hi, David Marcus, Alexander, Dukat's illegitimate daughter, that kid who posed as Picard's long-lost son . . . :)

And didn't Kassidy Yates get pregnant because Sisko forgot to take his shots?
 
You'd think. But there sure seem to be a lot of unexpected children anyway: Hi, David Marcus, Alexander, Dukat's illegitimate daughter, that kid who posed as Picard's long-lost son . . . :)

There is perfect contraception. But Riker ain’t sharing that secret it seems.
 
And if we're counting the books, there's Spock's kid by Zarabeth . . ..

I missed that one. Is it for the best? It sounds like it might be for the best.

To be fair, that was a prehistoric period. Rhythm method was about the only option, and Spock don’t look like he can bust a move.
 
I missed that one. Is it for the best? It sounds like it might be for the best.

To be fair, that was a prehistoric period. Rhythm method was about the only option, and Spock don’t look like he can bust a move.

At the time, I thought that 'Yesterday's Son' and 'Time for Yesterday' were among the better Pocket novels. But, I was younger then. Today, I might have a whole different perspective. Maybe I will seek them out again....
 
In its day, "Yesterday's Son" by A.C. Crispin was very popular. I'm not 100% sure of this, but I believe it was the first TREK novel to hit the NYT Bestseller List.

(Not counting movie novelizations.)
 
I missed that one. Is it for the best? It sounds like it might be for the best.

To be fair, that was a prehistoric period. Rhythm method was about the only option, and Spock don’t look like he can bust a move.
I checked it out from the library so many times that I finally just bought it from them. Still one of my favorites, and it has a sequel too.

It's worth at least one read, in my opinion.
 
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