They killed Hengist!

[DonIago]

...in some terrible alternate timeline somewhere there must be a mashup of this episode and "Code of Honor"...

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

But the most sexist part is that their solution to getting Scotty to overcome his resentment toward women is not to sit him down with women so he can talk to them and relate to them as individuals, but to take him to a stripper bar and get him laid.

Seems to me that the most sexist part is Spock (of all characters!) declaring that Redjac targets women because they ". . . are more easily and more deeply terrified, generating more sheer horror than the male of the species."

And I don't recall any strippers. Just a belly dancer. Nor did I catch any implication or insinuation that sex was on the menu.

 

[The Salt Umpire]

...And what of Lazarus? What of Lazarus?!?

You meant to say " ...And what of Hengist? What of Hengist?" didn't you?

 

[Henoch]

Nor did I catch any implication or insinuation that sex was on the menu.

First dialog of the episode:

SCOTT: Captain, I think I'm going to like Argelius.
KIRK: Obviously a man of good taste.
SCOTT: You mean to tell me all these women, that all this is
KIRK: Yes, yes, yes. The Argelians think very highly of their pleasure.
MCCOY: That's an understatement if I ever heard one. This is a completely hedonistic society.

Hedonistic...

 

[Christopher]

Seems to me that the most sexist part is Spock (of all characters!) declaring that Redjac targets women because they ". . . are more easily and more deeply terrified, generating more sheer horror than the male of the species."

That's the most obviously sexist part, but I wouldn't call it more sexist than the other things I mentioned.

And I don't recall any strippers. Just a belly dancer. Nor did I catch any implication or insinuation that sex was on the menu.

Why else do you think Scotty and Kara went off together after her dance? To review technical manuals? As Henoch said, we were told up front that this was a planet of hedonists. Obviously a 1960s TV series couldn't come out and say they were there to get laid, but any adult viewer of the day would have taken it as a given that when sailors take leave in a friendly port, they're only looking for one thing from the local women.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

You do realize that I was a prudish 5th-grader when I first saw the episode in strip syndication, right? I wouldn't develop into a dirty old man until a few years later.

 

[Christopher]

You do realize that I was a prudish 5th-grader when I first saw the episode in strip syndication, right? I wouldn't develop into a dirty old man until a few years later.

Are you saying you never saw the episode between then and now? I mean, the whole point of TV censorship was so that any kids watching wouldn't catch these implications, but I caught them once I grew up.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Not exactly a favorite episode. And first impressions tend to last a long time.

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

That's the most obviously sexist part, but I wouldn't call it more sexist than the other things I mentioned.




Why else do you think Scotty and Kara went off together after her dance? To review technical manuals?

No, but given Scotty's history with failing engines, they might have decided to simply drink up for the night.

 

[Set Harth]

But the most sexist part is that their solution to getting Scotty to overcome his resentment toward women is not to sit him down with women so he can talk to them and relate to them as individuals