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Have you ever given up on a Trek series? If so, what was the last straw for you?

I'm reminded of a story in "The Making of George A. Romero's 'Day of the Dead'", where the producers of the movie saw a rough assembly of the picture and were surprised by the amount of swearing in it and they asked George if he could cut some of it out, and George response was, "If I cut out the swearing the movie would only be five minutes long."
So, the producers acquiesced and allowed the swearing to stay in.
 
And this is where I point out that the very first Star Trek that ever aired involved a Salt Vampire who lured its victims by posing as an attractive member of the opposite sex.

Which was clearly meant to be a sexy, provocative notion -- at least by the standards of 1960s sci-fi shows.

May as well add that the term man-trap in slang means literally an extremely seductive woman. (The quotation on the Wiktionary page from Our American Cousin (1858) can be found on Project Gutenberg.) I've always suspected a double meaning in the episode's title.
 
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