Is it me or was Scotty falling in love a lot?

[WendyNotsid]

I remember a bunch of episodes where it started out with him falling for some Lieutenant-of-the-week or dancing girls and such. Not like Kirk, where basically some chick fell for him and they porked. I mean, Scotty falling for some girl.

I have a feeling he grew up with a lot of sisters.

 

[JustKate]

I only remember a couple of Scotty romances, but that's not to say I remember everything...

And Kirk did fall for women a lot. He seemed to forget about them the moment the ship warped away from the planet, but he fell a lot.

 

[number6]

He didn't fall.. He seduced them to manipulate him.. I don't think Scotty fell that often.. There were only three that I can think of..or four..

 

[T J]

Sure, he had a couple of infatuations but in the end his life long love was the Enterprise and scotch... and in the end, just scotch.

 

[number6]

He did also like them kinda young, didn't he?

 

[Greg Cox]

As far as I recall, it only happened twice--in "The Lights of Zetar" and "Who Mourns For Adonias."

 

[Harvey]

What about "Wolf in the Fold?"

It didn't happen much, but it was often the crux of the Scotty-centric episodes, of which their weren't many.

 

[Trevacious]

Hm,

Scotty and Carolyn Palamas,
Scotty and Mira Romaine,
Scotty and the Dead Dancing Girl...

Scotty and Uhura -- live dancing girl -- though that one came pretty late in the game...but I bet he noticed back in the day when she was rocking the mirror-universe uniform.

Scotty and...Yeoman Extra? Did he cop a feel a time or two comforting fearful females in the background?

Also, Scotty was willing to take on Greek Gods and Robots to protect a dame and DIE a few times over in the process! I still remember the jolts Apollo and Nomad gave him. "Mortal! You have Earned this!"

 

[RandyS]

I don't know. Is two alot?

 

[sbk1234]

He can't spend all his time nursing his engines.

 

[FormerLurker]

Wasn't Scotty and 'Dead Dancing Girl' a rebound romance for Scotty? Coming off of Lt. Palamas or some other relationship that ended badly?

 

[Doug Otte]

Wasn't Scotty and 'Dead Dancing Girl' a rebound romance for Scotty? Coming off of Lt. Palamas or some other relationship that ended badly?

That one bugs me. In Wolf in the Fold, Kirk and McCoy discuss how a woman crew member was responsible for some type of accident that injured Scott, and therefore he developed a universal misogyny. And, later, they postulate that he might have murdered the Dancing Woman for that reason. That doesn't seem like our Scott!

Doug

 

[Mytran]

In that first example, I think they're enjoying a little joke, a pretext for getting Scott shacked up with the dancer so the Cap & Doc can get across town to a little place where women are so...

It's not til later that they begin to wonder if there's more to it.

 

[plynch]

He does like to say "I'm givin' her all I've got."

 

[sbk1234]

I'm picturing Scotty in bead with a dame, shouting out the same dialogue he used in engineering during a crisis:
"I'm givin' it all she's got!"
"She canna take it anymore!"
"We're full power now!"
"My poor bairns!"

 

[Captain Rob]

^^ As long as he doesn't go "It's green".

 

[sbk1234]

LOL

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

If Scotty did fall in love a "lot", it puts him in the same boat with Geordi.

Must be something with engineers.

Thank goodness there wasn't a holodeck on 1701 (that we know of).

 

[Doug Otte]

In that first example, I think they're enjoying a little joke, a pretext for getting Scott shacked up with the dancer so the Cap & Doc can get across town to a little place where women are so...

It's not til later that they begin to wonder if there's more to it.

Hmm. I never interpreted it as a joke, but I'll watch it again and try to see it your way.

Doug

 

[the G-man]

It was a plot thing. Kirk couldn't fall in love since he was the seducer. Spock couldn't fall in love because he was a Vulcan. McCoy couldn't because he was too by TV standards. Sulu because he was...Asian (seriously interspecies was more acceptable than interracial). Chekov because he was too young. That left Scotty.