Was there another version of TNG because I don't remember Troi's penchant for random one night stands.
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It's a possibility.
It's not like we see them going to the bathroom either, I think it's okay to assume things from time to time.
I suppose but if you're going to assume things that are out of character, then anything is possible even if it makes little sense. I guess after so many years, there aren't many more undiscussed topics about Star Trek, eh? I'm not trying to fight or troll but I don't see the point in speculating about such things.
By the way, other than Al in Married With Children, do we ever see anyone use bathrooms on TV?
I agree. What makes it seem really out of character is if she was doing this she wouldn't seem so uncomfortable around her mom who is someone I could easily being like that when she was Deanna's age. You would think Troi would be more like Riker and be less regal.
Only thing that might make it possible is this thing I have heard about how, Catholic girls sometimes end up being really into sex and kinky stuff far more than you might ever think. It's all about that concept about how the people who are shy or conservative on the outside end up being more into the kinky and exotic stuff.
Jason
Is it out of character for her?
She jumped in bed pretty fast with the creepy mind reader guy.
She was getting cozy with the other mind reader guy that had the beard and the entourage.
And the guy on the planet with the closed society?
Plus the guy that made her all old.
I'm not so sure that her purity isn't just a ruse.
It's obvious that she isn't opposed to hitting it pretty quickly with a man she barely knows.
Hearing the toilet flush was certainly a big thing on All In The Family, but yeah, not a major plot device on most shows outside of Simpsons or Family Guy.
Yep, Homer on the toilet.
Which is really stupid because he's just an animation, so he doesn't even need to go to the bathroom!
Yes, but not so much with Enterprise crew members. I think it's safe to say that in the 24th century of the Star Trek world, people have a more liberated attitude about sex but that still doesn't mean that Troi was jumping into the sack with Ensign A, and Lt B, and Ensign C, etc, etc
I just had a thought. What ship counselors also serve as those love instructers that I have heard people mention that Gene Roddenberry had come up with while creating his new utopia version of the future for TNG.
You add that with the fact that Troi was basically a updated version Illia from TMP, like RIker was a updated version of Decker. We knew Illia had to give a oath of celibacy. It's possible the Troi character, if Roddenberry had stayed in charge might very well have been having sex with many of the crew.
Jason
You add that with the fact that Troi was basically a updated version Illia from TMP, like RIker was a updated version of Decker. We knew Illia had to give a oath of celibacy. It's possible the Troi character, if Roddenberry had stayed in charge might very well have been having sex with many of the crew.
Jason
Giggety! Sign me up for a tour of "duty"
I can't remember the exact episode of TNG but there was one where Worf, Crusher, and a security team were responding to an emergency call from one of the cargo bays and as they approach the doors you see them casually strolling as if they are taking a relaxed walk.
That sounds like "Schisms". The ship's sensors registered an explosion in a cargo bay; however, emergency teams found that nothing had happened once they arrived on scene.
WORF: No running in the corridors!
TVtropes calls this "ghost extras". 
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GhostExtras
It's not uncommon in TV and movies, if you watch carefully, mainly because movie producers tend to get very irate if they feel one of the 'background artists' is trying to stand out from the crowd and big note themselves in a scene where the focus is supposed to be on the main characters. So the alternative is the casting manager herding the extras around and basically telling them, 'don't react to anything unless the director tells you to'. Which leads to funny scenes like this one where you'd expect Ensign Joe Blow to react when seeing one of the senior officers looking and acting like a shrew, but instead he just ignores events as though he and they are in completely different and unrelated streams of reality or something.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GhostExtras
It's not uncommon in TV and movies, if you watch carefully, mainly because movie producers tend to get very irate if they feel one of the 'background artists' is trying to stand out from the crowd and big note themselves in a scene where the focus is supposed to be on the main characters. So the alternative is the casting manager herding the extras around and basically telling them, 'don't react to anything unless the director tells you to'. Which leads to funny scenes like this one where you'd expect Ensign Joe Blow to react when seeing one of the senior officers looking and acting like a shrew, but instead he just ignores events as though he and they are in completely different and unrelated streams of reality or something.
I've heard that it is against the union laws for a director to direct a extra and if you do the extra has to be paid like a actor. I'm curious as to how any extra has any clue as what to do if that is the case.TVtropes calls this "ghost extras".
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GhostExtras
It's not uncommon in TV and movies, if you watch carefully, mainly because movie producers tend to get very irate if they feel one of the 'background artists' is trying to stand out from the crowd and big note themselves in a scene where the focus is supposed to be on the main characters. So the alternative is the casting manager herding the extras around and basically telling them, 'don't react to anything unless the director tells you to'. Which leads to funny scenes like this one where you'd expect Ensign Joe Blow to react when seeing one of the senior officers looking and acting like a shrew, but instead he just ignores events as though he and they are in completely different and unrelated streams of reality or something.
Jason
Why even bother having a guy pass in the hallway at all then, if there's some potential chance that it might play awkward on screen, because the guy is a random extra, who isn't being given a scene to play? If I were directing an episode, I'd rather the hall be empty than have some dope pass thru, who's not playing the scene
Jae & Martinez were downright fixtures on board, both on the show & in at least some of the movies. I think the same rules apply though, but some extras are just good enough that they get asked back, because they can make it believable.
He should have turned his head to look at them and then utter, "giggety"TVtropes calls this "ghost extras".
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GhostExtras
It's not uncommon in TV and movies, if you watch carefully, mainly because movie producers tend to get very irate if they feel one of the 'background artists' is trying to stand out from the crowd and big note themselves in a scene where the focus is supposed to be on the main characters. So the alternative is the casting manager herding the extras around and basically telling them, 'don't react to anything unless the director tells you to'. Which leads to funny scenes like this one where you'd expect Ensign Joe Blow to react when seeing one of the senior officers looking and acting like a shrew, but instead he just ignores events as though he and they are in completely different and unrelated streams of reality or something.
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