Troi

This week I watched a two part episode of Star Trek The Next Generation, in which the Enterprise gets a replacement captain while Picard is away on a secret mission behind enemy lines. One of the first things the new captain, Jellico, does is to order Deanna Troi to put on a proper starfleet uniform instead of the low-cut onesie she usually wears. I felt like cheering. Up until this point we have had six seasons of Deanna Troi wearing a cleavage-baring outfit for no apparent reason, and that, plus her weird accent (which none of the other Betazoids share) plus her being the official ship's counsellor despite Guinan doing a better job of counselling the ship's crew than her have all piled up to make her the most difficult member of the cast to watch whenever she is on screen.

The irony is that the official uniform, when Troi puts it on, actually makes her look better than the more revealing outfit we're used to. According to other STTNG viewers, she drops the accent in later seasons as well, which is something else to look forward to.

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