Star Trek: TNG pilot: Here is Tasha Yar. She is cool, capable, and... Star Trek: TNG episode 2: DEFINITELY NOT GAY. FOLKS, SHE IS NOT GAY. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS THAT HAIRCUT... SHE IS NOT A GAY WOMAN. Phew.
Every time I rewatch TNG, I'm, like, "I'll bet people were too harsh about Wesley Crusher. How bad could he possibly be?" and then he's always somehow so much worse.
The first season is awful for a number of reasons but that’s definitely up there
See also: Kira on DS9
She’s clearly robosexual, which is much better. Definitely better, we swear!
i remember being a fairly little kid watching that ep live and my sister being like, “hey, they won’t all make you feel this uncomfortable. this isn’t what star trek is.*” *okay, every series has one episode where that is what star trek is. but still.