We all know that the pilot was a product of its time. We also know that was Roddenberry trying to normalize females in command positions.
The idea was that Pike was okay with it, just not used to it. He would have acted as an audience surrogate by learning to work with and trust Una over time.
Let’s all remember to direct our hate towards the real villains of the story: the NBC Board of Directors, who demanded Majel Barret’s removal.
Thankfully, Roddenberry didn’t take it lying down. We lost a Number One but we gained a Uhura. And Majel reappeared as Nurse Chapel.
We all know that the pilot was a product of its time. We also know that was Roddenberry trying to normalize females in command positions.
The idea was that Pike was okay with it, just not used to it. He would have acted as an audience surrogate by learning to work with and trust Una over time.
Let’s all remember to direct our hate towards the real villains of the story: the NBC Board of Directors, who demanded Majel Barret’s removal.
Thankfully, Roddenberry didn’t take it lying down. We lost a Number One but we gained a Uhura. And Majel reappeared as Nurse Chapel.
What hate?
I don’t even hate the NBC board of directors in the mid-1960s. Why would I?
Honestly, why would you care about sexist casting in a TV show from 1965 enough to hate anyone involved?
If this is what you’re using up your anger on, let me point you to the world in general right now.