Since 'Star Trek' first hit the air in 1966, fans have been rooting for a Captain/First Officer romance. Is it finally time to see one on screen?
Like a tale as old as time, fans will always find romantic relationships to root for in nearly every piece of media that they consume. If there are two characters with good chemistry and an engaging relationship, we're bound to get invested in their connection and every form that their relationship may take on. Arguably, no franchise is more familiar with the subject than the originator of some of our favorite tropes — Star Trek.
In Edward Gross & Mark Altman's The Fifty-Year Mission Volume 1, fan-turned-professional writer Jacqueline Lichtenberg explained that because Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry wrote Kirk and Spock as two parts of his own mind, the audience saw them as a unit. Lichtenberg said: Fairly early on in the series, towards the end of the show's second season, Voyager acknowledges the obvious chemistry between Janeway and Chakotay in the episode "Resolutions," stranding them alone together on a planet after they contract a deadly virus.
First and foremost, there are few things more irresistible than a forbidden romance. While it's not exactly banned by Starfleet regulations, as confirmed by conversations in The Original Series and The Next Generation—Riker and Troi even kept serving on the same ship after getting married—having a romantic relationship with your first officer isn't exactly highly recommended in a high-stress, life-or-death work environment.
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