I don’t know whether it’s a popular opinion or not, but I think Dr. Pulaski was a great character and I found her much more interesting than Dr. Crusher. I don’t know if it was down to the writing or the performance but Pulaski is one of the best parts of season 2 and I would have been happy to see her character continue.

She wasn’t very nice to Data but that bit of friction between some of the main characters of the show was welcome, especially in the early seasons. And her performance in Unnatural Selection is a moment in the series my mind returns to often.

How about it? Do we like Dr. Pulaski? What’s her best moment on the show?

  • Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteMEnglish
    22·
    7 months ago

    I’m pretty ambivalent about her, but I agree it was an interesting performance, particularly for a woman at that time in television.

    She was horribly underused - it’s downright criminal that she doesn’t pay a significant role in “The Measure of a Man.”

  • paddirn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    7 months ago

    I appreciate that she wasn’t as sexualized as Crusher (if at all), it was pretty cringey in the first season.

    • cybervseas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      7 months ago

      True. But did you see Diana Muldaur’s appearance in TOS? She’s a classic beauty 👀

  • Numberone@startrek.websiteEnglish
    7·
    7 months ago

    First TNG watch throughl, she was And impediment to s02 crusher. But as I’ve watched repeatedly, she was a great character who made her presence known. She wasn’t perfect, but she was interesting and she changed as the season went on wrt Data. I still think she was a eagerly underrated character.

  • dm_me_your_feet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    72·
    7 months ago

    She hated on Data, she can burn in hell. Beverly Kusher otoh is Bae, only bested by EMH who is best doctor.

  • Telodzrum@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    7 months ago

    I know she’s getting a lot of love online recently, but I just don’t agree. She’s written as a dollar-store McCoy because the show didn’t know what the wanted and her acting is as stiff and blunt as it comes. Not only is Crusher a more interesting character, Gates is a much better actress.

  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    7 months ago

    Fantastic actress. She kicked ass as Rosalynd Sheas on L. A. Law among other great roles. Did a great job as Pulaski as well. I really wish Trek would give Pulaski a shout out on one of the other series currently in production.