Star Trek Characters That Deserve More

I don’t know how I did it, but over the course of the pandemic, I managed to watch the entirety of the Star Trek franchise. All of it. From Tribbles to Terok Nor. While I loved the voyage, there were obviously some things I didn’t love. That’ll happen when you watch more than 50 years’ worth of television and movies. But through some of the dated episodes, and questionable uniform choices, I think the thing that stood out to me most was how some characters were just never given the shine that they deserved. Each show in the Star Trek universe has at least one character that is either criminally underused or neglected altogether. This is going to be an article about those characters and an attempt to give them their much-deserved flowers. Unfortunately, you’ll see a consistent trend amongst my choices. The Original Series – Uhura

You might be thinking: But Lt. Uhura was an integral part of the multicultural crew of the futuristic Starship Enterprise! How can you say she’s undervalued. Yes, she was one half of the first interracial kiss on television and yes her mere presence on the show was extremely important for Black kids, especially girls, who tuned in to Star Trek each week. Her legacy is as strong as it is today as it was in the sixties. But they still could have done more with her character. Lt. Uhura was a communications officer on the bridge who was responsible for helping translate alien languages and relaying and receiving messages on secure Starfleet channels. …