10 Times Star Trek: The Next Generation Tried To Be Sexy

10. Riker’s Win-Win Scenario (“First Contact”)

A planet is on the verge of breaking the warp barrier. Its society is torn, though, and some feel their world is not ready. The breakthrough, they worry, will damage their culture.

Enter Commander Riker. On a mission to reconnoiter the developments, he is injured and awakes to find himself the object of great curiosity in a local hospital. Though his face has been altered to match the locals, the rest of his physiology is plainly different. He is in growing peril and must escape.

Along comes Lanel, a nurse who has conveniently “always wanted to make love with an alien.” She offers to help Riker escape if he first gives her the time of day. She dearly wants to know how humans make love, saying, “I can’t wait to learn.”

Riker being Riker, the next thing you know, he’s on his way, promising Lanel, “I’ll call you the next time I pass through your solar system.”