I'm certainly glad that the character of Deanna Troi in Star Trek the Next Generation was fleshed out and developed as time went on. Oh sure, she stayed the "ship's bike" and pretty much all male guest stars could count on a tumble with the Hellenic beauty, but she was really just unintentionally goofy at the beginning.
For instance, the Enterprise would find itself in some threatening situation, surrounded by Romulan warbirds or something, and Troi would bleat out:
"I sense stress..."
No shit, Sherlock! Yeah, she was about as interesting as paint drying in those days. I recently watched "First Contact" and Troi was seriously interesting and amusing (her drinking contest with Cocrane and the interaction with Riker afterwards are just wonderfully classic ).
Its rare that a character can be saved from the complete dross they started out as, but they did it with Troi. On the other hand, so did most of the males in the Alpha Quadrant!
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