YMMV / Star Trek: The Next Generation S3E8 "The Price"

• Best Known for the Fanservice: Mention the actual title to most fans, and you'll get blank stares. Mention "the episode where Crusher and Troi do some yoga stretching in tight-fitting leotards, with Troi's behind very close to the camera, and a mirror behind Crusher... that oughta do the trick.
• Les Yay: Crusher and Troi get very close during their workout. "You're unusually limber this morning".
• Signature Scene: The scene where Bev and Deanna are doing yoga or something in bathing suits and tights◊ is the thing most people remember about this episode. For some reason.
• Strawman Has a Point: The narrative casts Ral as being in the wrong for using his Betazoid heritage to give him an edge in the negotiations. However as Ral himself points out, people have been using cues such as body language to read and gain insight into other people for years. His empathy just give him deeper insight and is really no different than anyone else using their own natural skills and abilities to gain an advantage.
  • That said, the actual episode makes it clear that part of it is that he's using it to CHEAT other parties. He's, essentially, doing the equivalent of reading someone's cards at a poker game.
• WTH, Costuming Department?: On her Twitter, Marina Sirtis once said of the infamous aerobics scene that "there is not enough money in the world for me to wear [those] outfits again."

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