I kinda missed that we never got the “whole crew goes on downtime and we see what they do as people” episode in the original series. Maybe in a lot of ways, that’s how “11001001” really separates itself from its predecessor. We constantly complain about the support cast not getting enough attention in TNG, but this is still light years ahead of where they started.  

I don’t know when the easy-on-the-eyes set dressing for entertainment crosses into erotica or something harder, but I know it does and am interested in any related information, articles, perspectives you all may have.