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He was no different than drugged up gang bangers with multiple baby mamas all over the universe

Hardly, Kirk was married to his ship, but he was human and could be tempted by a woman. The problem with the show was that was originally intended for Grace Lee Whitney to be Kirk's love interest in a kind of understated Marshall Dillon and Miss Kitty in space. Whitney was sold to management as the number two officer in command. Roddenberry changed all of that around to get his girlfriends, Majel Barret and Nichelle Nichols into the leading roles. He also likely sexually assaulted Whitney, and then cut her out of the show. Changing Whitney's role also allowed Roddenberry to screen new actresses for each show as Kirk's love interest. By not developing the Kirk-Rand relationship, he alienated viewers, (almost literally) and likely shortened the run of the show.