# ST:TNG "Sub Rosa" - Beverly's Orgasm **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-sub-rosa-beverlys-orgasm/688771 "2014-05-19T21:20:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-sub-rosa-beverlys-orgasm/688771/1 "2014-05-19T21:20:19Z")
I’ve never been a raving _Star Trek_ fan. I’ve always liked the movies, but the original series is way too cheesy. I occasionally watched _TNG_ while it was in its original run, and got into it a bit more shortly after it ended, watching reruns. My girlfriend and I have recently been watching _TNG_ on Netflix, and I’ve found that I’ve remembered about half of the episodes. She had never seen it before. We’re in Season 7 now, and last night we saw “Sub Rosa” (one of the sillier episodes). As soon as it started, I said to my girlfriend “I remember this one! It’s about a ghost that gives Beverly an orgasm.” After the first “sex” scene, on board the ship, my girlfriend said “I’d hardly call that an orgasm.” “Wait,” I said, “there’s a much more intense scene on the way.” I was referring to later in the episode, when Beverly is in the house on the planet, sitting in a chair in her robe, and the ghost starts his magic. A few second later Picard knocks on the door, then walks in. And that’s the end of it. Now, the last time I saw this episode was sometime in the mid-'90s, so maybe I’m misremembering, but I would **swear** that scene went on for much longer. I recall Beverly writhing in the chair for a couple of minutes while the ghost rocked her world, not the few seconds of heavy breathing I saw last night. Has this episode been cut down? Googling has been unenlightening. Or is my memory just a product of wishful thinking? ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-sub-rosa-beverlys-orgasm/688771/2 "2014-05-19T22:23:19Z")
The night after you saw it the first time you had a much longer, more detailed and more intense dream version. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-sub-rosa-beverlys-orgasm/688771/3 "2014-05-19T22:57:16Z")
I think it’s just your memory playing tricks on you. It was more shocking your first time seeing it so it was cataloged by your brain accordingly. I remember it to be fairly graphic myself but rationally speaking a wholesome-ish show like TNG wouldn’t have let it get too graphic. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-sub-rosa-beverlys-orgasm/688771/4 "2014-05-19T23:39:02Z")
Had the episode taken place during _Star Trek: Enterprise_, Hoshi and the ghost would have an extended decon gel scene. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-tng-sub-rosa-beverlys-orgasm/688771/5 "2014-05-20T03:16:23Z")
Oh, yeah…_Sub Rosa_ was the one that stole the whole premise of Anne Rice’s “The Witching Hour” (energy being attached generationally to a single family which maintains its hold on the family through sex and intimidation).