polygamy theme
The contentious social question of whether or to what extent a man or woman should be permitted to be lawfully married to more than one spouse at a time.
22 total · 3 major · 19 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ent2x14 | major | One of Phlox's several wives paid him a visit on the Enterprise, and Tucker struggled to comprehend the nature of their polygamous marriage, typical of the Denobulans. |
| tc1983e07 | major | Julius Caesar had a wife but worked on having a law passed in the Senate which would allow him to marry as many women he liked. The point of this was that he wanted to marry Cleopatra VII without divorcing his faithful original spouse, Calpurnia. |
| voy3x20 | major | alien women polygamous |
| ahp4x10 | minor | In his monologue, Alfred Hitchcock spoke of an ancient man who had had two wives, and cleverly related that this man had combined the "family circle" with the "eternal triangle" (i.e. a love triangle). |
| ahp7x13 | minor | Sir Humphrey was technically a bigamist as he kept his first wife captive in his private study after taking a second bride. |
| ds92x10 | minor | Haneek was married to both Gai and Cowl |
| ent1x13 | minor | Phlox explained to Elizabeth Cutler how Denobulans were polygamous by nature. |
| ent2x05 | minor | Phlox explained about the polygamous customs of his species to Archer. |
| ent4x16 | minor | Phlox and Antaak discussed the polygamous nature of Denobulans. |
| ent4x22 | minor | Phlox went to sit with his three wives to listen to Archer's speech. |