I think it was Marina Sirtis who first revealed how replacing a female #startrek character's spandex catsuit with a regular Starfleet uniform made the writers treat her more as a brilliant human being. Here we see the same phenomenon with the already brilliant @JeriLRyan in the Voyager episode "Relativity."

First of all, this entire episode is worth it for _this first shot alone_. Second, can we admit that, as Trek fans for over a half-century, we have a bad habit of playing dress-up with our girl characters, that makes both the writers and the viewers treat them more like paper dolls than people? Put this woman in the same wardrobe as any other cast member, and she still radiates, but in a more natural way.