Quote Originally Posted by AnakinFlair View Post
You can put the blame squarely on Roddenberry for that. He mandated that there would be no conflict between the crew. Drove the writers crazy, because that's where you can develop some of the best kinds of stories.
It was sort of funny - you knew that whatever new character came aboard was going to create conflict. Literally no one else in the entire galaxy was happy except for the TNG crew. And the moment someone on the TNG crew became unhappy, they got kicked out!