I don't think Ent was pitched particularly at a more mature audience, the shows just evolved with the times, though you can definitely say they evolved with respects to each other.
As for Trip and T'Pol, I think the neuropressure was sexed up but worked quite well building up the tension over quite a few episodes. As hot as Jolene Blalock is I don't watch Ent for soft-core-esque porn so the decon scenes were a bit cringeworthy, still sex does bring in certain age groups amoung the audience.
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