Wednesday, March 6, 2013

TOS S02E01


 All of the Trek I watched today:

Star Trek: The Original Series, S02E01: "Amok Time"

Things:
  •  Another episode where Majel Barret's character is reduced to her crush on Spock.
  • Once again, we see that Shouty Spock is the best Spock.
  • "Your face is wet."
  • Although we had some hints of it in S1, this episode marks something like a beginning for one of my favorite groupings of characters in all of fiction:  The "triumvirate" of Kirk, Spock and McCoy.  When Spock asks both of them to accompany him to Vulcan for his "wedding" because they're friends, you're all like "Yeah, I'd party with those three dudes."
  • This episode features T'Pau, a leading Vulcan who will appear as a younger woman and leader of "Syrranite" movement in ENT.
  • During the ceremony, T'Pau asks T'Pring if she is willing to become the "property" of the victor.  I know koon-ut-kal-if-fee (holy crap are Vulcan words idiotic-sounding) is supposed to be a throwback to a more primitive Vulcan society...but you don't think they might have amended the language slightly?
  • I wonder if the people who wrote that fight music knew they were creating a pop culture phenomenon.
  • Ah, McCoy and his hypospray.  He's a tricksy one.

1 comment:

  1. Not to mention the great troll face moment at the end in sickbay.

    "..in a pig's eye."

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