Kirk and Spock explain how to properly don a pair of Jack Boots.
Star Trek: Start to Finish
Dammit, Janet, I’m a doctor, not a proctologist!
Kirk: Dammit, Bones, you’re supposed to do the karate hands, while I hold my gun up!
That Kirk is so hot right now. Kirk.
DeForest Kelley’s never-before-seen audition to play Emperor Palpatine.
When cornered, Starfleet officers can always fall back on the use of their razor-sharp sideburns.
Kirk versus Spock on Retaliation
Arena sees another in the long-running dialogs between Kirk, who jumps immediately to a “Kill ‘em all” stance, and Spock, who wants to show all sentient creatures compassion. This is an undercurrent with particular implications on this episode, but it’s been present in a lot of episodes and it’s something I don’t remember from my occasional viewings before this.
Which is a shame, really. This is a smart argument for these two characters to make because of who they are. Kirk, the thinking but emotional human, is driven by revenge and impetuous desires. Spock, the logical and sometimes cold half-Vulcan, is instead weighing reactions and repercussions.
But what’s really interesting is that when McCoy makes an appearance in this back-and-forth, it’s usually as a stand-in, but he switches between the sides. He frames his argument for compassion in terms of our ability to aid suffering, and his argument for vengeance in the shared burden that suffering inflicts upon us.
It’s this sort of discussion that makes Trek interesting, and I’m kind of surprised that I don’t remember this particular thread. Does it fade out as time goes on?
McCoy’s Law of Space: When crazed godlike beings capture you and force you to do ridiculous things, always try the veal.
Yes, this really happens.
Assume the position, gentlemen.
