Bones totally standing up for Spock, defending him against Kirk. And there are people who claim that McCoy seriously disrespects or even hates Spock. Yeah right. Not!
(TOS Season 1: “The Menagerie, Part I”)
McCoy loves Spock. He loves how he does the right thing, how he is stubborn, and petty sometimes and how he hates to be questioned because McCoy is the very same way. When it comes down to it McCoy can be even more dispassionate than Spock at times. For Spock his choosing to not be emotional is a cultural decision. For McCoy it is a discipline that he needs to be able to tap into to be a great doctor. It has often been played into that Kirk has these two different men who are both brilliant at what they do and very different both advising him. The truth was McCoy and Spock took turns playing their differences up for Kirk’s benefit. Sometimes Kirk needed to hear something as McCoy could present it and sometimes he needed to hear the very same information as Spock would present it.
