#farrell

I've got such a soft spot for this dog too. I love the corny costuming.

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And some of the fun cuts and lighting decisions they made with evil Kirk.

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The one complaint I'll make is I still don't understand how putting the two halves of Kirk back together fixed the transporter problem keeping them from transporting the planet-side crew back up. Are we to assume all four of them were also split apart and put back together?

Summary

The transporter breaks when a crewman is transported up with highly magnetic ore on his clothes. This goes unnoticed until after Kirk is transported up. The transporter split Kirk into a "good" but indecisive side and an "evil" but cunning side. The crew must figure out how to restore their captain and fix the transporter before the remaining crewmen freeze on the planet.

Well for the time - 😬🔘🔘🔘🔘

Mostly fine. My girl Janice continues to be at risk. There is some weird dialogue between Janice and Spock towards the end where he says "The imposter had some interesting qualities, wouldn't you say, yeoman?" speaking about Kirk's animalistic side that tried to assault her. Perhaps he was just referring to that animalistic side being willing to acknowledge his attraction to Rand.

This dynamic between Kirk and Janice is weird. It's clear she would be into a relationship if he was, but she also knows it would be inappropriate. I guess the vibes should be weird for anyone and Kirk, but Janice's clearly secretarial role bothers me. There's a very clear power imbalance.

Ships

USS Enterprise

Characters

Kirk

Sulu

Fisher

Scotty

Uhura

Bones

Janice Rand

Wilson

Farrell

James

Spock

Planets

Alfa 177

The other kind of ship

Kirk x Janice - 🫤

This episode makes it clear there is reciprocated attraction. I think mixed with the assault and the power dynamic, this is a complicated relationship. Kirk is smart to not indulge any desire he has.

Spirk

Spock does a lot of baby sitting in this episode where he's mostly just trying to make sure Kirk is okay. It's touching to see how hard he tries to make sure Kirk is upholding his own values in this situation and putting the ship first. There were two things that caught my attention.

1. The scene where Kirk is getting out of the shower and is shirtless when Spock comes to check up on him.

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2. The scene I mentioned before when Spock said "The imposter had some interesting qualities, wouldn't you say, yeoman?" Tell me more, Spock. What qualities were you thinking of?

McKirk