Episode Title: The Corbomite Maneuver Air Date: 11/10/1966 Written by Jerry Sohl Directed by Joseph Sargent Cast: W...
“Kirk, becoming desperate, turns to Spock and asks if he thought there’s anything he’s overlooked but Spock simply responds that sometimes in chess you find yourself in checkmate in the game is over. At this point Dr. McCoy decides it is good time to tell the Captain that he seemed to be a creep with Bailey, and he should be concerned because he’s going to put that in his report. This seems utterly hilarious and it really tells you something about Dr. McCoy. He is either so dense and so self-absorbed by his own concerns that the entire world disappears around him and he is completely oblivious to the dangers and to the fact he’s probably going to be dead in four minutes; or he is so confident in Captain Kirk’s abilities to save them from this horrible situation that not only does he believe that he will survive he also is of the belief that it is no problem for him to try to save time and distract Kirk with this argument about Bailey while the Captain is directly facing the threat! I like to think it’s the latter option”.
