Jul 22
Something often unnoticed about the famous testing-the-vaccing-on-himself moment for McCoy in 'Miri' is that Spock is the one who prepared the hypo.
At the beginning of the scene, we see Spock load it and set it down. Sure, McCoy checks it, looks it over, before injecting it. But ultimately, he doesn't change anything about it.
Something about trusting Spock's guesses more than other people's facts has me crying.
#leonard mccoy#spock#star trek: the original series#long before Kirk and Star Trek IV#long before McCoy had to spell it out for him#here he is#waiting on the computers to confirm the cure#or if it's a vial full of poison#but if Spock made it with his estimation of what the computer would report#URGHGSOFJSDJISFK#the TRUST#and also the heart-pounding moment for Spock#the vial is empty#“is he dead?” “not yet”#what if I miscalculated#what if I just killed my friend#did McCoy change it?#what if he didn't?#please work. please work#and then#the blemishes start disappearing#“i never will understand the medical mind”#really Spock?#McCoy keeps calling you a computer#because on that planet when they had no computer and no time#YOU WERE the computer
