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this is the episode that first introduces khan (as in the wrath of khan). (khan, incidentally, looks kinda like a fanon duncan macleod, in his relative youth.)
i remembered it without much warmth from past viewings, but i'm not sure why, now--maybe because of the large flimsy point in the woman-related bit of the plot, or the moral ("extraordinary ability breeds extraordinary ambition"--which is ridiculous in that one of the supertextual themes of the whole star trek universe is that extraordinary ability--ie KIRK's and that of his crew, who are all TEH BEST at their jobs--is not necessarily associated with extraordinary ambition). however, mostly it demonstrates unusually good writing and directing for tos--lots of good scenes, good acting, some delightful kirk/spock scenes.
in annotated scenes we have ( a bit of marital bickering, ) ( finding out kirk isn't dead after all, ) and ( mutual chain-yanking, spock shooting down kirk's logic, and adoring looks. ) and here's a sequence in which ( kirk inserts himself into the 2" gap between spock's ass and his chair and sits in it, forcing spock to sit on the console. )
bonus! the transparent golden mesh sleepwear of the ancient 1990s; kirk trapped in the dryer (this is why your mom told you not to play in the laundromat, kids!); and faces. ( +4 )
i remembered it without much warmth from past viewings, but i'm not sure why, now--maybe because of the large flimsy point in the woman-related bit of the plot, or the moral ("extraordinary ability breeds extraordinary ambition"--which is ridiculous in that one of the supertextual themes of the whole star trek universe is that extraordinary ability--ie KIRK's and that of his crew, who are all TEH BEST at their jobs--is not necessarily associated with extraordinary ambition). however, mostly it demonstrates unusually good writing and directing for tos--lots of good scenes, good acting, some delightful kirk/spock scenes.
in annotated scenes we have ( a bit of marital bickering, ) ( finding out kirk isn't dead after all, ) and ( mutual chain-yanking, spock shooting down kirk's logic, and adoring looks. ) and here's a sequence in which ( kirk inserts himself into the 2" gap between spock's ass and his chair and sits in it, forcing spock to sit on the console. )
bonus! the transparent golden mesh sleepwear of the ancient 1990s; kirk trapped in the dryer (this is why your mom told you not to play in the laundromat, kids!); and faces. ( +4 )
