star trek caps and annotated scenes from tos 1x21, "tomorrow is yesterday"

[cimorene]

this is a kind of stupid episode, with bad writing, bad logic, and bad guest star.  the basic premise is that their narrow escape shot them back through time to the 1960s--yes! the invention of the fabled Time Warp!  they escape by some shenanigans involving the gravity well of the sun and there's some highly funky time logic and some REALLY bad scenes involving an air force base.

however, there's also some cuteness. 

first there's the "you're talking about my boyfriend!" scene. 

KIRK and his captured 1960s EARTHMAN are stepping off the turbolift onto the bridge.


EARTHMAN: i never have believed in little green men.
SPOCK, overhearing, quirks an eyebrow and steps forward.

SPOCK: neither have i.

KIRK [having a hard time suppressing a smile]: captain christopher, this is my boyfriend first officer, lieutenant commander spock. 



KIRK and SPOCK exchange a pair of warm, amusement-filled 'hey, baby', 'hey, baby' looks. finally KIRK gives up on killing the smile entirely, and SPOCK smiles slightly too.
SPOCK, with a nod of greeting: captain.



then there's an amusing scene where both kirk and spock are disturbed by the

when SPOCK and the EARTHMAN arrive for a meeting in KIRK's quarters later, KIRK is having a little battle of wills with his computer, which is speaking in a sultry female voice and addressing him as "dear".  when he says, "computer, you will not address me in that manner!", it ignores him and calls him "dear" anyway.


KIRK, irritated and long-suffering:  mister spock--

SPOCK rolls his eyes at the computer, then shifts uncomfortably.

KIRK: --i ordered this computer and its interlinking systems repaired!


SPOCK, with a little sigh and a nod: i have investigated it, captain.  to correct the fault will require an overhaul of the entire computer system.  a minimum of three weeks at a starbase.
KIRK looks back at the computer control panel with a little frown.
KIRK: i wouldn't mind so much if only it didn't get so...

KIRK: [shakes his head and shrugs a little] ...affectionate.

SPOCK, still with that irritated air: it also has an unfortunate tendency to giggle.
EARTHMAN, cracking up: i take it that a lady computer is not routine?

SPOCK, long-sufferingly: we put in at signet 14 for general repair and maintenance.  signet 14 is a planet dominated by women. they seemed to feel the ship's computer lacked personality.  they gave it one.  [rolling his eyes again] female, of course.

EARTHMAN cracks up and over his shoulder we see KIRK with his arms crossed, displaying almost as much distaste for his computer's girl cooties as SPOCK.



and finally, there's this cute
KIRK punches a guy out and then stops, holding his hand.  SPOCK walks deliberately over to him, reaches out and takes his hand.



SPOCK, cradling KIRK's wrist:  don't you find that painful, captain?

KIRK: er, yes i do.  say, what's he doing here?




bonus



ear!



time warp is rough on the ship and the passengers. 

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Comments

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

Wow, the makeup seams on Spock's ears are unusually visible.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

yeah, they were usually pretty bad--and you can really see it with the high resolution from the dvds. but that episode was unusual. the prosthetics are a different colour and they're more matte than his skin--they'd need airbrushing to fix the latter. and i guess makeup technology wasn't quite advanced enough yet to fix the colour either. at least, not on their budget.

[basingstoke.livejournal.com]

Spock is so sassy.

I love that in the future, eye shadow is de rigeur for men.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

the EARTHMAN was wearing a lot of eyeshadow too.

but nobody beats kirk for mascara!

[penm.livejournal.com]

OMG LOVE.

Also, I adore Spock's facial expressions.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

he makes the funniest faces. i save them just for you sometimes. <3