From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: ryon@dslnorthwest.net
Subject: Re: "Tholian Web" Notes (K/S) [Humor, commentary]
On Sep 22, 1:14aam, yep wrote:
> McCoy was insubordinate. aSpock should have immediately put McCoy on
> report. aAfter that, the brig.
>
> On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:51:31 -0400, ToolPackinMama
>
>
>
> wrote:
> >Tholian Web Notes
> >by Laura Goodwin
>
> >This is a great episode for Spock fans, because Spock is the star of the
> >episode, and at the center of all the action. Even more delightful,
> >Spock acts like a steely, logical, buttoned-up, _proper_ Vulcan the
> >whole time.
>
> >This is especially remarkable, since Spock is relentlessly bedeviled by
> >Dr. McCoy through the whole misadventure. Normally McCoy can get a rise
> >out of Spock, but NOT TODAY.
>
> >This is not a good episode for McCoy fans. The relationship between
> >Spock and McCoy is spotlighted, and it clearly is not a happy
> >relationship. McCoy is nasty, cruel and unsupportive to Spock, pretty
> >much through the whole thing. His bare-knuckled ugliness is not only
> >painful to watch, but it's clearly unjustified and utterly
> >unprofessional, to boot.
>
> >McCoy has never been harder on Spock, but strangely, Spock's never
> >stayed cooler. This is remarkable, and demands examination.
>
> >As we saw in Journey to Babel and other episodes, Spock is a paradoxical
> >creature. He's never more logical and relentlessly unemotional than when
> >he is using his Vulcan mental disciplines to cope with huge emotional
> >stresses. We've rarely seen Spock so stone-faced and mechanical as we do
> >in this episode. Anyone who knows Spock well knows that he gets like
> >that when he's coping with a horrendous emotional blow or strain.
>
> >What blow or strain? Well, what's the whole episode about? Spock and
> >Kirk are separated. Kirk's life is in danger. Spock risks absolutely
> >everything, tries absolutely everything, and almost loses everything,
> >including the crew and ship - because he adamantly refuses to give up on
> >Jim. Even after he has formally declared Jim to be dead, he refuses to
> >give up and leave without him. That, my friends, is not logical - and
> >McCoy tries to draw our attention to the fact that it's not logical,
> >several times.
>
> >Spock's behaving logically, but he's not motivated by logic. Obviously
> >he's motivated by love for Jim. His love for Jim, his desire to try
> >anything, everything, in a wildly improbable attempt to rescue Jim -
> >even if it costs everything... is nothing new. This insane, obsessive
> >degree of devotion is a hallmark and linchpin of the Kirk/Spock
> >relationship.
>
> >There is no heterosexual "romance" for even a second in this episode,
> >nevertheless it is a fiercely romantic episode. Spock spends the entire
> >episode obsessing about Jim Kirk: trying to save Jim's life, trying to
> >be reunited with Jim. Blah, blah, blah alternate universes. Blah, blah,
> >blah Tholians threaten the ship.
>
> >Boy visits derelict ship with boy, boy and boy are separated by bizarre
> >circumstances, boy moves heaven and earth to get boy back, even long
> >after it seems logical to try - that's basically the plot. Boy gets boy
> >back... that's the happy ending.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Right... Put the chief medical officer in the brig... during an
emergency... and a medical emergency at that. Then, too, there's the
matter of rank; Spock was acting captain but still only a commander by
rank and I know i have seen McCoy give orders to security (The
Menagerie, I think) so I'm guessing at this point, Spock and McCoy are
both of the same rank even though McCoy is not normally in the chain
of command. So I don't think he _could_ file charges like that even if
it wouldn't be both illogical and a foolish thing to do given the
circumstances. ;-)
Ron
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