Amok Time aka Spock is horny. This episode is split in half, the first half is full of some of the greatest dialogue in TOS and the second half is the classic Spock vs Kirk fight to the death. Amok Time is a wonderfully written episode by the classic sci-fi author Theodore Sturgeon who also wrote “Shore Leave”.
The acting of Nimoy is excellent as he plays an out of control Spock. There are fantastic interactions between Spock and Kirk, as well as Kirk and McCoy. This episode also introduces Chekov and he is immediately likable as he banters with Sulu. Season two is where we see the core crew more consistently. Nearly every episode has most, if not all of the “classic characters”.
The camaraderie between Spock, Kirk and McCoy is solidified in this episode as McCoy shows concern for Spock and tells Kirk that they must take him to Vulcan asap, Kirk defies Starfleet orders to save his “friend” and Spock resigns distraught over killing Kirk. Also Spock gets to whip a bowl of soup at Nurse Chapel, which is just awesome.
Spock is in his Pon Farr and must go through the mating ritual on Vulcan (presided over by T’Pau), or he will die. His wife loves another guy (and i'll be honest with you, this guy is fucking ugly) so she asks for a fight to the death, but requests Kirk to be her champion. McCoy cleverly gives Kirk a shot that simulates death, Spock “kills him”. But, he finds out that his wife still doesn’t want him, and Spock really doesn’t care. He’s upset about killing the Captain, but soon finds out the trick. Sturgeon is sort of known for putting homosexual tones into his writing (Shore Leave had an odd man on man message scene), I tried to find something in Amok Time. It may be a stretch but I’m thinking it could be the fact that Spock doesn’t care that his wife loves this other man yet he is very upset over killing Kirk. Maybe? If this was me, in both cases I would not care. Although if I killed my friend, I would go to jail and that would be really crappy for me.Kirk is so great because he is not only an excellent Captain but he’s also a good friend to his crewmates. He’s like the cool boss that is also really good at his job. See, Archer sucked because he was pals with everyone but he was just a terrible Captain.
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4 comments:
Pon Farr is such a weird concept that it's hard to believe evolution ever created such a thing. Then again, that's what makes it create. Alien cultures should have concepts and traditions and biological functions that make no sense to humans. TOS was great at that kind of thing, which was lost in later Trek shows that made every other culture just humans with weird foreheads.
That comment is dead on
Maybe it's not that weird. I mean, other animals have biological clocks, right? Of course, the only one I can think of right now are salmon.
Salmon are weird.
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