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Star Trek 2x11 Full Reaction

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Thomas Corp

I have mixed feelings about this episode as well. It’s as you said, it had interesting ideas, it just didn’t dive into them as much as they could have. I think my favorite parts of it were the scenes with Scotty who was most impressive in his scenes this episode. This might have had the fastest death of a red shirt that I’ve ever seen. I saw it and said, “That was quick. I’ve seen redshirts in parodies of Star Trek that have lasted longer than this poor dumb schmuck.” I too was dumbfounded by Bones smacking Eleen across the face. It happened and I’m stunned silent for a moment, and I then yelled, “...The hell was that?!” Like yourself, I share Spock's discomfort when Bones tried to hand him the baby. I was also in agreement with you about being concerned about the baby in the cave. I was saying, “I mean, I don’t have any kids. Way my life’s going, it’s highly probable that I’m never going to have kids. And I have little to no experience with babies, so I’m far from being an expert, but I agree with you on that it is perhaps not the best course of action to leave a newborn infant alone in a dark cave.” I got a kick out of your really wanting the boulders to be utilized. Shame it wasn’t as Indiana Jonesy as you were wanting. At the end of the episode, it sounded like Spock was jealous that the baby was named after Bones and Kirk, but not him though to Eleen’s defense, Spock’s given Vulcan name is not exactly something that trips off the tongue. I find I’m somewhat curious if Bones has to pay child support or not for the foreseeable future or not. Thanks for another fun Star Trek reaction, Jess.

Ryan

In DC Fontana's original script, Eleen was a much tougher character, rebelling against her male-dominated society and ultimately sacrificing her child so she can keep fighting. But of course, studio execs in the '60s weren't having any of that.