#behind only the kiss episode and the spirk episode

[calliecat93]

Stat Trek Episodes 64-66

Plato’s Stepchildren: And just when I thought that we made it past the stupid. This was utter cringe. The idea isn’t bad, powerful God-like beings wanting to keep McCoy due to his medical skill and screwing with the crew loke play things. Maybe it’s just my beed for McCoy being seen as important talking, but that could have worked. But the way they do it is just... goofy, and not in a fun way. The episode is also famous for the kiss between Kirk (a white man) and Uhura (a black woman) which at the time was a big deal since interracial relationships were very much still controversial back then. I can give the episode points for bwing brave enough to do do that... but as the characters were FORCES to do so non-consentually, it feels incomfortable than progressive unfortunately. Again, 60’s. But the episode was just cringe. Heck it made me look back at The Squire of Gothos, an episode I ranked very low, and have a bit of a better opinion on that one. Not a bad plot idea in theory, but the execution ruins it. 1/5.

Wink of an Eye: Very much an improvement over the last one and overall perfectly fine. Man poor Kirk, gets put into an accelerated state where everything is frozen around him aside from the aliens involved and the leader is trying to force herself on him. The man just cannot catch a break. I really like how during the scenes where the crew is frozen, the shots are in an angle. It creates an unsettling effect, like something feels just off-balance. It helps make things feel unsettling. There’s nothing too nktable about the episode, we’ve had these ‘alien forces take the Enterprise/interest in one of the crew’ stories, but the execution is perfectly fine. Especially love how Kirk acted like he was submitting finally... and promptly steal Deela’s weapon right off of her, haha! Nothing grand, but perfectly serviceable. And again, it’s an improvement of the last one. 3/5.

The Empath: So I had actually watched this ahead of time weeks ago. I’m a sucker for Triumvirate feelings, what can I say? I had enjoyed it the first time around, and I did so again here. Asmittedly there are some plot holes, like was tormenting the trio for Gem to heal REALLY the only way the Vians could solve the problem? I also found out that this was a fan-submitted episode which is really cool and makes sense since it DOES feel like a hurt/comfort fic. A good one though. Of course the best part is our main trio and especially after the Vians tell Kirk that he has to pixk between Spock and McCoy as to who gets tortured. McCoy makes the decision for him, hypoing him and then doing the same to Spock when he intends to hand himself over. This was when McCoy became my favorite character because he willingly sacrificed himself to protect his best friends knowing that he’ll die painfully by doing so, and even took the moment to tell Gem that the two will take care of her. Which in turn taught Gem the power of self-sacrifice for others and the powerful feelings behind it. And even then, McCoy refuses to let her because if she does, she’ll die and he will NOT let others be harmed especially for his behalf. God I love him. Then what happens when they find him again... yeah that image of Kelley’s dead stare while hanging in chains still freaks me out. Then he lays there dying with even Spock concerned and trying to make him as comfortable as possible. It really shows the bond that the three have and why I love their dynamic so much. The actress for Gem was also freakin’ fantastic, conveying so much emotion through expression and body languge without saying one word. Freakin’ excellent acting. It’s not a perfect episode, not even the best written objectively. But I love it for demonstrating those character relations and some good character moments, McCoy especially. Oh and it has bucket loads of shipping material for Spirk, Spones, McKirk, and McSpirk so everyone wins! 4/5.

Was hoping to get five episodes done, but I failed. So here’s the current plan. There are around 12 episodes remaining. I am going to do three a day (barring any weather issues), then next week we plow through the movies. I did Motion Picture a while ago, so counting the reboot films that’s eight in all. HonestlyS3 has... not been the best ride. There are a few good episodes, but... let’s just say that it’s gonna be easier to pick the least favorite episodes over the favorites. It’s not horrible, but I can definitely see why the show got cancelled after this. And as I’ve reqd the summaries, I know there’s more stupid to come. But hopefully we geta couple of gems (as a Spones shipper I’m greatly looking forward to All Our Yesterday XD). We’re gonna do three episodes a day, then S3 episodes list post, then overall series post, and then we dive into the films. May overlap into early March, but ah well. Just means getting to watch these characters a little more.