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My mom was a great fan from 1966. She died at the age of 101 and had 101 descendants and could do the Vulcan salute until arthritis stopped her. The family all called her T'pau.

"After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true." That is the stuff.

I really appreciate the fact that they had an entire season making it clear that Kirk's devotion to his career and duty matter most to him, to the point where he can even do things like shake off the influence of the spores, only to have him show in this episode that friendship matters even more.

The thing with Checkov as well s that you need to remember that this is at the height of the Cold War, so the inclusion of a Russian as a senior bridge crew member was a real message.

A non-spoiler historical note: this episode was the first hint that Vulcan society is Matriarchal, something that they really didn't delve into that much until Star Trek: Enterprise 30 years later.

To answer the "convenience" statement about the ending with Kirk not getting trouble with Starfleet for violating orders. Listen to the dialogue again. It's heavily implied that T'Pau called in a favor to Starfleet to let Kirk off the hook (remember she was offered a federation council seat, but turned it down..she has powerful friends).

That rock bridge shot was one of the new CGI shots. It didn't look like that in the 60's.

I know there is a lot, but two moments that I always enjoyed were. 1. When Kirk, McCoy and Spock were on the turbolift discussing going to the planet and Spock asks Kirk to go, right at the end he looks at the Doctor and says," I also request McCoy." The response of "I would be honored, sir," shows the friendship hidden under the banter. 2. Spock's statement of "I see no logic in preferring Stonn to me," may be one of the greatest burns in TV history. Nice job on the channel so far.

There's also an interesting trivia here. Spock has slightly greenish skin. That's because Vulcans are supposed to have green blood (based on copper oxide instead of iron oxide like our red one). But only now with the upgraded image quality is that actually visible, on the old TVs barely anybody could tell :D

T’Pau just radiates power. Wish we could’ve seen more of her.

Mr. Checkov was an attempt to cash in on the success of Davey Jones in "The Monkees." Hence, the floppy hair wig. He turned into a very popular character.

Couple of notes - The Vulcan hand salute was improvised on the set and was to be used only if Celia loveski, Who played T’Pau, could do it. She could, with a little assistance. So it was adopted. It is derived from an ancient Hebrew symbol used in Judaic ceremonies. Little 10 year old Leonard Nimoy noticed it and adapted it years later for Star Trek. Couple of weeks after the episode aired, Leonard Nimoy was driving home from the studio one night and he stopped at a signal, and noticed the young lady driving the auto next to him was staring at him and smiling. He smiled back and immediately she raised her arm and did the Vulcan salute. Delighted, Nimoy rolled his window down and asked her if she could do it with her other hand, too. When she couldn’t do it very well , she smiled and said “I guess I speak it with an accent “

You have to love Kirk’s awesome presumption in this episode. Here he is on a planet where the average middle-schooler is probably more than his equal in intelligence, yet he assumes he can outwit these people by using their (mostly unfamiliar) customs against them. If McCoy hadn’t slipped him that mickey he’d be pushing up the stellar daises.

"That's T'Pau, the only person to ever turn down a seat on the Federation council." Also, her accent has changed radically over the last 100 years.

The interesting thing about Vulcans is that they're an extremely savage and passionate people. The Vulcan dedication to logic is to keep that savage nature from destroying them as it nearly did in their ancient past.

Just a heads up, Sulu is not in many season 2 episodes. George Takei was in the middle of filming of The Green Berets with John Wayne. He does make a couple of appearances, but he’s back to full time in season 3.

This episode adds history, Chekov, and the most iconic fight music.

Great reaction as always. The shots of the Vulcan landscape were part of the remastered FX. They matched how Vulcan is depicted in the third Star Trek movie. Next episode is good. Though most notable for the gorgeous Leslie Parrish who plays Lt. Palomas. But the two episodes after that are two of the best of the series.

3:35 Adding DeForest Kelly to the intro, is like when Gilligan's Island finally added "The professor and MaryAnn" instead of "and the rest" lol.

This episode was written by Theodore Sturgeon, one of the greats of the 60's New Wave science fiction writers. His writing was very concerned with relationships, sex, religion, divinity, etc. Very original guy. He'd submitted the concept in the first year, when established SF writers were courted by Roddenberry for treatments and scripts. (There were quite a few big names in this show's credits.) It was thought that a visit to Spock's home world would be a good place to start the second season, given that he had somehow amassed an ENORMOUS following. Seriously, Nimoy was getting whole bags of mail; it was insane. (Shatner wasn't too thrilled about that.) Placing this episode first just cemented all that and Spock became a social phenomenon. Fun times!

When T'Pring said, "If your Captain were victor he would not want me, and I will still have Stonn". Spock should have said, "T'Pring, you don't know my Captain!".

The addition of Mr Chekov was bold on Roddenberry's part. When you realize that USA and USSR were at the height of The Cold War.

Also, I like the Spock quote that reveals quite a bit of vanity and ego... "I see no logic in preferring Stonn over me."

There is a reenactment of the fight scene in the movie The Cable Guy. Jim Carrey provides the music as he duels Matthew Broderick.

'Flawlessly logical' - Don't we all wish we could only once say that to tell some woman to get out of our sight?

I LOVED this episode, which I saw back in the late sixties at the age of twelve. It's still one of my favorites with the costumes, the music and one quotable line that I have continued to use throughout the decades: "The air is the air, what can be done?"

In the James Blish novelization of this episode, Spock asks "Haven't you ever wondered how Vulcans choose their mates?" It's followed by Spock saying "I'm sure you've heard the jokes". I wanna hear the jokes.

I’ve changed my mind over the years about which TOS episode is my favorite, but at present this one wears the crown. It’s also the second of the five TOS episodes nominated for the 1968 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, which “The City on the Edge of Forever” won. The shots of Kirk, Spock and McCoy crossing the rock bridge were added in the episode’s 21st-century remastering to explain the featureless red backdrop of the set: the ceremonial arena is so high up that only sky is visible beyond it. Fortunately, the Big Three are far enough from the camera in these shots that viewers can’t tell that they’re CGI people. With the addition of Chekov, TOS is now back to having seven regular characters, as it did prior to Janice Rand’s departure in Season 1. “Amok Time” was Walter Koenig’s first broadcast appearance as Chekov, but not the first episode he filmed; Season 2 TOS episodes continued to air in a different order from that in which they were made. NBC wanted “Amok Time” on the air as soon as possible due to the popularity of the Spock character. Theodore Sturgeon began writing “Amok Time” during Season 1, and NBC hoped the episode would be ready in time to be part of that season, but this turned out not to be possible. In addition to the iconic “fight music”, which would be reused in other TOS episodes and in later parodies and homages, this episode introduces TOS’ musical leitmotif for Spock, something he didn’t have in Season 1. Composer Gerald Fried sought to convey the paradox of Spock’s nature by composing a romantic theme for him to be played on an unromantic instrument, the bass guitar. This theme would also recur in later episodes. I always forget between viewings of this episode that the scene with Chapel in Spock’s quarters implies he is considering having sex with her until she tells him the Enterprise is on course for Vulcan. The TOS staff convinced Theodore Sturgeon to remove one really stupid element from the script. Sturgeon originally had T’Pring arrive at the ceremonial site in a Vulcan flying machine, but - since he knew the show wouldn’t be able to afford to build such a machine - he had its arrival indicated by an off-screen sound effect. Fortunately, the show’s staff knew how lame that would be and got him to have the wedding party arrive on foot. As with the Romulans in “Balance of Terror”, the background Vulcans wear helmets to save the expense of giving them pointed ears. (In fact, they’re the same helmets reused.) Since the Federation does not have the death penalty for murder (as implied by “The Menagerie”), Spock’s response to T’Pau’s “Live long and prosper” after Kirk’s apparent death - “I will do neither. I have killed my captain and my friend” - suggests that he is contemplating suicide. In the past, some fans assumed that Vulcans have sex only during pon farr, and therefore that Spock was still a virgin at the end of this episode. However, D. C. Fontana, the scriptwriter of “This Side of Paradise”, who was considered TOS’ greatest expert on Vulcans, said in later years that this was incorrect, and that pon farr means only that Vulcans are biologically compelled to have sex at that time, not that they cannot do so at other times. Thus, it remains likely that Spock and Leila Kalomi made love during “This Side of Paradise” (as signified by Spock’s costume change in that episode). Fans have speculated that when Stonn is interrupted while saying “The woman is -” he was trying to say, “The woman is pregnant.” In fact, Arlene Martel (T’Pring) thought that her costume resembled a maternity dress, and therefore played the role on the assumption that T’Pring was pregnant with Stonn’s child. (Notice how she glances down at her belly immediately after Stonn’s interrupted line.) Fans have also speculated that T’Pau guesses that McCoy’s injection of Kirk is a ploy to bring about a non-fatal outcome and allows him to give it anyway. On my most recent viewing I thought I noticed an extremely subtle, almost subliminal flash of expression on T’Pau’s face when McCoy tells her about the injection which suggests that this may be the case. What do others think? T’Pring’s logical plan is what the TV Tropes website calls a “Xanatos Gambit” (named after the recurring villain from "Gargoyles"): an evil scheme which inevitably results in success for the plotter no matter what happens. When TOS was first broadcast in West Germany it was programmed as a children's series. As a result, “Amok Time” was heavily edited and altered in dubbing to remove the sexual elements. Spock contracted a rare space disease which McCoy treated with an experimental drug, causing Spock to hallucinate fighting with Kirk. Some TOS fans feel that “The Man Trap” was a bad choice for the series premiere because it was an atypical episode. Personally, I think NBC made good choices for both of TOS’ first two season premieres; even today, “The Man Trap” and “Amok Time” remain solid jumping-off points for new viewers (although I see Alex’s point about “Amok Time” being a less-than-ideal introduction to Spock). As you will eventually see, NBC made a far worse choice of episode for the Season 3 premiere, although I think you’ll also be able to see why they chose it.

During the first season I was in the 1st grade, and Star Trek was on too late for me to watch on a school night. I caught only fragments of a few episodes (the Squire of Gothos & Devil in the Dark) when I wasn’t supposed to. But for the second season, Trek was moved to Friday nights, and I begged my parents to let me stay up for the 8:30 broadcast time. They relented, and I watched it religiously the whole season. Thus, on September 15, 1967, Amok Time was the first Trek episode I ever saw all the way through. I thought it was miraculous. At seven, the “birds and the bees“ aspect went over my head, but I had a very strong romantic sense, even at that age, and so understood the emotional issues if not the physical ones. When I thought Spock head killed Kirk, I took it very seriously. One of the rare and delightful things about this episode is the interaction between junior officers. Sulu and Chekov are clearly trying to do competent work despite the unpredictability of their superiors, a tiny window into how the rest of the ship operates when the senior officers aren’t around. Of course this episode was written by Theodore Sturgeon (who also wrote Shore Leave), one of the greatest literary writers in science fiction of that era. In my opinion, Gerald Fried’s original music for this episode is what makes it work. Alas, those miniatures weren’t in the original broadcast.

Loved your reaction when you first saw the Vulcan greeting :)

You guys are great, love your analyses and reactions. In my personal head canon, I always felt that T'Pau knows what McCoy is up to, and lets him go ahead, and then respecting how close Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are, willing to risk life and career for each other (who knows what might have happened if McCoy's scheme had been uncovered on the spot?) she immediately contacts Star Fleet to tell them to back off. Vulcans are telepathic after all, and maybe T'Pau is an extraordinarily powerful telepath, and has read Kirk's and McCoy's minds to some extent.

It's not fair that I have to wait so long for your shows! Believe it or not, I was actually looking forward to your reaction to the added female vocalist in the opening credits. You didn't disappoint me! You guys really make me re-live the experience of seeing Star Trek that first time. By the way, I am also impressed by the fantastic job you do in editing! That has to be difficult. Thanks again!

I thought that you'd both like this episode, it shows you so much about not only Spock but of the Vulcan lore and traditional, if you remember, Spock had said that his people were originally warlike and adopted logic to save their species from internal warring and possible self-annihilation.

A word about the writer of this episode, Theodore Sturgeon: he was partly the inspiration for Kurt Vonnegut's fictional character Kilgore Trout, although Vonnegut put a lot of himself into Trout, too. Sturgeon also wrote the Season One episode, "Shore Leave." Like Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson, George Clayton Johnson, and Robert Bloch, he was a fairly big deal. Star Trek hired good writers.

So cool to see you guys watch this. I watched the original Trek as a kid in the seventies. I don’t remember not having this series in my brain. Even the corny sound effects bring back the experience.

I always thought that this was a great episode because it very creatively expanded what we knew about Vulcans. And T'Pring, T'Pau and even Stonn were interesting characters. The reversal that Vulcan males go into "heat" instead of females was very witty. I don't know if the episode caused any problems for the network censors.

In case it has not previously been mentioned, the version of this series that you guys are watching is the recent home video release with updated effects. Those of us who grew up on this show during the original run and then the decades of reruns can spot the upgraded effects a mile away, and, to their credit, they blend in seamlessly.

"Live long and prosper spock" "I shall do neither. I have killed my captain and my friend" i heard Leonard Nimoy kept choking up with that line and had to do it several times before he say it without getting emotional..

I think you missed someting there. Star Fleet didn't approve the delay out of convenience just randomly. Kirk commented that it was T'Pau who convinced Star Fleet to grant the delay to make up for what happened. She respected Kirk enough after he didn't turn down the challenge. That was the payoff to the line Kirk said earlier "That's T'Pau, I cannot back down in front of her".

have to tell you how encouraging it is that people that have never seen this series are enjoying it so much...there's a reason it's a classic, and getting to grow up with it was amazing...

There's an actor who was in over 50 of these original Star Trek episodes, but mainly a background character. Heck he played a crewman who died in a first season episode, but that didn't stop him from returning. Not sure when, but he finally gets the name Mister Leslie. Think Lt. Leslie is also correct. He was in so many episodes cause he was also William Shatner's stunt double. Just some trivia I thought you guys might like.

Great review, guys! This is an important episode in the lore of Star Trek. Concepts established within this episode, particularly pertaining to Vulcan culture, will be revisited and built upon throughout the franchise. Additionally, the city you saw in the background is the city of Shikahr, the capital of Vulcan, which will be revisited up close many times throughout the franchise-and on “Enterprise,” regularly, and you will see that it is a very futuristic, somewhat Coruscant-like, but also very Vulcan, very ancient and rust-colored as established in Amok Time. The next time we see Vulcan and the city of ShiKar is in “The Animated Series,” looking very much as you see in this episode. By the way, it is very important that you DO NOT SKIP the 1973 animated series, which picks up were this series leaves off. There is a particularly important canonical episode set in the suburbs of ShiKahr as well as the harsh Vulcan wilderness known as the Forge. That animated episode, along with Amok Time, together form the foundation of Vulcan as we know it and will be revisited many times throughout the franchise.

I always wondered that with Spock losing his madness when he thought he killed Kirk; when he found out that Kirk was really alive, that he would get horny again. I mean, kind of like the attitude, "Hey, I'm in the clear! Party time!!". Sex, some Plomik soup, then a cigarette afterwards.

And notably, this episode introduces Spock's theme and the fight scene music that will be reused in practically every fight for the rest of the series. 😅

The exterior shot that you two were so impressed with was not in the original series. It was some CGI added for the remaster.

Spock's bass theme tune is fucking awesome.

4:44 - Shame is wasn't being held on Altair IV. I would have loved to see Kirk meet Robby the Robot!

Classic story introducing T'Pau who gave the 80's band their name - I recall their big hit was China in Your Hand. Lots of people often confuse her as being Spocks mother. And an episode of Futurama featured 'traditional fight music' which was taken from this episode🙂.

What you have been watching is the version of the series with digitally created new effects for the blu-ray and HD-DVD releases. Unlike with Star Wars, the released home videos were capable of letting you switch from original effects to new effects. Also sound could be switched. That Vulcan mountain had been initially seen in one of the 1980s movies. They, then digitally created it for this episode. Originally, the characters beamed down and walked around the “wall”. BTW, each season has credits in a different color. The first season opening and closing credits were in orange, the second in blue and the third in red.

T'pau was played by Celia Lovsky. An Austrian born actress who was married to Peter Lorre. They both came over to escape the Nazis before WW2.

Rewatching this after Strange New Worlds, especially S2, is very interesting. They built out T'Pring so well in that show and seeding how it would eventually come to this.

The updated effects added to the show in the remaster included expanding the Vulcan arena, adding elements from later shows, like the moutaintop seen in the Star Trek movies, and the city in the background is from The Animated Series, ShiKahr (Spock's birthplace).

I was a little kid when I saw this episode for the first time and I was mesmerized when T'Pring first appeared. I thought she was the most beautiful space alien I had ever seen. And I liked her even better when she turned out to be a BAD GIRL, lol. FYI in Star Trek Literature, T'PAU is one of the most Powerful and Influential Beings in The Federation. She did not interfere much with Federation business but when she made or voiced an opinion she was listened to. The very rare times she wanted something done, it was done. That's why the Ok was given for the reroute to Vulcan.

10:25 That "awesome shot" came about entirely in the remastering. The notion of Vulcan looking like that was first presented in the 1973 animated episode "Yesteryear".

"the first shot of Spock in this episode is him throwing the soup" lol

You were correct btw, Spock would have died if he hadn't reproduced under normal circumstances. But his shock over having killed his best friend kind of shook him out of it, so these were abnormal circumstances. Normally that's exactly how it would work for a Vulcan. "Pon farr: An extreme physical and psychological imbalance every seven years requires a mating ritual or death can ensue." Edit: Wikipedia claims the fight can always be a substitute for the mating, but I think in this script that's not what was intended: "Every seven years, Vulcan males and females become aroused. If the normally calm and rational Vulcans do not mate with someone with whom they are empathically bonded they eventually enter Plak Tow, the blood fever, become violent, and finally die unless they mate with someone or engage in a ritual battle known as kal-if-fee." In any case Vulcans can have normal sex lives outside the Pon farr, but they're basically "in heat" every 7 years and HAVE to. ;)

An 80's group took the name of T'Pau. They had a top 10 hit with "Heart and Soul"

I was too young to see this episode when it first ran on TV, but I can only imagine how incredible and mind blowing this episode must have been for the fans watching the show at the time. It was incredible and mind blowing for me when I first saw it even in reruns in the mid-1970s...and I remember how fascinated I was by all the lore and history that the show developed about Vulcans and their home planet. I can honestly say that a big part of my interest in space and science was inspired by Star Trek, and this episode was just an explosion of new interests in my brain. 💯✌ And that was a very good guess at 6:23 regarding Vulcan hormones...very close...are you sure you have not seen spoilers for this? 😂😁 Oh, and that shot at 10:24 and the one at 10:34 that you commented on were definitely added in the digital remastering process...they were not in the original episode. 💯

Love that you are getting into season 2 and the start of the season was such a joy to watch. Especially considering that this entire episode is so "iconic" in both Star Trek franchise, as well as TV and Pop Culture history. Can't tell you how many times the music, the fight choreography and the tone of build-up and pay-off (tricked death) have been used since this first aired. They are STILL referencing this episode in current content like Lower Decks and other movies/shows based around "nerd-dom" or "sci-fi settings".

Theodore Sturgeon, the writer of the episode was a well known science fiction writer best known in the 1950s and 1960s who published stories from 1937 through 1983.

Yes,Spock's father is called Sarek and his mother,an Earth woman called Amanda.

Trivia: A female pop group in the 80s named their band "T'Pau" after the Vulcan matriarch in this episode. They had one or two big hits back in the day.

4:02 That heavy guitar riff was played on a Fender Bass VI, a six-stringed bass guitar tuned like a regular guitar but an octave lower. They always brought it out when Spock had the blues. The Beatles used one fairly often when John or George played bass on a tune, usually when McCartney was playing piano

T'Pring has my vote for the greatest villain in Star Trek. Of all the villains she is the only one who wins. She gets everything she wanted. She wins.

What a great start to my morning! Love love love that you guys are getting such a kick out of this! Dare I say that you are becoming actual Trekkies?

I just binged every single episode and now I'm caught up in your series. Now I'm disappointed that I'll have to wait. GET WATCHING!

Preview of Season 2: Fans of Sulu should know that he missed several episodes bcz George Takei was filming a movie in 1967 with John Wayne (The Green Berets) on location in Georgia USA; there were heavy rains and filming schedule got delayed and Takei could not get back in time to California. Most of his lines were given to Chekov, the new character who sat right next to him at Navigation. Also, Season 2 is nearly as good as Season One IMHO, but there are 2 fewer episodes, thus 26 hours of Trek.

Just noticed you had a Hitchcock boxed-set behind you that includes one of my faves, "Shadow Of A Doubt". Way cool! Ever see "Strangers On A Train"? That one is incredible, right up there with "Psycho", "Rear Window" and....."Shadow Of A Doubt'! (FANTASTIC reaction to this episode by the way, I am LOVING these reactions! I'm not even a Trekkie or anything!)

Man. What a great way to kick off this season. I kinda forget that Chekov wasn't there since the beginning, so seeing him again is great. His character was added in for the younger demographic and they wanted a Davy Jones type from the Monkees. So many great musical cues from this episode. I can see this now that we're getting a bit more character development making it clear that Jim, Spock, and McCoy are indeed friends in addtion to being senior officers. The actor that played Ston was also in The Balance of Terror. The actress playing T'Pring Arleen Martel is lovely. Another bit of trivia, in the 80's there's a one hit wonder band that was named T'pau after this character and had the song "Heart and Soul" Pretty good tune. Check it out.

There's a fan-made film from 2008 on youtube that was done with the involvement of a number of actors and guest stars from across the first 3-4 Trek series. An old Stonn (played by the same actor) gets a happy ending and able to spend his golden years with an unexpected person. That fight sequence and music gets imitated a lot, much like Kirk's fight with the Gorn. I've sometimes joked that there must've really been something in that shot Bones gave Kirk because William Shatner has outlived all the actors who were on the Vulcan set (the ones with speaking roles anyway).

Vulcan is a mostly desert planet with limited water sources (which is why in the prior season it was noted that Spock/Vulcans have an inner eyelid to help protect their eyes from the sun). Their cities, though still having metal where useful/appropriate, are largely made of stone/rock, as would be the most logical material to build such structures from (though again some do use metal where more necessary/useful). They still retain some areas of ceremonial importance from the long past -- from many centuries to several thousand years in age -- and, ironic for a race so heavily invested in logic and science, still have strong throwbacks to quasi-mystical beliefs. (You guys will see hints/indicators of that if or when you get much further down the line into the movies and later ST series in the franchise.)

This was one crazy wedding.

Those little cabin display monitors take a beating in this show! LOL!

This episode gave us the famous Star Trek battle music. Called Amok Time.

You can see the stain on the wall from the soup in several later episodes because there was only one hallway & the set got stained.

Gotta love Celia Lovsky as T'Pau!

The references to the planet "Altair 4" is a nod to the classic 1950s sci-fi film FORBIDDEN PLANET, which was of course a huge influence on Star Trek

So glad you enjoyed this, get ready for lot's more entertaiment! By the way, great reaction video!

Great reaction! Note, the causeway scene where they walked across that you speculated was a miniature and the high level shot of the wedding garden were added when Paramount remastered and updated the effects. It’s a wonderful addition that, as you said, gave us extra insight as to what Vulcan was like.

This has always been one of my favorite episodes. I love Spock and the Vulcans so I loved looking deeper into both. There will be more of my favorites coming soon. At least of my top ten TOS episodes come from this season. Most of my very top come from this season also. Amok time, Journey to Babel, Mirror Mirror, Wolf in the Fold and, Trouble with Tribbles are all at the very top of my best TOS list.

I'm not sure if you know, but you are watching the remastered series, which was released in the mid 2000s. Many of the planetary shots were recreated, and sometimes totally different than what was originally shot, including those outside shots of Vulcan. They did a great job overall.

Josh with the prescient predictions this time! edit: predictions, even. And Alex with figuring out the twist a moment before the reveal, hah. Great stuff.

If you must know, its not Vulcan puberty... Its the Vulcan mating drive,they call it Pon Farr. Vulcan's go through it every 7 years...I think he will be needing some of that Plomeek soup now. Nurse!😄

The Vulcan salute is Jewish in origin. It is actually a hand gesture rabbis use when giving a blessing. Nimoy, who was Jewish, improvised on set to use it as a greeting for Vulcans. The new guy, Mr. Chekov, was brought in to cash in on the popularity of The Beatles & The Monkees. He became a fan favorite especially with female fans. Theodore Sturgeon, who wrote the episode, like Harlan Ellison was a renown Sci-Fi author. Many were clamoring to do so because the show took science fiction seriously.

Man, this is great. I'm in my 30's and watching the original about 10 years ago. Multiple times. TNG is great too. But, it's just so cool to relive it with people that can appreciate it. This was so damn good for being 60 years old. I can't wait until I get to, "brain, brain, what is brain" and "Are you out of your Vulcan mind?" lol

Not the last time Kirk will risk his career for Spock. "Kirk, you did this and you'll never sit in the captain's chair again." "Warp speed."

Writer *Theodore Sturgeon* is a relatively well known sci fi author. If I'm not mistaken he wrote a number of episodes. This may have been mentioned already, but the _STAR TREK_ Animated Series that followed had a number of famous sci fi writers. Also, *Walter Koenig* who portrays the new character, _Pavel Chekov,_ wrote for the animated series, but was not in the cast. But I suppose we're jumping ahead a bit.¹ Btw, *Spock* is now a _Lieutenant Commander._ ··•●✺●•·· ¹ ─ Speaking of jumping ahead, I'd love to see you react to *_Babylon 5._* IMO your apparent sensibilities would work well with that show. Particularly as one of the first shows to have a story arc. I'm also glad to hear you're going to do _Firefly._

Spock: It has to do with biology. 7:47 "Is he pregnant?" lmao

Here we gooooo 😁

Every year they would write original music for a few episodes and then reuse old music for the episodes that did not have specific original music specifically written. Amok Time of course had new music written and you will hear the fight music reused again and again but it works. My favorites for season two are Doomsday Machine which has fantastic new music and The Changling I think is the 3rd episode of season 2. Cheers great reaction btw

I found your channel recently because i started watching Star Trek for the first time and I loved this episode!

I enjoy your commentary while watching Star Trek for the first time. Also thank you for turning on the CC for us Star Trek fans that are old enough to have seen the original series. 🖖

Excellent classic episode. Your reaction was brilliant. Would you guys consider watching the original 70s series of Battlestar Galactica (assuming you haven't seen it before) - more classic sci-fi I think you'd enjoy.

Vulcan chiks are savage

So excited to see this as the next episode that you were reacting to! Loved your surprise at the turn of events throughout it. I've mentioned before about the influence that Trek had on the show Futurama. As Amok Time is one of the best Trek episodes, the Futurama parody of it called "Why Must I Be A Crustacean In Love?" is one of the great episodes of that show. If you've never seen it, I highly recommend it!

Make note about how much dialog Chekov gets in Season 2... it dwarfs anything Sulu gets, this was in large part due to George Takei making the first of many questionable career decisions and risking his spot on Star Trek by taking part in the filming of The Green Beret... which forced quite a few re-writes of episodes that were produced first.

Vulcan certainly has urban centers with futuristic tech, but it isn't completely covered with them like Coruscant. Lot of desert on this world with heat that might be uncomfortable even for sand people.

Using an opera singer adds a ton of class to this series!

So glad you are doing Firefly, Star Trek for a new generation.