Aw, Kirk and Spock are finally making it official, aren’t they? Kirk saunters into the chapel smugly, like “pshhhh marriage is for sissies”. Kirk enters, and Scotty says, “The ceremony will be carried on all viewing screens, sir,” with a grin. Scotty is in the back, fixing a seriously gigantic camera into the wall. I have a theory, which I can’t really support in these first 9 episodes (other than the fact that McCoy keeps an entire wall full of alcohol in his sickbay), that McCoy drinks a little more Saurian Brandy than he lets on. He leans against the captain’s chair at the end of almost every episode, he leans on his arm when he’s in the conference room, he leans against walls. I’m betting it is a non-denominational chapel, since Sulu indicated a few episodes back that his religion worships a giant bird (based on a creed assumably featuring Oscar the Antichrist). In the following episode, Spock's 'dad' kills people, I miss Chekov, and Kirk is valiant. Also, it features my favorite Leonards: Leonard Nimoy, Leonard McCoy, and Mark Lenard. There are Romulans, Bird of Preys, and a Neutral Zone. I’d even ask him to guest recap it, but I don’t think he’d do a recap, and besides, I have a feeling the entire thing would read like a love letter to Mark Lenard.
I dedicate this recap to my friend Steve who adamantly insists that this is the best episode ever.
