Thursday, January 3, 2013

Shore Leave

 The crew of the Enterprise desperately needs a break, especially Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy opts for a Shore Leave. McCoy and Sulu go check out this planet that is very similar to earth without any forms  of life either than vegetation. McCoy compares it to Alice and Wonderland...
  ......and then see's the white rabbit being chased by Alice into a bush. Ooookay?

 Sulu doesn't see them because of his fascination with the beautiful plant life so when he comes back McCoy's just staring at a bush like an idiot with a "What the HELL just happened ?" look smeared all over his face.
   McCoy calls Kirk on his communicator and asks if he's coming down, still claiming the island is therapeutic, even though he just saw a girl chase a giant bunny. Then McCoy tries explaining to Kirk what he saw, saying he may now be unfit for duty. Of course Kirk's first logical reaction was to make fun of McCoy and then he agreed to check out the place.
  Right before Kirk beams down we see Angela, who last episode was going to get married to Tomlinson, but this episode is flirting with Lt. Esteban Rodriguez.
   With a series of odd events it becomes apparent that the island makes your thoughts come to life. Though it really isn't so obvious to the crew of the Enterprise....
                                                                                       ....until Spock comes down.
Yeoman Rand isn't here in this episode, but instead there is Yeoman Tonia Barrows, who seems to have a thing for McCoy...and McCoy for her.

  I thoroughly enjoyed this episode, up until a point in the middle where a knight comes and stabs McCoy. If the doctor on the ship is hurt, who is there to fix him up? Apparently no one because he dies...
  All of the illusions were quick lived and short except for Kirk's illusion of an old bully, Finnegan, because whenever Kirk tried to ask questions of Finnegan he would immediately try to attack Kirk almost as an answer.
  Eventually the caretaker of the island comes and explains that this was a place for play, used for his people. The whole planet is basically one giant toy house. Then he explains everything's been an illusion and McCoy really isn't dead. And of course everyone goes "You sure?"
   And in walks McCoy with these two scantily clad women hanging on him, much to the annoyance of Yeoman Barrows.
 
 The caretaker says that the Enterprise can stay on the island for the Shore Leave as long as they now understand how the place works. So Kirk tells the ship its okay to let people come down now, "it'll be the best shore leave ever!" YIPPEE! 
 What I find hilarious is, one of McCoy's women leaves McCoy and hangs on Spock of all people and when Kirk gets the okay for everyone to vacation there Spock basically says, "Well, I've had enough vacation. I'm going back on the ship." And he moves the girl off his arm like she wasn't even in the least bit distracting with her very little bits of clothing on, bids her no offense, and then gets ready to leave. 
  Back on the ship everyone's talking about how wonderful the vacation was and then another great Spock moment, he goes, " I still find the whole thing completely illogical." And everyone around him just turns and laughs. AND THIS HAS BEEN ANOTHER GREAT MOMENT BROUGHT TO YOU BY SPOCK!

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