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A distress call from Lt. Noonien-Singh compels Spock to disobey orders and take the USS Enterprise and its crew into disputed space, risking renewed hostilities with the Klingons in a bid to aid their shipmate.

Written by Henry Alonso Myers & Akiva Goldsman

Directed by Chris Fisher


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    • emmanuel@startrek.website
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      1 year ago

      I don’t think it’s the same serum, in Amok Time the serum is used to make Kirk fake his death, not win the fight.

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        1 year ago

        I was thinking about the hypospray McCoy gave Kirk to ‘adjust for the difference in oxygen levels and other environmental conditions.’

        From the time I first watched the episode as a young child, I reasoned that there had to have been something more in the hypospray. Even in Earth-like conditions and gravity, Kirk wouldn’t last a minute against a Vulcan engaged by Pon Farr. McCoy wouldn’t have hesitated to add in a combat serum if he thought it would give Kirk a chance to survive.

        (This was validated by the discussion of who and how someone could fight Vorik in Voyager before B’Elanna decided to take him on herself.)