Sometimes reality trumps fiction. In this case I don't think the role was supposed to be Nurse Chapel, rather I believe it was supposed to go to some random guest star. But Roddenberry wanted to get his girlfriend more screen time hence, Barrett/Chapel took over the role. If you look at it from that angle, it makes better sense
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I don't think Kirk or McCoy ship Spock/Chapel. Both realize nobody is going to get Spock invested emotionally if Spock is in his right mind. McCoy teases her about her crush and Kirk is more amused by it.
I think part of that is true but I also think Kirk and especially McCoy would want Spock to explore his human side but naturally of his own accord. Aside from Amok Time, I don't think McCoy particularly eggs on Chapel or teases either one of them about the relationship. I think he'd like both of his friends to be happy, and rightly or not McCoy probably thinks for Spock that means the love of a good woman, perhaps not necessarily Chapel. It wouldn't be unreasonable to think McCoy would want them together.
I think same probably goes for Kirk. They aren't necessarily looking to hook the two of them up but probably entertaining how nice that idea would be.
Spock "interrupts" because he is uneasy and suspicious of Korby...Kirk tells Spock about Chapel staying because he is the science office and first officer. He is the one who
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I think in general that Spock knows he is too messed up emotionally to have a relationship with anyone within the context of TOS. He is too busy fighting his own demons and has the decency not to inflict himself onto another person. He cares about Chapel, has a highly developed conscience that does not want to hurt anyone, but he has committed himself to the Vulcan way, truly thinks it is the superior way... and this means more to him than anything else.. including his father's life for example
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McCoy expresses his knowledge of Chapels interest in Spock in "Operation Annihilate", "The Enterprise Incident", "Plato's Stepchildren"
I actually disagree with this but it's a discussion for later episodes.
McCoy and Kirk would love to see Spock get together with her, but they write it off as impossible. So we kind of agree then?
I can't really say why the writers put Spock in the final scene except that there was nobody any more appropriate.
My point was that TPTB didn't need to have Spock or anyone there to tell the audience Chapel was staying on the ship. I think of it as a way to sort of keep the intrigue around Spock/Chapel going. We can disagree about this but neither of us are right since it's all left up to interpretation anyway.
I'll probably put up another episode discussion post tomorrow, so get ready.
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I think part of that is true but I also think Kirk and especially McCoy would want Spock to explore his human side but naturally of his own accord. Aside from Amok Time, I don't think McCoy particularly eggs on Chapel or teases either one of them about the relationship. I think he'd like both of his friends to be happy, and rightly or not McCoy probably thinks for Spock that means the love of a good woman, perhaps not necessarily Chapel. It wouldn't be unreasonable to think McCoy would want them together.
I think same probably goes for Kirk. They aren't necessarily looking to hook the two of them up but probably entertaining how nice that idea would be.
Spock "interrupts" because he is uneasy and suspicious of Korby...Kirk tells Spock about Chapel staying because he is the science office and first officer. He is the one who ( ... )
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I actually disagree with this but it's a discussion for later episodes.
McCoy and Kirk would love to see Spock get together with her, but they write it off as impossible.
So we kind of agree then?
I can't really say why the writers put Spock in the final scene except that there was nobody any more appropriate.
My point was that TPTB didn't need to have Spock or anyone there to tell the audience Chapel was staying on the ship. I think of it as a way to sort of keep the intrigue around Spock/Chapel going. We can disagree about this but neither of us are right since it's all left up to interpretation anyway.
I'll probably put up another episode discussion post tomorrow, so get ready.
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