Star Trek TOS, Episode 61: Spock's Brain

[vail_kagami]

TRAILER

NEXT EPISODE: MYSTERIOUS LADY IN VIOLET appears and everyone falls over in excitement. Then SPOCK’S brain goes bye-bye, causing KIRK to make funny faces, and DeForest Kelley would have deserved a fucking award for being able to say his lines with a straight face. MYSTERIOUS LADY wants the brain because she doesn’t have one herself and

Comments

[joirerson]

Oh, this made me laugh entirely too much. Or is it not enough? I can never remember.

I love it when they strap that little controller to his head and McCoy pilots him. Remember those little whiny remote controlled cars that were big in the 90s? I expected a long antenna or something.

[vail_kagami]

Your icon is cool!

Thanks for the comment!
The antenna would not have made this episode any worse.

[tprillahfiction]

Haaahahahahah! fucking awesome

[vail_kagami]

I actually agree. The episode is awful, but it's so awful it's almost good. I say, better bad than medicore. :P
At least it's entertaining - in a way that makes me want to bang my head against the table until I pass out.
(My very own top class WTF moment was when Kirk got on his knees and called "Oh Great Controller!" to the ceiling. Judging by their expressions, Bones and Scotty thought the same.)

And the Children Shall Lead had this involuntarily hilarious moment of Kirk accientally beaming his redshirts into space. It deserves sporking for that alone.
I don't really want to rewatch it, though, because Bones is hardly in it. (There you can see where my priorities lie.)

I'll do more of these for sure. So far, this was the second. The first is here, in case you missed it: http://vail-kagami.livejournal.com/96804.html

[vail_kagami]

True. I already covered a few. I decided to do Catspaw next, though. I liked the episode, so for once rewatching won't hurt, but it still has a lot of FTW moments.

[vail_kagami]

Isn't it simply failtastic?

[qzee]

KIRK: It is a good question. I have not thought of it before. We will go to planet six to find out, because I feel like risking Spock’s life on a hunch.
yep, that's a perfectly logical and brilliant command decision. Not.

SPOCK’S BRAIN: O hai. I’m in your communicator, using your signal.
this so needs to be a lol cat

KIRK: These belts fail. They fucking hurt.

SCOTT: That appears to be the point.

MCCOY: Let’s not do that again.
snerk

KIRK: Spock, do not ruin our reunion by medically flirting with Bones. We brought your body along so we can put your brain back inside, which appears to be not as obvious as I thought it was.
*giggles inappropriately* Spock/McCoy medical flirting for the win!

FEMALE ALIENS: Teacher gives us temporary knowledge if we need it. It seems a good plan to keep you from taking the controller by explaining to you how to do it.
in female aliens defence, they have so far been smarter than the average Bond villain. Not that that's saying much. CAPTAIN’S LOG: We stuck Spock’s head into a wall and are now standing

[vail_kagami]

But Spock is so much more fun if McCoy can order him around without him talking back!
Seriously, they must have wired Spock's entire body for that, or something.

[treksnoopy]

There must have been some really bad "better living through chemisty" substances in the writers room for this episode.
I'm not sure how the cast made it through shooting.

This is truly the worst episode ever and I love what you did with it, as always.

[vail_kagami]

Thank you!

I actually don't mind the episode so much. It's bad in a funny way, other than some episodes that are just bad.