McCoy: general disapproval of both what Kirk’s doing and how Spock said “no”
“Damn it Spock, stop telling him not to do the thing! Damn it, Jim, stop doing the thing!”
I preferred the previous doctor - Dr. Phil Boyce … here just have a drink of some hard liquor to solve your problem.
To be fair, Bones felt that way a lot of times too. As did Scotty.
There was a lot of drinking going on…
Needs more open racism against Vulcans. Maybe a crack about his ears, or mention “logic” in a really condescending tone.
The relationship between doctor McCoy and Spock is one of the best parts about TOS
It is. It’s also pretty racist for a member of an organization that claims it left racism and other forms of prejudice behind.
It would only be logical that after all this time Spock is actually using reverse psychology on Kirk.
I like this theory. Makes me think that Spock has taken in all of the variables and computed that the most likely positive outcome for the current mission is for Kirk, who has a rebellious streak, to know that somebody disapproves of his actions, therefore causing him to act in his characteristic manner which increases their likelihood of success.
Afterwards:
Kirk - “Back me up while I do the thing, Spock.”
Spock - “… fine.”
Scotty: Did he do the bloody thing again? Aye, it’ll take me two hours to fix the thing, but I’ll get it done in 30 minutes.
Sulu: (thinks) I hope I get to do the thing one day…
Chekov: They do the thing much better in Moscow.
Uhura: Speaking of things, I have this thing in my ear…
