Spock is at risk of becoming fully human forever, a truly horrible fate.
“I want to feel this.” That line would be an extraordinary admission coming from Spock in any context but arriving at the end of “Charades,” an episode in which he’s been roiled by emotional chaos he could not control, it plays like a turning point for the character. Spock knows the cost emotions can exact, even beyond the pause he’s put on his relationship with T’Pring and whatever inevitable fallout that will create. But he’s willing to cast all that aside to be with Chapel.
It’s undoubtedly a WTF situation. Chapel seems fine. The shuttle is in better shape than ever . It’s only Spock who’s different. When Uhura, using the artifact, reaches out to a previously unknown alien species. “Yellow,” the alien who talks to Kirk, sounds friendly enough, but they also don’t really want to talk all that much.
She’s come with some news: the engagement dinner, which has been hanging by a thread due to the frustrations of T’Pring’s family, is still on. In fact, it’s imminent. They’ll be holding it aboard thetomorrow night. After a futile effort to keep his secret from Amanda, Spock comes clean, removing the stocking cap he’s donned to hide his decidedly un-Vulcan ears.
Eventually, Chapel gets an audience with Yellow, who’s not happy that this complaint is being lodged outside the response period. But she gives Chapel some information about the crash, specifically that Spock steered into the skid of the crash in a way that would protect her at the expense of his well-being.
And yet, somehow, the catastrophe never arrives. Spock pours the tea and grits his teeth through T’Pril’s criticisms, however deep they cut and even though they conclude with telling him he doesn’t deserve T’Pring. Still, he doesn’t think he can keep it up much longer, prompting Pike to propose a game of Charades . It’s a gambit that buys enough time for Chapel to return with a cure. She wastes no time bringing it to him but she also wants an answer as to why he protected her during the crash.
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