"Spock Amok"

Running Time: 55 minutes 52 seconds
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Spock and T'Pring rendezvous at Starbase 1 for a little R&R and quality time together, but those plans go awry when work gets in the way for both. The situation is compounded when their candle ceremony abruptly ends—or rather fails to do so—and the lovers switch bodies. Throw in Number One and La'an playing Enterprise Bingo and a fly fishing hat and the story moves dangerously close to hijinks. Ah, and don’t forget about the high-stakes negotiations.

In this episode of Saddle Up! hosts C Bryan Jones and Matthew Rushing discuss “Spock Amok,” the fifth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ inaugural season. We discuss the importance of humor in Star Trek, finding balance between comedy and social commentary, and how the writers have made us care about the characters in just a handful of episodes. We also explore the R’ongovians, Nurse Chapel's crush on Spock, and, of course the body swap that delivers both laughs and insight. So saddle up and trot out onto the hull with us as we sign the scorch!

Chapters

Intro (0:00:00)
Comedy in Star Trek (00:02:10)
Finding Balance (00:08:26)
Body Swap (00:20:30)
Stationary Benefits (00:24:23)
Enterprise Bingo! (00:28:24)
Making Us Care about Characters (00:32:14)
Chapel Loves Spock (00:36:10)
More Like WRONGovians (00:41:35)
Final Thoughts and Ratings (00:49:09)
Closing (00:51:27)