Energy without substance, matter without form - you really have to take a lot for granted with a number of these Star Trek plots. What I found troubling was how easily Captain Kirk assented to Sargon taking over his body. Not that he could have prevented it as the story line went, but he could have shown a bit of angst over the idea.
What's cool here is seeing a possessed Spock plotting his takeover of the Enterprise and who knows, the entire known galaxy and beyond. It's probably just a bit too convenient the way the Henoch entity was disabled by a simple shot to the arm; what happened to all that mental energy building power over a half million years? But having the 'real' Spock share his essence with Nurse Chapel was a clever device. You know she thought so too; didn't she look positively giddy over the idea that she wound up spending some quality time with her favorite Vulcan?
For Kirk's part, not only does he get a chance to be chummy with a member of the crew (Diana Muldaur as Dr. Ann Mulhall), but he doesn't have to take responsibility. After all, this was just Sargon and Thalassa getting adjusted to their human bodies. For all of the Captain's reputation for being an interstellar Romeo, sometimes he got credit when he wasn't even being himself.
What's cool here is seeing a possessed Spock plotting his takeover of the Enterprise and who knows, the entire known galaxy and beyond. It's probably just a bit too convenient the way the Henoch entity was disabled by a simple shot to the arm; what happened to all that mental energy building power over a half million years? But having the 'real' Spock share his essence with Nurse Chapel was a clever device. You know she thought so too; didn't she look positively giddy over the idea that she wound up spending some quality time with her favorite Vulcan?
For Kirk's part, not only does he get a chance to be chummy with a member of the crew (Diana Muldaur as Dr. Ann Mulhall), but he doesn't have to take responsibility. After all, this was just Sargon and Thalassa getting adjusted to their human bodies. For all of the Captain's reputation for being an interstellar Romeo, sometimes he got credit when he wasn't even being himself.