This is perhaps one of the best episodes for the Spock groupies out there. In this one, his personality is allowed to show through much more than usual and these insights are gained by watching Spock with his parents, Jane Wyatt and Mark Lenard. We learn that he had a teddy bear (of sorts) as a child and we also learn of Spock's anguish growing up as a "half-breed". On top of all this great family interaction, it was great to finally see multiple species other than humans in an episode, as the ship was ferrying ambassadors to a peace conference.
Pluses for the episode apart from the insights into Spock were much, much better than usual dialog, an exciting and multi-layered plot and plenty of action despite the episode taking place entirely on the Enterprise. All in all, one of the better episodes and one nearly meriting a score of 9.
Pluses for the episode apart from the insights into Spock were much, much better than usual dialog, an exciting and multi-layered plot and plenty of action despite the episode taking place entirely on the Enterprise. All in all, one of the better episodes and one nearly meriting a score of 9.