There's certainly one thing Timo and I can agree on: Sam Cogley's defence strategy was appalling! For all his berating the computers and insistence on using "books, books young man!" he was just as slavish in accepting the computer log as everyone else - it didn't even occur to him to question the reliability of The Machine, that was left to the computer-phile Mr Spock.
Cogley is on the verge of giving up with no Plan B and no fight. Bizarre. All it would have taken was a few lines (in the court room) to suggest that Spock was looking into the computer on Cogley's instructions and have the attorney summon him at the end, dealing his trump card!
As it stands, the audience are left wondering how Cogley ever got the amazing reputation he seems to enjoy. Kirk sure was lucky that Spock wasn't delayed, the results would have been disastrous!
Cogley is on the verge of giving up with no Plan B and no fight. Bizarre. All it would have taken was a few lines (in the court room) to suggest that Spock was looking into the computer on Cogley's instructions and have the attorney summon him at the end, dealing his trump card!
As it stands, the audience are left wondering how Cogley ever got the amazing reputation he seems to enjoy. Kirk sure was lucky that Spock wasn't delayed, the results would have been disastrous!