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Spock/Chapel are not a good couple. The build up was the ''fun'' part

I don't think every character should be perfect but I would prefer them to be likeable. Chapel and Spock are likeable even with their character flaws. Chapel at this point doesn't know what she wants. That sucks for Spock who wants her. Then by the time she knows that she does want him, he's decided to move beyond all that malarkey.

Whether post TMP they are both in the same place is anyone's guess. They are both still quite young, around 40ish.

We never see Chapel again after TMP, IIRC. In what may be the best jailbreak ever from 'small universe syndrome,' Chapel appears to have taken a post elsewhere, gotten on with her life as an M.D., and left Spock behind for good.
 
I believe she is visible in ST IV.

Hmm, probably so. I'm about to rewatch that one for the first time in over two decades. I'll keep an eye out for her. But she only appears in the background and not interacting with the rest of the crew, right?
 
Hmm, probably so. I'm about to rewatch that one for the first time in over two decades. I'll keep an eye out for her. But she only appears in the background and not interacting with the rest of the crew, right?
You'll have to tell me because I can't remember at this point.
 
I'm pretty sure she's mainly background for most of it, but I vaguely remember her standing with the crew at the end of the movie.
 
Chapel is seen a few times in Star Trek IV and even has a line of dialogue.

We see her briefly at 20 minutes and 38 seconds.

At 27 minutes, we get her one line of dialogue. "Admiral, we need that power to keep medical and emergency systems functioning." (Which is immediately followed by Janice Rand's one line of dialogue in the movie.)

Then, she's seen at the court hearing at the end, most notably, sitting right next to Spock until he joins his crewmates.

Fun fact about that scene. It is the only scene in canon that has all seven of our main crew members as well as Chapel and Rand in it, and it is the only time Chekov and Rand appear in a scene together.
 
Chapel is seen a few times in Star Trek IV and even has a line of dialogue.

We see her briefly at 20 minutes and 38 seconds.

At 27 minutes, we get her one line of dialogue. "Admiral, we need that power to keep medical and emergency systems functioning." (Which is immediately followed by Janice Rand's one line of dialogue in the movie.)

Then, she's seen at the court hearing at the end, most notably, sitting right next to Spock until he joins his crewmates.

Fun fact about that scene. It is the only scene in canon that has all seven of our main crew members as well as Chapel and Rand in it, and it is the only time Chekov and Rand appear in a scene together.
Chapel's scene with Sarek was cut but that and sitting next to Spock does imply she stayed close to the family. It's a shame that she wasn't at Spock's wake in STIII.

Chekov and Rand also appear together in the briefing scene in TMP but she was absent from the bridge in the final scene of TMP, which is a shame - it would have been a lovely nod to TOS if she had come out of the turbolift with Chapel and Scotty.

Barrett and Whitney had pages of technobabble to learn for STIV. I wish they would release the outtakes. I would have loved to use that as background in fan edits of TOS episodes.
 
As I finished up watching Star Trek IV today, I realized that my memory had been playing tricks on me. Chapel is not sitting literally right next to Spock in that scene, but she is right there in the front row with the "family".
 
I love the "new" Chapel character, the romance is what it is. Clearly the writers are stuck in that canon box though.
 
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