Kirk in Return To Tomorrow

[AxelFoley]

*Some spoilers*

At the end of Return To Tomorrow, when all the glassbowls have been destroyed, as well as the one where Spock's mind was, I thought Kirk took it pretty good, he took it too good. Was he still influenced by the being that was previously in him? I have a hard time thinking Kirk would simply say this about Spock's death "It was necessary" then run along to try to kill the body of Spock.

What are your take on this?

 

[JohnChod]

Although it's been a while since I've seen the ep, wasn't Kirk still inhabited and the broken globes kind of a ruse?

 

[AxelFoley]

Although it's been a while since I've seen the ep, wasn't Kirk still inhabited and the broken globes kind of a ruse?

No he had changed back and gotten his normal voice back. Maybe he was still feeling the thoughts & logic by the being that possessed him earlier though, and didn't snap out of it fast enough.

 

[LeadHead]

Maybe he couldnt let himself think about it since he was going to have to kill Spock's body to save the Enterprise. A lot tougher to do if you're letting yourself think of the person who used to inhabit the body.

 

[McCoy]

No, no. Kirk knew that Spock wasn't dead. When he and Chapel were alone in the room, Sargon transferred Spock's mind from the globe into Chapel. Then they destroyed the empty globe.

 

[AxelFoley]

No, no. Kirk knew that Spock wasn't dead. When he and Chapel were alone in the room, Sargon transferred Spock's mind from the globe into Chapel. Then they destroyed the empty globe.

But in the end Kirk was surprised that Spock was still alive when he "rose from the dead"

 

[McCoy]

D'oh! You're right. OK then I can only say his attitude was in service to the story.

 

[Timo]

Also, Kirk has accepted many a "loss" when he hasn't had time to emote about it. Spock "died" a couple of times in TOS, such as in "Immunity Syndrome", and Kirk just held a stiff upper lip until his ship was out of danger (or until Spock's death was reversed).

Timo Saloniemi

 

[LeadHead]

^ Yup Kirk couldn't know on the Off chance that The alien controlling Spock used his telepathic abilities to read Kirk's mind.