Most disappointing original Trek episode....

[Nyotarules]

Personally I'm glad they didn't go that route. Having Kirk involved with McCoy's daughter would be just too Eewww.

It would be very weird since McCoy is not that much older than Kirk, and TOS they are in their 30's.

 

[johnnybear]

McCoy is a lot older than Kirk I'd say, Nyota! At least fifteen years or more! But I don't think an episode with Kirk falling for McCoy's daughter would have worked and it would have upset their relationship definitely!
JB

 

[Kor]

Things would have been back to normal by the end of the episode, and it would all be forgotten in the next episode, since dramatic television wasn't in the serial format that's taken hold in recent years.

Kor

 

[Phaser Two]

McCoy is a lot older than Kirk I'd say, Nyota! At least ffteen years or more! But I don't think an episode with Kirk falling for McCoy's daughter would have worked and it would have upset their relationship definitely!
JB

Hm, interesting. What's the canon on this? We know Kirk is 34 in The Deadly Years and Chekov is 22 in Who Mourns for Adonais. I always figured Bones and Scotty were both about ten years older than Kirk, mirroring Dee Kelley and Jimmy Doohan's ages at the time of filming.

 

[Nyotarules]

McCoy is meant to be born 2227, according to Memory Alpha and Kirk 2233. If Kirk wanted to romance Bones daughter in his 30's he needs to be locked up!
P.S Makes TAS canon that Bones has a daughter a bit sad, leaving her on earth so he can wonder around space for years...neglectful dad!

 

[Vandervecken]

Turnabout Intruder was the last and, I think, one of the worst episodes. The series ends w a thudding mess of misogynistic twaddle.

hah I call it misanthropist!

Again? Plato's Stepchildren is NOT the worst episode of TOS.

hell no. turnabout intruder by parsecs.

 

[Nyotarules]

Turnabout intruder - Boooooo!

 

[The Old Mixer]

McCoy is a lot older than Kirk I'd say, Nyota! At least ffteen years or more!

McCoy is meant to be born 2227, according to Memory Alpha and Kirk 2233.

IRL, the age difference was 11 years.

 

[johnnybear]

How much older was DeForest than The Shat in real life?
JB

 

[Phaser Two]

The Old Mixer has it right. De Kelley was born in January of 1920 and Shatner was born in March of 1931 (just four days before Leonard Nimoy), so without checking when this episode was filmed, in 1968 Kelley would have been 48 and Shatner 37. Jimmy Doohan, BTW, was born in March of 1920, so without really knowing the canon ages of Spock, Bones, and Scotty, I guess that's why I always figured Scotty and Bones were about the same age and ten years or so older than both Kirk and Spock.

 

[johnnybear]

McCoy seems to be a little older than just ten or eleven years but then again I never knew he wore a syrup either!
JB

 

[UnknownSample]

Or even the stupid Band-Aid thing. I'm still not sure how that tied into Lazarus being nuts.

It just showed that there two of him.

 

[johnnybear]

It just showed that there two of him.

And we never really knew which one was the nutty one until near the very end!
JB

 

[BillJ]

Turnabout Intruder was the last and, I think, one of the worst episodes. The series ends w a thudding mess of misogynistic twaddle.

I have really grown to like "Turnabout Intruder" over the years. Mainly due to the performances by Shatner and Sandra Smith.

 

[JeffinOakland]

I have really grown to like "Turnabout Intruder" over the years. Mainly due to the performances by Shatner and Sandra Smith.

Fair enough