Trouble seems to follow our intrepid heroes even while they vacation. Fortunately for them, though, this trouble winds up providing them with plenty of kicks. Though Star Trek nearly always maintains a healthy sense of humor, in Shore Leave that is brought to the fore, even as the crew's lives are seemingly threatened by an unusual menace. We get to have some fun with the thing both before and after our discovery that their lives were never really in jeopardy. That's especially nice, because not every mystery remains interesting even after being solved. This is a fun hour of Trek, and I hope the crew enjoyed going through it as much as I did watching it.
Shore Leave
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I forget what this one followed when it aired down under; I think it may have been shown straight after The Menagerie two-parter...
...if that's the case, then it makes a welcome return to light-hearted fluff after the heavier (and darker) tone of the previous storyline.
Yeah... it's okay.
...if that's the case, then it makes a welcome return to light-hearted fluff after the heavier (and darker) tone of the previous storyline.
Yeah... it's okay.
I like the bit where Sulu explains to Kirk how the 20th centuary gun works.
I love Shore Leave and it has always been on my favorites list. I love seeing McCoy as a somewhat horny devil for a change too. And Finnegan? One of my favorite one-time characters. Great stuff!!
Seems to happen a lot.
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Very good episode 
I watched this one yesterday. The guy who played Finnegan was a genius, and I think he's the best part of the episode. Emily Banks as Tonya Barrows is yummy.
My only problem with the episode is, the characters seem to suspend their disbelief a little too soon. The rabbit and Alice are one thing, because only McCoy saw them and it's part of the mystery; but by the time Sulu "finds" the handgun just lying around and starts happily shooting it (it's apparently an 11-shooter, by the way) I think the characters are acting, well, out of character.
And how old is Ruth, anyway? She looks about 30, and Kirk says he hasn't seen her in 15 years, which would mean they were having a relationship when he was 18. I never thought Jimmy went for the older women. And Kirk apparently plans to "go off with her" at the end of the episode! He does know she's a robot, after all. Wierd.
My only problem with the episode is, the characters seem to suspend their disbelief a little too soon. The rabbit and Alice are one thing, because only McCoy saw them and it's part of the mystery; but by the time Sulu "finds" the handgun just lying around and starts happily shooting it (it's apparently an 11-shooter, by the way) I think the characters are acting, well, out of character.
And how old is Ruth, anyway? She looks about 30, and Kirk says he hasn't seen her in 15 years, which would mean they were having a relationship when he was 18. I never thought Jimmy went for the older women. And Kirk apparently plans to "go off with her" at the end of the episode! He does know she's a robot, after all. Wierd.
apart from the two hot babes at the end, i could have done without this one.also, the irish guy just annoys the hell out me!
Years ago I was on another board discussing all things Trek. This one guy took every excuse he could find to declare his hatred of the post-TOS Trek's holodeck and any episode featuring one. When he declared his affection for "Shore Leave", I annoyed him to no end by pointing out that SL was essentially the first holodeck.
Maybe he wants to find out if it's true what they say about robot women!
Do you think she could pick up subspace radio with those earrings?
That's the very pretty Shirley Bonne as Ruth. I knew her many years ago, before the Star Trek gig, by her married name of Shirley Freemond. She was my Cub Scout den mother.
That always struck me as a piece of bad writing. Why should Sulu have to explain how a gun works? If I'm giving an archery demonstration, am I going to say, "When the string is drawn back, the flexible bow stores potential energy, and when I let go, it's released as kinetic energy, propelling the arrow forward"? Even if phasers or other non-projectile devices are the standard weapons of the 23rd century, the basic principles of firearms will still be common knowledge.
I think that's kind of the point. Finnegan IS a rather annoying character. Imagine what a thorn in Kirk's side he must have been, and the satisfaction Kirk must have felt when he finally got the chance to kick Finnegan's butt -- even if it was a robot replica butt.
