I was reading a Star Trek post on Facebook about like and death this afternoon. And I wondered how the original movies would have played out after the death of Spock if he wasn’t resurrected. And I recalled the inner conversations Archer had with Surak. What if they did that between McCoy in 3 through 6. Spock would assert some influence over McCoy when he’s needed. A can you picture McCoy arguing with Spock when it’s just Deforrest. I thought it could be funny. Of course mind melds are out of the question. But eventually he could learn the neck pinch.