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They killed Hengist!

However, I find your effort to rationalize Scotty's "resentment of women" unconvincing
I was not trying to rationalize it: Scotty never actually does anything in the episode that demonstrates his dislike of women, so I based my comment on the assumption that McCoy and Kirk are not fully describing what is happening. It makes more logical sense that way than taking their claim of an (offscreen) resentment at face value.
Agreed. I gave up on Stardate order for TOS when I saw that it put "This Side of Paradise" right after "Amok Time." So for two episodes in a row, the crew is going, "Hey, why is Mr. Spock acting so erratic and emotional?"
Actually 3 episodes in a row: "Operation: Annihilate!," "Amok Time," and "This Side of Paradise" almost make a single story of Spock enduring hardships and learning to go on. The progression of those 3 episodes is, to me, one of the stronger arguments in favor of startdate order, even though there are definitely problems with making that work for the whole series.
hey just really overstated Scotty’s mindset given how rapidly he seemed to have recovered by the beginning of the episode.
Like I said earlier in this post, it just does not seem likely that Scotty's resentment could be total, or anywhere nearly as strong as the words of dialogue suggest, implying there could be more to the story.
 
Actually 3 episodes in a row: "Operation: Annihilate!," "Amok Time," and "This Side of Paradise" almost make a single story of Spock enduring hardships and learning to go on. The progression of those 3 episodes is, to me, one of the stronger arguments in favor of startdate order, even though there are definitely problems with making that work for the whole series.
I remember Spock getting blinded in "Operation: Annihilate!", but I don't really remember him acting erratic and emotional the way he does in "Amok Time" or "This Side of Paradise." Putting it in an "arc" with those other two episodes is a real reach, IMO.
 
Scotty never actually does anything in the episode that demonstrates his dislike of women, so I based my comment on the assumption that McCoy and Kirk are not fully describing what is happening.

Their weak justification for going to such an establishment; it's not just men going to see pretty women dance, it's rehab for Scotty. McCoy, as Scotty's doctor, "supervises" the "therapy", while Kirk comes along for "moral support".
 
According to what I heard at the time, Worf's forehead changed because someone broke into Michael Westmore's workshop and stole the mold.
Although I could swear there was a supporting Klingon crewmember in "A Matter of Honor" who had Worf's season 1 forehead
The two are not mutually exclusive: losing the mold would mean a very finite supply of prostheses, so may as well make a new mold and start using it immediately.
 
Pretty sure the Captain Korris (Vaughn Armstrong) head prosthesis was already several years old and had been used for one of Kruge's crew in TSFS.
I just did a skim through the screencaps on TrekCore and couldn't find one that matched. Kruge's looks somewhat close, but the brow ridge doesn't match.
 
Maybe this guy? The one that Kirk blasts away with a phaser when he finds Saavik and Spock?

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