Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Fortune) 6/7/84; site rhino.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!akgua!whuxle!harpo!decvax!decwrl!amd!fortune!foros1!rhino!marcum From: marcum@rhino.UUCP (Alan M. Marcum) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: Spock yelling Message-ID: <156@rhino.UUCP> Date: Mon, 23-Jul-84 16:22:50 EDT Article-I.D.: rhino.156 Posted: Mon Jul 23 16:22:50 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Jul-84 00:44:37 EDT References: <1763@stolaf.UUCP>, <1262@qubix.UUCP> <748@aecom.UUCP> Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, California Lines: 20 Well, besides the obvious, not very fun answer of character development........Why did Spock yell? Spock IS half human. Spock worked hard for large portions of the series to control the emotions of his human half. Remember Spock on Gol in ST:TMP, believing that "his answer" revolved around removing all vestiges of his human half. Remember "Amok Time," when Spock had "an emotional outburst that nearly brought down the house" ("Merely my quite logical relief...." "In a pig's eye!"). Also remember that these are early episodes, presumably having taken place early in the history of "Its Five Year Voyage" -- especially the inset scenes in "The Managerie," provided by the Talosians (indeed, these were several years before the chronicles of the series). So, it's just a matter of Spock maturing, handling his emotions better as time passes. -- Alan M. Marcum Fortune Systems, Redwood City, California ...!{ihnp4, ucbvax!amd, hpda, sri-unix, harpo}!fortune!rhino!marcum