Hey guys! I hope you enjoy my reaction to Star Trek TOS Season 3 Eps 3×01 “Spock’s Brain” & 3×02 “The Enterprise Incident. ” Finally, we made it to season 3! Looking forward to what the rest of the season has to offer.
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0:00 Intro
0:33 Spock’s Brain
17:47 Spock’s Brain Review
20:14 The Enterprise Incident
37:20 The Enterprise Incident Review
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Happy Mother's Day to everyone who celebrates! I myself am getting ready to head over and spend some time with my mom. Hope you all have a great day, and thanks for watching!
Brain and brain! What is brain?
In the 60s only evil aliens had women starship captains.
The episode with the "Hair Dryer of Knowledge "!
My roommate looked at me kinda weird when I yelled BRAIN BRAIN. WHAT IS BRAIN?!?
lol
Chapel is quick to inform us that there's no such thing as a Vulcan Death Grip, but back in "Journey to Babel," Sarek was accused of using a Vulcan death grip on the Tellerite ambassador. Spock called the method tal shaya, a "merciful form of execution in ancient times."
One can always tell a script that was written by D.C. Fontana. A female character always gets to slap Spock's face.
“Sure, why not? We’re already here…”
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The Exact moment I fell hopelessly in love with you…
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" They stole spock's brain!"
One of the silliest episodes and I'm including the Tribble episode in this too.
THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT was based on an actual event: In 1968 the USS San Pueblo was caught in North Korean waters and the crew was arrested by the North Koreans and accused of spying.
James ("Scotty") Doohan tried several hair styles for Scotty throughout the series. The network finally told him they wanted the brushed back look featured in these episodes but it was Doohan's least favorite due.
I wonder what would have happened if Uhura had been a part of the away team. Would she have been able to handle the Teacher longer? Would the men on the surface react differently?
That Romulan Commander was thirsty!!!
The way Kirk and Spock were talking just before being surrounded by the enemy ships you'd think the crew of the Enterprise had never encountered a ship with cloaking tech before. Good thing for Captain Kirk the actual cloaking device looks like it weighed as much as a jumbo pillow the way Kirk was handling it LOL! made it so much easier to steal from a secure Romulan ship and I use the word "secure" very loosely LOL!
The Enterprise Incident is another great Spock storyline by writer D.C. Fontana(along with This Side of Paradise and Journey to Babel). It was great to see a female commander on the show to bad Starfleet was enlightened enough to give their woman the opportunity. The only weak aspect of the show is Nimoy's affectless performance especially since it's revealed that Spock has some desire for the Romulan commander. This is mostly likely due to personal conflicts in Nimoy's life at the time as well as conflicts with the production under Fred Freiberger.
"Spock's Brain" is not the most hated episode but it is the most embarrassing. The episode opens up a lot of questions that most fans don't like to answer and it's sillier than most other episodes.
31:30 She was sexier in the miniskirt, IMO.
I've always rated "Spock's Brain", the second worst Star Trek TOS episode. I'll wait until you finish the series to tell you my opinion of the worst.😄
Always liked "The Enterprise Incident". Some great shots of the Klingon Battle Cruisers. Bad ass-looking design.
Female Romulan commander returned in STAR TREK CONTINUES. (Which gives us year 5 of the 5 year mission.) She hadnt aged at all! Then I learned it wasn't the same actress…it was her daughter playing her mom's character. Just as Scotty is played by James Doohan's son. Such a cool series.
"Spock's Brain"
1.Both Shatner an Nimoy said they were embarrassed they even did this story.
2. Luma/Sheila Leighton. 😍😋😈
3. Scotty's my dude.🤩
"The Enterprise Incident"
1. You already know that I prefer stories less Kirk-centric.
2. Who knew Spock was a player.😈
3. Played a great game of chess. CHECKMATE🧐
Happy day all mothers out there.🥰🥰🥰🥰
Someone has stolen Spock's brain.
Happy Mothers Day, recognize that cloaking device? It's Nomad (the coffee pot) with a light globe….there's one more appearance of this prop, but i won't be a spoiler. Great reactions Courtney!
You may recognize the cloaking device as the repurposed probe Nomad from "The Changeling," S2E3.
Nomad has been re-purposed as the cloaking device. Good thing Nomad doesn't see the humor in this.
"Sure, why not? We're already here." So romantic! 😀
Great SCOTT! I enjoyed this video. 💯
21:30 I'm sure somebody already said this but..
They were supposed to use Romulan models but the model got broken so they did a quick rewrite and used the Klingon ship instead.
But there is real world example.
Interestingly enough in the Cold War Russia would develop new tanks and airplanes and then the Chinese would buy or just copy the model and make their own version of it instead of developing their own which they couldn't at the time.
So you had the Chinese driving around in essentially Russian tanks and flying Russian planes. And since the romulans were kind of like China and the Klingons like Russia, It sort of fits. Mind you that's not the official canon or anything just how I like to think of it.
32:32 it's the finger rubbing. That's very sensual for a Vulcan. Spock's parents did it in the Babylon episode.
And so the Freiberger era begins. Gene Roddenberry had basically dropped out of the production team at the end of season 2, and Fred Freiberger took over as executive producer. Under his watch Star Trek produced a few of its best episodes, and several of its worst. He also drove "Space: 1999" into the ground with his "ridiculous recycled monster of the week" formula. Over time, "Spock's Brain" (or maybe "Spock's Airhead") has become regarded as one of the series' corniest episodes.
Chapel's head hit the floor pretty hard. I'm amazed her wig stayed on.
Scotty admired the "ion drive" of the vessel that took Spock's brain. That stuff is real! NASA used it for its "Deep Space 1" and "Dawn" missions.
"Star Trek Continues" is a fan series depicting the last year of the Enterprise's 5-year mission. It's well done, and I recommend watching if you have the chance. It features multiple actors and crew from the Trek franchise, including some who reprise their roles in the original series. Some of the roles are also reprised by the children of the original actors, including Scotty and the Romulan Commander from "The Enterprise Incident".
In the original production of "The Enterprise Incident", the model of the Romulan ship (used in "Balance of Terror") was lost, so they had to use a model that they had on hand. That was the motivation behind the Romulan/Klingon alliance that led to the Romulans using Klingon-designed warships. But in the remastered edition, they could reuse the CGI models of both ships at will.
It's interesting how similar the interiors of the Romulan flag ship and the Enterprise are. Also, the cloaking device seems to just plug in to Norman's console from "I, Mudd".
I love the Enterprise Incident n the exchanges between Spock n the Romulan commander were great! I’ve always felt Spock’s consoling her were quite compassionate n the line about how fleeting military secrets are carries a certain profundity!
"His brain is gone."
And that's when 500,000 people across the US burst out laughing.
The famous Star Trek papier mache rocks! ❤
@CourtReacts-zm9yv The zoom-in on her hand was not to show significance with the ring but the physical contact between them.
From the example seen with Amanda and Sarek of a loving couple interacting, plus the empathic/telepathic ability of Vulcans established in earlier episodes, it was clear to fans watching that Mr. Spock and the Romulan Commander were establishing an intimate mental & emotional link. Their version of foreplay & perhaps a bit farther given their alien physiology.
The echoes of the enterprise incident commander appear in several of the later novels.
The Spock-bot was not in the original script. They added it after Nimoy complained about his lack of screen time in this episode.
This is not the worst TOS episode, but it's in the bottom five, and it's the most infamously bad episode, the one everyone makes fun of, because the premise is so inherently goofy and dumb.
It also features the most infamously dumb line in TOS' history: "Brain and brain! What is brain!?"
"The Enterprise Incident," though, is about as good as the third season gets. The third has a few very good episodes, surrounded by a majority of the worst episodes of TOS.
Gene Roddenberry had quit as actual show-runner, though his name, of course, stayed in the credits.
Fred Freiberger, a competent man at regular television, had no idea how science fiction worked or what made it good or bad; unfortunately, he was made show-runner for the third season, and the results were distinctly, overall, pretty bad compared to the first two seasons.
2:00 Writer "Lee Cronin" was a pseudonym for Gene Coon, who as of this season was under contract elsewhere that would not permit him to write for Star Trek, although before I knew why he used it I assumed it was just that he was so unhappy with the resulting episode that he didn't want his name on it — which will occur with another Star Trek veteran this season!
21:27 "For the purpose of what?" Because at the time the production crew had lost the ship-model that had been used for a Romulan vessel, so they just used a Klingon ship-model and included the line that Romulans were now using Klingon design. I believe you're watching the "modern" ("re-mastered") version of the episode, where they reworked the space-visuals with CGI, but in so doing kept the Klingon-style ships to accommodate the spoken lines about that; but whereas the original version had all three surrounding Romulan ships be Klingon-style, now ONE of the three is the original Romulan-style (it's all CGI, remember) from "Balance of Terror", and all of them including those of Klingon-syle are "painted like a giant bird of prey", as BoT indicated all Romulan ships would be!
… "Romulans now using Klingon design."
WHY???
Because in the original non-remastered episode, the Enterprise is surrounded by three "Klingon design" ships…. because…. the original Romulan ship model had become either lost or destroyed (depending on whose story you want to believe), and there was no time to create a new one for filming the effects shots, so it was decided to use the Klingon ship model instead. For the CGI remastered effects, CBS Digital could have just made three Romulan vessels and the bit about "Romulans now using Klingon design" could have been omitted from the episode, but they decided to leave it in.
6:25 That's what she said.
"It doesn't make sense, but it's there"..The perfect description of this episode. So goofy it's fun. Try the drinking game. Everytime someone says "Brain" you take a shot.
"The Enterprise Incident" is much better than the first. A great season three episode.
Hi Courtney! Loved your reaction video for the beginning of season 3. According to Star Trek canon, the Romulans and Klingons were originally allies during the original series. If you've watched episodes of Star Trek the Next Generation, Deep Space 9, or Voyager, you'll see the continuity and more detailed explanations of these alpha quadrant species. When The Enterprise Incident aired, the writers got their ideas from an actual incident involving the USS Pueblo, a US Navy spy ship which was captured by North Korea in January 1968. The Enterprise incident was first broadcast in September of that year. Other interesting notes about the Romulans is that they share a common physiology with their Vulcan cousins. During the first season when Balance of Terror aired, Spock mentions the Romulans being an offshoot of his Vulcan roots. Different Star Trek shows give more detailed information on this history between the Romulans and Vulcans. I look forward to more of your videos. Have a great week. Greetings from North Dakota.
I’m glad you enjoyed Spock’s Brain. I get why people think it is silly. I personally have never been bothered by it. It’s a sci-fi 60’s show, come on now. They can’t all be masterpieces.
I just watched this episode with my friend last night we could not stop cracking jokes 😂