History Recap / StarTrekS1E15ShoreLeave

The planet is serene, beautiful, Earth-like; grass and trees... [=McCoy=] and Sulu are down having a look around. Sulu posits that there's no people or animals... "No worries!" [=McCoy=] indicates that it's "something out of AliceInWonderland," and that the Captain HAS to come down; he definitely needs it. [=McCoy=] continues his walk while Sulu checks out some cell-structure records, when...

* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: the builders of the park.
* TemptingFate: Kirk's comment that there hasn't been any real danger yet. The operative word being ''yet''. Rodriguez' comment about being safe "unless they try a strafing run" might also count.

* AmusementParkOfDoom: the planet is meant as a place to relax...and it can ''definitely'' be deadly if you don't know what you're doing.

* [[GetAholdOfYourselfMan Get Ahold of Yourself Woman]]: Kirk has to remind Barrows that they can't afford the distraction of open grief right now. Perhaps because she's a woman, he shakes her by the shoulders rather than hitting her.

Kirk witnesses the planes flying overhead after discharging their weapons, and then Sulu notices that Dr. [=McCoy's=] body has been dragged off! Barrows notes that the Black Knight's body has as well! Spock finally begins to posit the theory that we are coming to as well: he asks Kirk what his thoughts were before encountering the people he did. Suddenly, who should show up again but Finnegan! [[TheHyena Cackling like an elf]] and still taunting, he runs off again, and this time Kirk doesn't intend to let him get away.

While Barrows mourns inconsolably and claims that it was her fault, [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Kirk shakes her]] and reminds her that they are in trouble, that he needs everyone alert and thinking. Barrows pulls herself together, while Sulu observes something; the knight is not actually a knight, but rather [[RoboticReveal a construct of some sort,]] his flesh almost plaster in consistency. Everything that they see on the planet, in fact, is a living (or not) "multicellular casting", and they act just as they could be expected to act in real life, "just as pleasant, or just as deadly."

An old man steps out from behind the hedges, wearing a somewhat impish grin. He reveals himself as the caretaker of the planet, a member of a very intelligent race, who assures the captains and everyone else that everything they've seen and experienced has been [[PleasurePlanet completely harmless.]] At this point [=McCoy=] steps out, [[ALadyOnEachArm complete with two dancing girls]] (much to Barrows' annoyance), and it can be assumed that Angela is all fine as well. [=McCoy=] explains that the facilities down there are quite impressive, and they can [[MagicFromTechnology "build or do anything."]]

The caretaker extends an invitation for Kirk and his crew to come down, with the light admonition that as [[YourMindMakesItReal long as they control their thoughts,]] [[HolodeckMalfunction everything will be safe.]] Kirk communicates to Uhura, reactivating shore leave for everyone, then Ruth shows up again, and Kirk decides to stay around for another day or two himself.

An old man steps out from behind the hedges, wearing a somewhat impish grin. He reveals himself as the caretaker of the planet, a member of a [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien very intelligent race,]] who assures the captains and everyone else that everything they've seen and experienced has been [[PleasurePlanet completely harmless.]] At this point [=McCoy=] steps out, [[ALadyOnEachArm complete with two dancing girls]] [[GreenEyedMonster (much to Barrows' annoyance),]] and it can be assumed that Angela is all fine as well. [=McCoy=] explains that the facilities down there are quite impressive, and they can [[MagicFromTechnology "build or do anything."]]

Or that would have happened, when suddenly a gunshot rings out! Drawing phaser, Kirk takes off, and eventually finds Sulu... firing a [[RevolversAreJustBetter revolver]]?! He states that he'd always wanted to try out one of them, and just found it under a rock, and how strange, in a place with no recorded metallic elements, to find a weapon like this...

Barrows finally emerges dressed in the princess attire, [[SheCleansUpNicely to McCoy's (and our) great admiration]]. Back aboard the enterprise, Spock listens to the increasingly garbled communications as Kirk demands answers from Spock, [[CaptainObvious who is of course the science officer]]. Kirk reviews the things that the crew had seen up to this point, and Spock postulates whether or not these are hallucinations; Kirk is a little disinclined to believe that, as one of those "hallucinations" "flattened me with a clout on the jaw" as Kirk eloquently puts it. Kirk declines the offer of an armed security team, as there hasn't been [[TemptingFate any real danger, yet]]...

Sulu's just walking along when [[EverythingsBetterWithSamurai HOLY CRAP a samurai!]] He tries to chop the poor navigator in two several times, but he stays just ahead of him. Sulu finds Kirk and frantically tells him about the samurai, but he seems to have disappeared! Very strange. More disturbing is the fact that their phasers seem to completely discharged! Maybe it's that power field that Spock mentioned earlier?

* EverythingsBetterWithRevolvers: Sulu certainly enjoys his.

[[LovedINotHonorMore Finally Kirk starts acting like a Captain]] and orders the search teams to rendezvous at the glade. Ruth expresses mild disappointment, [[IWillWaitForYou but assures him she'll be waiting.]]

"OH! Oh my paws and whiskers! I'll be late!" [[OhCrap McCoy must feel like he's losing his mind]], as he suddenly spies a... well, a six-foot rabbit with a waistcoat and pocket watch hopping around in front of him, decrying his lateness and then disappearing down a hole behind some hedges. This is immediately followed by [[AliceAllusion a little blonde girl]], asking [=McCoy=] where the rabbit went. He can only mutely point, to which the girl curtseys and runs through the hedge.

* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: the builders of the park.

* EverybodyLaughsEnding

The caretaker extends an invitation for Kirk and his crew to come down, with the light admonition that as [[YourMindMakesItReal long as they control their thoughts,]] [[HolodeckMalfunction everything will be safe.]] Kirk communicates to Uhura, reactivating shore leave for everyone, then Ruth shows up again, and Kirk decides to stay around for another day or two himself.

Kirk and Bones strike up a conversation on the way back, and Kirk mentions he felt a bit picked on back in the Academy; an upperclassman by the name of [[{{Jerkass}} Finnegan harassed and browbeat him every chance he got]]... And what do you know, he shows up here too... just as annoying as he probably was at the Academy! He taunts Kirk that he'd always wanted to beat him up, and seems very willing to give him the opportunity...

Kirk finds Barrows with a torn uniform, slumped against a tree, reporting a man that suddenly came out of the forest and accosted her. She described his manner of dress, [=McCoy=] mentioning that it sounds like DonJuan... of course! Barrows was just thinking, when walking dreamily through this idyllic forest, that all a girl would need at a time like this is Don Juan; just kind of daydreaming about someone you'd like to meet... Well, she met him all right. Sulu ran after the infamous scoundrel, and in trying to find him...

Kirk runs into an old flame of his, Ruth! This beautiful young thing nuzzles into Kirk's cheek even as he [[DistractedByTheSexy temporarily forgets how WRONG all this is...]]

[[LovedINotHonorMore Finally Kirk starts acting like a Captain]] and orders the search teams to rendezvous at the glade. Ruth expresses mild disappointment, but assures him she'll be waiting.

Rodriguez tries to call [=McCoy=] but is rapidly breaking up, and contact is lost before too long. But not before Rodriguez tells [=McCoy=] to meet back at the glade. [=McCoy=] seems distracted by Barrows' changing, her clothes being tossed up on a handy branch. Eventually communication is lost entirely; and too bad, for Esteban and Angelina are suddenly facing down a ferocious tiger! Rodriguez shakes his communicator at it; that appears to frighten it off, for now...

[=McCoy=] and Barrows are walking together in the glade one more time, [=McCoy=] swearing that he heard someone move around in the bushes. He quips that Barrows need not fear, not with a brave knight to protect her...

Suddenly, back in the glade, what should appear but a knight on a horse! He levels his lance at [=McCoy=] and starts galloping towards him. Asserting that these things are not real and cannot hurt people, [=McCoy=] stands stock still, right in his path. And... Gets a lance in the chest for his trouble, killing him instantly! Spock tries to shoot the knight with his phaser, but Kirk opens fire with the [[ChekhovsGun revolver]] that he got from Sulu earlier, and brings the knight down.

While Barrows mourns inconsolably and claims that it was her fault, [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Kirk shakes her]] and reminds her that they are in trouble, that he needs everyone alert and thinking. Barrows pulls herself together, while Sulu observes something; the knight is not actually a knight, but rather a construct of some sort, his flesh almost plaster in consistency. Everything that they see on the planet, in fact, is a living (or not) "multicellular casting", and they act just as they could be expected to act in real life, "just as pleasant, or just as deadly."

Kirk wants answers from the Finnegan-construct, but he only has battle within him, and gives it to Kirk tenfold. They finally have a knockdown, drag out and neither of them really seems to have the upper hand, until [[WoundedGazelleGambit Finnegan fakes]] [[ICantFeelMyLegs a back injury,]] flipping Kirk over onto his back and knocking him out.

An old man steps out from behind the hedges, wearing a somewhat impish grin. He reveals himself as the caretaker of the planet, a member of a [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien very intelligent race,]] who assures the captains and everyone else that everything they've seen and experienced has been completely harmless. At this point [=McCoy=] steps out, complete with two dancing girls [[GreenEyedMonster (much to Barrows' annoyance),]] and it can be assumed that Angela is all fine as well. [=McCoy=] explains that the facilities down there are quite impressive, and they can [[MagicFromTechnology "build or do anything."]]

The caretaker extends an invitation for Kirk and his crew to come down, with the light admonition that as [[YourMindMakesItReal long as they control their thoughts, everything will be safe.]] Kirk communicates to Uhura, reactivating shore leave for everyone, then Ruth shows up again, and Kirk decides to stay around for another day or two himself.

Kirk finds Barrows with a torn uniform, slumped against a tree, reporting a man that suddenly came out of the forest and accosted her. She described his manner of dress, [=McCoy=] mentioning that it sounds like Don Juan... of course! Barrows was just thinking, when walking dreamily through this idyllic forest, that all a girl would need at a time like this is Don Juan; just kind of daydreaming about someone you'd like to meet... Well, she met him all right. Sulu ran after the infamous scoundrel, and in trying to find him...

Kirk distractedly tries to contact [=McCoy=] while still being distracted by this incredibly affectionate woman, but gives up and finally begins to question some things: like, how come she hasn't aged in 15 years? Ruth says it doesn't really matter, does it? [=McCoy=] calls back asking if Kirk had found Sulu; Kirk mumbles through telling [=McCoy=] that Sulu's probably all right, and then through a call from Rodriguez telling Kirk there are birds present, where the detectors showed no life earlier; "There are indeed life forms on this planet..." Kirk sighs, completely blissfully.

Finally Kirk starts acting like a Captain and orders the search teams to rendezvous at the glade. Ruth expresses mild disappointment, but assures him she'll be waiting.

Back near the glade, [=McCoy=] and Barrows are walking together; Barrows expresses the belief that in a place like this, a girl should be dressed as a [[PrincessClassic fairy-tale princess...]] Lo and behold, what should appear but a dress and frilly hat! Barrows understandably expresses apprehension, but [=McCoy=] shrugs and says that the dress is here, so why not try it on? She does so, after admonishing the Doctor not to peek! "My dear girl, I am a doctor. When I peek it's in the line of duty."

Kirk looks up, and sees airplanes! Rodriguez and Angela see them too, and Rodriguez makes the suggestion that they won't be in any danger "unless they make a strafing run; the way they used to attack people on the ground." Unfortunately, Rodriguez is still not aware of what the audience is becoming rapidly aware of, that the planet actually generates objects and situations based on people's thoughts, and poor Angela is a victim of the aforementioned strafing run...

And again finds Don Juan there, trying to take Barrows away! He threatens them with his foil, but when it's evident that he's outnumbered, he runs away. He orders his crewmen to just stand where they are, and don't think of anything, concentrating on being at attention. After a few seconds of this...

An old man steps out from behind the hedges, wearing a somewhat impish grin. He reveals himself as the caretaker of the planet, a member of a very intelligent race, who assures the captains and everyone else that everything they've seen and experienced has been completely harmless. At this point [=McCoy=] steps out, complete with two dancing girls (much to Barrows' annoyance), and it can be assumed that Angela is all fine as well. [=McCoy=] explains that the facilities down there are quite impressive, and they can "build or do anything."

The caretaker extends an invitation for Kirk and his crew to come down, with the light admonition that as long as they control their thoughts, everything will be safe. Kirk communicates to Uhura, reactivating shore leave for everyone, then Ruth shows up again, and Kirk decides to stay around for another day or two himself.

The planet is serene, beautiful, Earth-like; grass and trees... [=McCoy=] and Sulu are down having a look around. Sulu posits that there's no people or animals... "No worries!" [=McCoy=] indicates that it's "something out of Alice in Wonderland," and that the Captain HAS to come down; he definitely needs it. [=McCoy=] continues his walk while Sulu checks out some cell-structure records, when...

Kirk and Bones strike up a conversation on the way back, and Kirk mentions he felt a bit picked on back in the Academy; an upperclassman by the name of Finnegan harassed and browbeat him every chance he got... And what do you know, he shows up here too... just as annoying as he probably was at the Academy! He taunts Kirk that he'd always wanted to beat him up, and seems very willing to give him the opportunity...

Kirk runs into an old flame of his, Ruth! This beautiful young thing nuzzles into Kirk's cheek even as he temporarily forgets how WRONG all this is...

Back near the glade, [=McCoy=] and Barrows are walking together; Barrows expresses the belief that in a place like this, a girl should be dressed as a fairy-tale princess... Lo and behold, what should appear but a dress and frilly hat! Barrows understandably expresses apprehension, but [=McCoy=] shrugs and says that the dress is here, so why not try it on? She does so, after admonishing the Doctor not to peek! "My dear girl, I am a doctor. When I peek it's in the line of duty."

Sulu's just walking along when HOLY CRAP a samurai! He tries to chop the poor navigator in two several times, but he stays just ahead of him. Sulu finds Kirk and frantically tells him about the samurai, but he seems to have disappeared! Very strange. More disturbing is the fact that their phasers seem to completely discharged! Maybe it's that power field that Spock mentioned earlier?

Kirk witnesses the planes flying overhead after discharging their weapons, and then Sulu notices that Dr. [=McCoy's=] body has been dragged off! Barrows notes that the Black Knight's body has as well! Spock finally begins to posit the theory that we are coming to as well: he asks Kirk what his thoughts were before encountering the people he did. Suddenly, who should show up again but Finnegan! Cackling like an elf and still taunting, he runs off again, and this time Kirk doesn't intend to let him get away.

Kirk wants answers from the Finnegan-construct, but he only has battle within him, and gives it to Kirk tenfold. They finally have a knockdown, drag out and neither of them really seems to have the upper hand, until Finnegan fakes a back injury, flipping Kirk over onto his back and knocking him out.

When Kirk wakes up, Finnegan still won't give any answers to him, continuing the fight with the handful of sand in the eyes trick. This time though, Kirk seems to get the upper hand early (probably because Finnegan senses Kirk is finally getting it, and more or less throws the fight), and finally knocks Finnegan out, with a savage grin on his face. Spock shows up then and asks if Kirk enjoyed it, and of course he did! This supports the theory Spock's been working on, simply that the planet is built to manufacture quickly the thoughts of the people on it. As long as people are able to wrangle their thoughts, keep them away from highly dangerous ones, there would be no peril. But knowing the flights of fancy of his crew members, Kirk rushes back to the Glade (ahead of the tiger that Spock mentions, as well as another airplane, and Sulu's samurai)...

Anyway, back to the plot of the episode, Barrows insists that Kirk needs rest, but Kirk grouses that he has enough of that from Dr. McCoy. Spock agrees with Barrows, noting that after what the crew has been through in the past three months, there's no one aboard not in need of a rest... "Myself excepted, of course." Ah, [[TheSpock Spock]], you and your Vulcan physique...

Kirk distractedly tries to contact [=McCoy=] while still being distracted by this incredibly affectionate woman, but gives up and finally begins to question some things: like, how come she hasn't aged in 15 years? Ruth says it doesn't really matter, does it? [=McCoy=] calls back asking if Kirk had found Sulu; Kirk mumbles through telling McCoy that Sulu's probably all right, and then through a call from Rodriguez telling Kirk there are birds present, where the detectors showed no life earlier; "There are indeed life forms on this planet..." Kirk sighs, completely blissfully.

Suddenly, back in the glade, what should appear but a knight on a horse! He levels his lance at [=McCoy=] and starts galloping towards him. Asserting that these things are not real and cannot hurt people, [=McCoy=] stands stock still, right in his path. And... Gets a lance in the chest for his trouble, killing him instantly! Spock tries to shoot the knight with his phaser, but Kirk opens file with the [[ChekhovsGun revolver]] that he got from Sulu earlier, and brings the knight down.

The planet is serene, beautiful, Earth-like; grass and trees... McCoy and Sulu are down having a look around. Sulu posits that there's no people or animals... "No worries!" McCoy indicates that it's "something out of Alice in Wonderland," and that the Captain HAS to come down; he definitely needs it. McCoy continues his walk while Sulu checks out some cell-structure records, when...

"OH! Oh my paws and whiskers! I'll be late!" [[OhCrap McCoy must feel like he's losing his mind]], as he suddenly spies a... well, a six-foot rabbit with a waistcoat and pocket watch hopping around in front of him, decrying his lateness and then disappearing down a hole behind some hedges. This is immediately followed by [[AliceAllusion a little blonde girl]], asking McCoy where the rabbit went. He can only mutely point, to which the girl curtseys and runs through the hedge.

McCoy needs a sanity check, so he yells for Sulu, but can do no more but stare at the hedges, muttering, "Did you see them?" while Sulu must be wondering if McCoy's going insane...

Titles! We find Kirk taking in a report from Barrows about the planet, as idyllic as we've seen, but Kirk still apparently has no desire to go down. After which, McCoy makes his report, fully in the knowledge that Jim will find him as crazy as he feels, but Kirk says he'll take the report under consideration. Finally, Spock arrives with a report that there is one particular crewman who is irritable and restless, who refuses recreation; "now, he has that right, but--" "The rights of a crewman end where the safety of the ship begins! Now that man will go ashore on my orders. What's his name?" "James Kirk." Spock smiles and tells Kirk to enjoy himself, that it's a peaceful planet, much like Earth.

Kirk gives a bit more good-natured ribbing to McCoy, but the doctor states he might have found proof that what he saw was real! Upon verifying some pretty big footprints, Kirk abruptly cancels shore leave out of safety concerns! They agree to search for the rabbit and Alice, and they start off...

Kirk finds Barrows with a torn uniform, slumped against a tree, reporting a man that suddenly came out of the forest and accosted her. She described his manner of dress, McCoy mentioning that it sounds like Don Juan... of course! Barrows was just thinking, when walking dreamily through this idyllic forest, that all a girl would need at a time like this is Don Juan; just kind of daydreaming about someone you'd like to meet... Well, she met him all right. Sulu ran after the infamous scoundrel, and in trying to find him...

Kirk distractedly tries to contact McCoy while still being distracted by this incredibly affectionate woman, but gives up and finally begins to question some things: like, how come she hasn't aged in 15 years? Ruth says it doesn't really matter, does it? McCoy calls back asking if Kirk had found Sulu; Kirk mumbles through telling McCoy that Sulu's probably all right, and then through a call from Rodriguez telling Kirk there are birds present, where the detectors showed no life earlier; "There are indeed life forms on this planet..." Kirk sighs, completely blissfully.

Back near the glade, McCoy and Barrows are walking together; Barrows expresses the belief that in a place like this, a girl should be dressed as a fairy-tale princess... Lo and behold, what should appear but a dress and frilly hat! Barrows understandably expresses apprehension, but McCoy shrugs and says that the dress is here, so why not try it on? She does so, after admonishing the Doctor not to peek! "My dear girl, I am a doctor. When I peek it's in the line of duty."

Rodriguez tries to call McCoy but is rapidly breaking up, and contact is lost before too long. But not before Rodriguez tells McCoy to meet back at the glade. McCoy seems distracted by Barrows' changing, her clothes being tossed up on a handy branch. Eventually communication is lost entirely; and too bad, for Esteban and Angelina are suddenly facing down a ferocious tiger! Rodriguez shakes his communicator at it; that appears to frighten it off, for now...

Barrows finally emerges dressed in the princess attire, [[SheCleansUpNicely to McCoy's (and our) great admiration]]. Back aboard the enterprise, Spock listens to the increasingly garbled communications as Kirk demands answers from Spock, [[CaptainObvious who is of course the science officer]]. Kirk reviews the things that the crew had seen up to this point, and Spock postulates whether or not these are hallucinations; Kirk is a little disinclined to believe

that, as one of those "hallucinations" "flattened me with a clout on the jaw" as Kirk eloquently puts it. Kirk declines the offer of an armed security team, as there hasn't been [[TemptingFate any real danger, yet]]...

McCoy and Barrows are walking together in the glade one more time, McCoy swearing that he heard someone move around in the bushes. He quips that Barrows need not fear, not with a brave knight to protect her...

Suddenly, back in the glade, what should appear but a knight on a horse! He levels his lance at McCoy and starts galloping towards him. Asserting that these things are not real and cannot hurt people, McCoy stands stock still, right in his path. And... Gets a lance in the chest for his trouble, killing him instantly! Spock tries to shoot the knight with his phaser, but Kirk opens file with the [[ChekhovsGun revolver]] that he got from Sulu earlier, and brings the knight down.

Kirk witnesses the planes flying overhead after discharging their weapons, and then Sulu notices that Dr. McCoy's body has been dragged off! Barrows notes that the Black Knight's body has as well! Spock finally begins to posit the theory that we are coming to as well: he asks Kirk what his thoughts were before encountering the people he did. Suddenly, who should show up again but Finnegan! Cackling like an elf and still taunting, he runs off again, and this time Kirk doesn't intend to let him get away.

An old man steps out from behind the hedges, wearing a somewhat impish grin. He reveals himself as the caretaker of the planet, a member of a very intelligent race, who assures the captains and everyone else that everything they've seen and experienced has been completely harmless. At this point McCoy steps out, complete with two dancing girls (much to Barrows' annoyance), and it can be assumed that Angela is all fine as well. McCoy explains that the facilities down there are quite impressive, and they can "build or do anything."

When Kirk wakes up, Finnegan still won't get many answers to them, continuing the fight with the handful of sand in the eyes trick. This time though, Kirk seems to get the upper hand early (probably because Finnegan senses Kirk is finally getting it, and more or less throws the fight), and finally knocks Finnegan out, with a savage grin on his face. Spock shows up then and asks if Kirk enjoyed it, and of course he did! This supports the theory Spock's been working on, simply that the planet is built to manufacture quickly the thoughts of the people on it. As long as people are able to wrangle their thoughts, keep them away from highly dangerous ones, there would be no peril. But knowing the flights of fancy of his crew members, Kirk rushes back to the Glade (ahead of the tiger that Spock mentions, as well as another airplane, and Sulu's samurai)...

While Barrows mourns inconsolably and claims that it was her fault, [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Kirk shakes her]] and reminds her that they are in trouble, that he needs everyone alert and thinking. Barrows pulls herself together, while Sulu observes something; the knight is not actually a knight, but rather a construct of some sort, his flesh almost plaster in consistency. Everything that they see on the planet, in fact, is a multicellular casting, and they act just as they could be expected to act in real life, "just as pleasant, or just as deadly."

Suddenly, back in the glade, what should appear but a knight on a horse! He levels his lance at McCoy and starts galloping towards him. Asserting that these things are not real and cannot hurt people, McCoy stands stock still, right in his path. And... Gets a lance in the chest for his trouble, killing him instantly! Spock tries to shoot the knight with his phaser, but Kirk opens file with the revolver that he got from Sulu earlier, and brings the knight down.

Rodriguez tries to call McCoy but is rapidly breaking up, and contact is lost before too long.

Kirk runs into an old flame of his, Ruth! This beautiful young thing nuzzles into Kirk's cheek even as he temporarily forgets how WRONG all this is...

Anyway, after that little escapade, the crew split up again to investigate the strange goings-on, after finding more "rabbit" tracks. Walking back to the glade, [[SpecialEffectsFailure someone holds up something vaguely resembling an antenna in front of the camera...]]

"OH! Oh my paws and whiskers! I'll be late!" [[OhCrap McCoy must feel like he's losing his mind]], as he suddenly spies a... well, a six-foot rabbit with a waistcoat and pocket watch hopping around in front of him, decrying his lateness and then disappearing down a hole behind some hedges. This is immediately followed by [[AliceInWonderland a little blonde girl]], asking McCoy where the rabbit went. He can only mutely point, to which the girl curtseys and runs through the hedge.

Titles! We find Kirk taking in a report from Barrows about the planet, as idyllic as we've seen, but Kirk still apparently has no desire to go down. After which, McCoy makes his report, fully in the knowledge that Jim will find him as crazy as he feels, but Kirk says he'll take the report under consideration. Finally, Spock arrives with a report that there is one particular crewman who is irritable and restless, who refuses recreation; "now, he has that right, but--" "The rights of a crewman end where the safety of the ship begins! Now that man will go ashore on my orders. What's his name?" "James Kirk." Spock smiles and tells Kirk to enjoy himself, that it's a peaceful planet, much like Earth.

McCoy needs a sanity check, so he yells for Sulu, but can do no more but stare at the hedges, muttering, "Did you see them?" while Sulu must be wondering if McCoy's going insane...

Upon arrival at a beautiful planet, Kirk begins to feel a backache coming on; thankfully, [[BridgeBunny Yeoman Barrows]] is on hand to give a quick massage. Unfortunately (but fortunately for {{Shipping}} Kirk/Spock'ers), for some reason Kirk [[HoYay initially believes it to be Spock giving the massage]...