I'm a lil late (10 years ago I wasn't allowed to have a cellphone (seeing as I was 10)) but hot DAMN that really was the og instance of making out as a form of distraction
"You are closer to the Captain than anyone in the universe." - Kirk (in Janice's body) Hell, I don't even need to see the entire vid to prove the slashiness. That line right there says it all. :P
I think the gender/body swap was Roddenberry saying "Fuck it. Let's heavily imply that it's canon on the very last episode of Star Trek." They touched so much in this episode and there were numerous other implications to their relationship. Whether romantic or platonic, Jim and Spock do have a relationship. And there's no way that anyone can really deny that...I'm not saying in a strictly romantic sense, because that's not what their relationship is about. It's about completion through another.
Damn. The only way for homosexuality to be accepted back in the homophobic days was for Kirk to be in a woman's body. Hey! At least we know it's CANON now :D
@@troyterry6919 That’s what I’ve thought for probably over a year. I don’t get why it’s called a phobia, a phobia is a fear. Shouldn’t they call it something else?
@@troyterry6919 The word has its origins in the person it describing being afraid that they had those inclinations themselves. It was quite a thing to fear in those days, with the discrimination. Over the decades, usage shifted. Of course, sometimes they can be one and the same, the fear being expressed as hate.
@@hey2775 saying it twice since I couldn't tag two people. The word has its origins in the person it describing being afraid that they had those inclinations themselves. It was quite a thing to fear in those days, with the high level of rampant discrimination. Over the decades, usage shifted. Of course, sometimes they can be one and the same, the fear being expressed as hate.
Ah, the last episode of The Original Series, the one that finally confirmed that Spirk is canon for all blind people out there who deny it. I mean, it doesn't take that much of comprehension to remember that Dr. Lester's body is occupied with Kirk and Spock acknowledges it too and yet he takes the captain by the hand which is definitely unnatural for Vulcans AND Spock (although he's half Vulcan), because remember kids you DO NOT touch a Vulcan, you do not give them high fives or handshakes, they are sensitive alien beings. I just love these space husbands!
hell even my mom noticed that one in the ep. "Are they holding hands? isn't that actually kirk?" yes ma. and what about that neck jerk Spock does during the mind meld? what is Kirk doing to him? (okay S/Mc is my OTP but I do acknowledge the K/S as canon.)
It's more than Spock just grabbing Kirk. If you look at the scene where they're running from the tiger, Kirk actually has his arm around Spock and they're grabbing each others' hands. Then they both run over to a wall and kind of kknock into each other; it's a cute scene.
Spock assesses the situation as he holds onto Janice*Kirk*s hand knowing Janice's frail body would never survive an attack. Protect Jim at all costs! Not only from the obvious, immediate threat of unstable Kirk*janice* & security, but from Jim's own instinct of trying to fight his way out of a situation, as he has done so many times before. Spock was grateful for DrMcCoy's presence: a level-headed individual who would step in if Kirk*janice* took things too far. Keep her calm, he told himself.
I love this scene. Honestly, the actors/producers/crew/director must either have had blinders on when that was filmed, or it was some subconscious ACCEPTANCE of the actual CANON of K/S that made them all turn a blind eye! Whatever it was, I'll take it -- OH yeah! Thanks for sharing.
It's at the end of the scene, after Spock and Kirk (in Lester's body) walk out into the hallway. You can see Spock reaching back to take his/her hand at 1:34.
I feel like even William Shatner ships spirk. For instance, they were filming the scene where there was a hearing in this episode but janice was still "kirk". Anyways, Shatner was supposed to say: "Spock give it up. Come back to the "Enterprise" family. All charges will be dropped. And the madness that overcame all of on Camus II will fade and be forgotten." Instead Shatner accidently flubs the line and says "Spock, Its always been you, you know its always been you. Say that you love me too." IM NOT EVEN JOKING. HE ACTUALLY ACCIDENTLY SAID THAT. anyways that was a cool thing i found out lol.
I am pretty sure they have touched hands or briefly held them, like, at least one or two times in this series. I know they definitely did in the episode where the whole enterprise is drunk due to some disease or whatever it was.
Ahahahaha, awesome! I was just watching this episode the other day, basking in the glory of the 25 second hand holding, and then here is this video! I loved how you added the Devil in the Dark scene at the end too. XD
Well, putting tow men holding hands on TV on the 60', even the late 60', really was too risky, especially after they showed us the first kiss on TV and the first black women with important role. I think it's the best thing they could have done
Hah! True, I always wondered about the fact that she didn't speak like Kirk. I always imagined it would be like "What, does, your, telepathicmind -- tellyounow? Laugh long and perspire! KTJ
OHMIGAWDHOWCOULDINEVERNOTICETHAT?!?!?! *faints from happiness* I am going through all of the episodes again to specifically LOOK for those moments. Not that I didn' BEFORE, bu.. *laughs*
Depends on the culture. In the Middle East and some places in India it's quite normal for straight men who are friends or especially relatives to walk around holding hands or with their arms around each other, because personal space is different there.
And that is exactly what makes this so meaningful. On Vulcan, where Spock was raised, holding hands is an extremely affectionate gesture typically reserved for only the closest loved ones. This is because Vulcan hands are a very sensitive area due to their touch-telepathy and therefore place high value on personal space in general. So the cultural differences are precisely what makes this moment (and every other moment Spock casually touches Kirk) so important, it may mean nothing in many countries, but in this context it is very telling.
@worldgoesboom I agree, he's more holding her wrist so he can direct her where to move so she'll be shielded by him. He does tend to get really close to people when he mind meld's with them, too.
would Lenard Nemoy just decide to hold the woman's hand as an acting choice? like I really doubt it cause when else has he just casually held anyone's hand or even touched anyone as Spock and not taken his hands off as soon as possible? plus they probably y'know acted the scene out before the final cut, I'm curious how often they held hands and whose decision it was for them to do so
yup. They do. A hand touch in a certain way is a Vulcan kiss. Being that Vulcans are touch telepaths and some of the reason they consciously try not to touch each other is basic social etiquette; to be polite and not "get into anybody's business". Watch the behavior on episode STOS "Journey to Babel" when the couple is alone. Sarek smiles and he gives Amanda a lingering kiss. Watch what Sarek does.
Your labels made me guffaw! "Me?" And the clock countdown--so funny! "The Turnabout Intruder" is an odd and flawed episode, but I always thought there was a lot of interesting material there. While it seems horribly sexist, at the same time it makes the case that gender doesn't matter! If Kirk in a woman's body could be captain, than Starfleet should let all women be captains. Which of course later they did. Sandra Smith did a fabulous job as Kirk! Can Chris Pine do as well?
It's a false illusion. Spock extended his hand (arm, as matter of fact) to hold Kirk/Lester as they leave the cell and someone is coming. Soon he realizes there's nothing to do to prevent what WAS happening already. Then, the camera position seems to falsely indicate that they are holding hands, even they are not. They are just side by side by each other... It's so simple. Why to create a false mysticism about something unreal...???
What Roddenberry wanted to do was show how awful it would be for a manly man like Kirk to be trapped in the body of a mere female. Given Roddenberry's attitude toward women, he felt it would be like the worst, most shameful thing ever. That's what was going on here, you can play it any way you want but Roddenberry was behind the declaration in this episode that women can't be starship captains. In staff meetings he said stuff about women that was shocking even for that time.
ksol1460tv Well, Janeway was probably one of my favorite Star Trek captains, she was sooooooo good. Just what Q said, great leader, but always a woman.
Roddenberry created in Spock a character that really got way past him in so many ways including the possibility that our most beloved Vulcan-human hybrid had the ability to walk both sides of the street through the mind-meld. I am crossing my arms and patting my foot with impatience in my mind with that one. In "Turnabout (STO)"He wanted a setup to laugh at and shame women with. It backfired. The actors who played as the "switched" bodies mirrored each other perfectly. It was a surprising joy to see Kirk as a woman when I saw it first as a child. It inspired me. What I and many women need today is a mentor like James Tiberius Kirk. In that episode we see a Janeway coming. It twists the imagination as to what women can be without society's crushing gender-typing. And the Doctor in the body of Kirk? Her body was different, but her mind...that's another matter. She was like a child wearing clothes two sizes too large. She devolved so that her anger and pettiness became even more evident. Is that Rodenberry telling me that "female emotion" makes keeping hold of reason and authority impossible? Is that Roddenberry telling me that I should be angry and unhappy because my soul attached to a certain physical form as it fell through the ether into this existence? Sir, I question whether you learned anything at all during your voyage on earth. I bet you couldn't handle a real woman--human or Vulcan. Movie studios still can't. Look at the ST movies they turn out. RIP, by the way, Great Bird of the Galaxy. Are you looking down to see how the characters you made developed? LLAP - A priestess of Kohlinar
Watch Shore Leave. There is a scene when Kirk and Spock are running from imaginary beings. At one point Spock grabs Kirk, but we see that Kirk actually runs off leaving Spock to fend for himself. I think it's one-sided. ;-)
Shipping really isn't an agenda, and while I do think there was nothing actually intended with it... Vulcan's touching someone's hand is very, very intimate.
I think we should all sit back, take a deep breath, and remember that Vulcan hands are erogenous zones
I'm a lil late (10 years ago I wasn't allowed to have a cellphone (seeing as I was 10)) but hot DAMN that really was the og instance of making out as a form of distraction
"You are closer to the Captain than anyone in the universe." - Kirk (in Janice's body)
Hell, I don't even need to see the entire vid to prove the slashiness. That line right there says it all. :P
I think the gender/body swap was Roddenberry saying "Fuck it. Let's heavily imply that it's canon on the very last episode of Star Trek."
They touched so much in this episode and there were numerous other implications to their relationship. Whether romantic or platonic, Jim and Spock do have a relationship. And there's no way that anyone can really deny that...I'm not saying in a strictly romantic sense, because that's not what their relationship is about. It's about completion through another.
Roddenberry even said in an interview once that if he was allowed to make spirk canon he would have
Then again it WAS based of Alexander the Greats relationship he had with his "friend"/ first in command/ husband.
That woman was one hell of an actress. She pulled off Girl!Kirk perfectly.
And Shatner pulled off crazy Lester prefectly, too!
Interesting fact she and William Shatner would later go on to play husband and wife in an episode of Owen Marshall counselor at law
Just yesterday I saw the movie about the Voyager... and when Kirk sees Spock entering the bridge... Oh, my God, his eyes get so shiny.
Spock actively reaches out to hold Kirk's hand, too- awwwww
It's like he's protecting Kirk, saying "Don't you touch my t'hy'la!"
Damn. The only way for homosexuality to be accepted back in the homophobic days was for Kirk to be in a woman's body. Hey! At least we know it's CANON now :D
The word homophobia is used wrong. No one is afraid of homosexuals. People just disagree with the action.
@@troyterry6919
That’s what I’ve thought for probably over a year.
I don’t get why it’s called a phobia, a phobia is a fear. Shouldn’t they call it something else?
@@troyterry6919 The word has its origins in the person it describing being afraid that they had those inclinations themselves. It was quite a thing to fear in those days, with the discrimination. Over the decades, usage shifted. Of course, sometimes they can be one and the same, the fear being expressed as hate.
@@hey2775 saying it twice since I couldn't tag two people. The word has its origins in the person it describing being afraid that they had those inclinations themselves. It was quite a thing to fear in those days, with the high level of rampant discrimination. Over the decades, usage shifted. Of course, sometimes they can be one and the same, the fear being expressed as hate.
@@poliwagpikachu7077 saying that you disagree with someone's perverted behavior that you consider sinful isn't discrimination.
It's gay because Vulcan's kiss with there hands
If he wears gloves it's not gay 😂😂😂
Ah, the last episode of The Original Series, the one that finally confirmed that Spirk is canon for all blind people out there who deny it.
I mean, it doesn't take that much of comprehension to remember that Dr. Lester's body is occupied with Kirk and Spock acknowledges it too and yet he takes the captain by the hand which is definitely unnatural for Vulcans AND Spock (although he's half Vulcan), because remember kids you DO NOT touch a Vulcan, you do not give them high fives or handshakes, they are sensitive alien beings.
I just love these space husbands!
hell even my mom noticed that one in the ep. "Are they holding hands? isn't that actually kirk?" yes ma.
and what about that neck jerk Spock does during the mind meld? what is Kirk doing to him? (okay S/Mc is my OTP but I do acknowledge the K/S as canon.)
His hands linger, like he wants to touch her face more.
God it's so canon.
HAHA I love it. Spock's not someone who would hold hands with just anyone. Also, the way he touched "her" face during the mindmeld was quite intimate.
God I so love you shippers XD You're some crazy bunch, counting seconds of Spock and Kirk holding hands :D
William Shatner said about this episode that he didn't remember much about it only that he felt crap as he had flu so I think he did pretty damn well.
It's more than Spock just grabbing Kirk. If you look at the scene where they're running from the tiger, Kirk actually has his arm around Spock and they're grabbing each others' hands. Then they both run over to a wall and kind of kknock into each other; it's a cute scene.
Spock assesses the situation as he holds onto Janice*Kirk*s hand knowing Janice's frail body would never survive an attack. Protect Jim at all costs! Not only from the obvious, immediate threat of unstable Kirk*janice* & security, but from Jim's own instinct of trying to fight his way out of a situation, as he has done so many times before. Spock was grateful for DrMcCoy's presence: a level-headed individual who would step in if Kirk*janice* took things too far. Keep her calm, he told himself.
I love this scene. Honestly, the actors/producers/crew/director must either have had blinders on when that was filmed, or it was some subconscious ACCEPTANCE of the actual CANON of K/S that made them all turn a blind eye! Whatever it was, I'll take it -- OH yeah! Thanks for sharing.
Aha. Do love this
"Kirk/Spock
It's logical."
Classic!
i remember i was 11 when i first saw that episode and i was like "....wait a minute...that actually kirk...soo...." lol it had me thinking 4 days.
It's at the end of the scene, after Spock and Kirk (in Lester's body) walk out into the hallway. You can see Spock reaching back to take his/her hand at 1:34.
I enjoy their Vulcan kiss!
Logically Captain, I could do you and it wouldn't be gay....
They hold hands even when he's not in a ladies body 😂
I feel like even William Shatner ships spirk. For instance, they were filming the scene where there was a hearing in this episode but janice was still "kirk". Anyways, Shatner was supposed to say: "Spock give it up. Come back to the "Enterprise" family. All charges will be dropped. And the madness that overcame all of on Camus II will fade and be forgotten."
Instead Shatner accidently flubs the line and says "Spock, Its always been you, you know its always been you. Say that you love me too."
IM NOT EVEN JOKING. HE ACTUALLY ACCIDENTLY SAID THAT. anyways that was a cool thing i found out lol.
SOURCE?? I need to know if there's footage of this available for viewing
If you have a spare time, please let us know the source, because I am conviced that Bill is against K/S
@@levigerrardhades look up William Shatner's Billy Boggs interview.
@@rainbowsengi2628 thank you kind stranger! Will do!
thats the point! they're perfect for each other!!
I think we he held female kirks hand. It wasn't only to be close to him but to protect him from a threat.
Kirk/Spock: It's Logical. I WANT A T-SHIRT THAT SAYS THAT
I am pretty sure they have touched hands or briefly held them, like, at least one or two times in this series. I know they definitely did in the episode where the whole enterprise is drunk due to some disease or whatever it was.
I have no more objections.
Its canon.
omg... I am in love with this.
Soooo perfectly romantic. :oD lmao!
I ship Kock!
In a spiritual sense of pure brotherly love that spans the universe of course. And you ship Kock too. 😉👍
LMAO "kock"!! I'm dead!!! most people call the duo spirk specifically so it doesn't sound like cock x)! you made my day ♥
_SPIRK SPIRK SPIRK_
@@chavalampert8541 Spork is clearly the superior ship name.
Ahahahaha, awesome! I was just watching this episode the other day, basking in the glory of the 25 second hand holding, and then here is this video! I loved how you added the Devil in the Dark scene at the end too. XD
Well, putting tow men holding hands on TV on the 60', even the late 60', really was too risky, especially after they showed us the first kiss on TV and the first black women with important role. I think it's the best thing they could have done
WOW! Now I really got to watch this episode!! Thanks!
Hah! True, I always wondered about the fact that she didn't speak like Kirk. I always imagined it would be like "What, does, your, telepathicmind -- tellyounow? Laugh long and perspire! KTJ
Although, really, he didn't have to touch "Janice" at all. XD
Kirk left all his ham in his body though.
I love how they don't actually SHOW them holding hands except for a fraction of a second at the beginning. Too funny~
1:31 Spock is a BEAST!
Awesome, awesome video! Thank you so much! I loved the little countdown box, too! :)
haha, I love the odds in the end. The look on Kirks face is cute.
Awesome!! So freakin' hilarious!! That moment is just filled with slashy awesomeness!
Hilarious! And you're so right, they couldn't show two men holding hands so they improvised ^^
OHMIGAWDHOWCOULDINEVERNOTICETHAT?!?!?!
*faints from happiness*
I am going through all of the episodes again to specifically LOOK for those moments. Not that I didn' BEFORE, bu..
*laughs*
Lol well done! Especially the text text and use of music.
Belle scène amour 🧡 amitié….aller savoir. Kirk et Spock ont une relation exceptionnelle c’est sûr. J’adore cette série 🖖
Kirk was such a babe magnet that he spent his time holding hands with Spock and drinking sour apple martinis with Bones
close enough for that show.... we love it all the same!
How is this show even real
I love this so much.
Kirk did an awesome job wit playing the feminine attitude of Janice Lester
I had always thought they were a bit too happy.
They need to get a room
you're right about that! :D congratulations
Depends on the culture. In the Middle East and some places in India it's quite normal for straight men who are friends or especially relatives to walk around holding hands or with their arms around each other, because personal space is different there.
And that is exactly what makes this so meaningful. On Vulcan, where Spock was raised, holding hands is an extremely affectionate gesture typically reserved for only the closest loved ones. This is because Vulcan hands are a very sensitive area due to their touch-telepathy and therefore place high value on personal space in general. So the cultural differences are precisely what makes this moment (and every other moment Spock casually touches Kirk) so important, it may mean nothing in many countries, but in this context it is very telling.
Pure baby.... Vulcans kiss with their hands...
Vulcans's hands are an erogynous zone..
This episode may be considered one of the worst of TOS, but I watched it anyway purely for the slash potential. Can't say I was disappointed :)
Loved it!
@HoppingMadfully it's the episode "Turnabout intruder" just in case you haven't found out yet ;D
He was holding her wrist not hand and we only saw that got a brief moment so you are making an assumption
@worldgoesboom I agree, he's more holding her wrist so he can direct her where to move so she'll be shielded by him. He does tend to get really close to people when he mind meld's with them, too.
would Lenard Nemoy just decide to hold the woman's hand as an acting choice? like I really doubt it cause when else has he just casually held anyone's hand or even touched anyone as Spock and not taken his hands off as soon as possible? plus they probably y'know acted the scene out before the final cut, I'm curious how often they held hands and whose decision it was for them to do so
I love it!!
lol, it's not like the vulcans kiss with their hands or anything
yup. They do. A hand touch in a certain way is a Vulcan kiss. Being that Vulcans are touch telepaths and some of the reason they consciously try not to touch each other is basic social etiquette; to be polite and not "get into anybody's business". Watch the behavior on episode STOS "Journey to Babel" when the couple is alone. Sarek smiles and he gives Amanda a lingering kiss. Watch what Sarek does.
Your labels made me guffaw!
"Me?"
And the clock countdown--so funny!
"The Turnabout Intruder" is an odd and flawed episode, but I always thought there was a lot of interesting material there. While it seems horribly sexist, at the same time it makes the case that gender doesn't matter! If Kirk in a woman's body could be captain, than Starfleet should let all women be captains. Which of course later they did.
Sandra Smith did a fabulous job as Kirk! Can Chris Pine do as well?
Wait...So..Spock is a Top?
@juliejazz your comment cracked me up for 30 seconds LOL sooo right :)
That's what I thought. Maybe wrist is still considered dirty...XD
But...that's her wrist....
yup difinitely needed my slash!!!!!!!
Not once at that time, 1:33-1:34, do we see Spock hold anything other than his/her wrist.
*you can be my best friend too* eer..not. ;-)
great Episode.
thank you IS .
Sorry didnt see it
Thumbs up if Mike Mozart brought you here
Way to end the series! Even though I have seen the episode, I didn't realize at all they were holding hands! XD
Because putting the essence of Kirk in a girl's body doesn't make it slash at all.
NOOO.
Subtlety. Gene got sick of it.
looks more like a wrist grab to me
0:23-0:54 what is that song
Hahaha that is priceless. :D
You and DowneyAdmirer should get together and talk about Spirk.
she should you know, I mean, Kirk does it all the time right? xD
Oh come ON
I have noticed the hand holding, it is affection. But can't guys hold hands?! XP
OMG, LOL!!!!!! that's awesome. :D
cool.
It's a false illusion. Spock extended his hand (arm, as matter of fact) to hold Kirk/Lester as they leave the cell and someone is coming. Soon he realizes there's nothing to do to prevent what WAS happening already. Then, the camera position seems to falsely indicate that they are holding hands, even they are not. They are just side by side by each other... It's so simple. Why to create a false mysticism about something unreal...???
@@TH-cam_wxyz I watched ali three seasons and it is very slashy haha so I doubt the dissapointment part heavily LOL.
Bromance Gayance.
AHMED OK
What Roddenberry wanted to do was show how awful it would be for a manly man like Kirk to be trapped in the body of a mere female. Given Roddenberry's attitude toward women, he felt it would be like the worst, most shameful thing ever. That's what was going on here, you can play it any way you want but Roddenberry was behind the declaration in this episode that women can't be starship captains. In staff meetings he said stuff about women that was shocking even for that time.
ksol1460tv Well, Janeway was probably one of my favorite Star Trek captains, she was sooooooo good. Just what Q said, great leader, but always a woman.
Roddenberry created in Spock a character that really got way past him in so many ways including the possibility that our most beloved Vulcan-human hybrid had the ability to walk both sides of the street through the mind-meld. I am crossing my arms and patting my foot with impatience in my mind with that one. In "Turnabout (STO)"He wanted a setup to laugh at and shame women with. It backfired. The actors who played as the "switched" bodies mirrored each other perfectly. It was a surprising joy to see Kirk as a woman when I saw it first as a child. It inspired me. What I and many women need today is a mentor like James Tiberius Kirk. In that episode we see a Janeway coming. It twists the imagination as to what women can be without society's crushing gender-typing.
And the Doctor in the body of Kirk? Her body was different, but her mind...that's another matter. She was like a child wearing clothes two sizes too large. She devolved so that her anger and pettiness became even more evident. Is that Rodenberry telling me that "female emotion" makes keeping hold of reason and authority impossible? Is that Roddenberry telling me that I should be angry and unhappy because my soul attached to a certain physical form as it fell through the ether into this existence? Sir, I question whether you learned anything at all during your voyage on earth. I bet you couldn't handle a real woman--human or Vulcan. Movie studios still can't. Look at the ST movies they turn out. RIP, by the way, Great Bird of the Galaxy. Are you looking down to see how the characters you made developed?
LLAP - A priestess of Kohlinar
this describes HIllary to a t
Lgl
Watch Shore Leave. There is a scene when Kirk and Spock are running from imaginary beings. At one point Spock grabs Kirk, but we see that Kirk actually runs off leaving Spock to fend for himself. I think it's one-sided. ;-)
no
Little bit of a stretch, reading a lot into nothing to push your agenda
Shipping really isn't an agenda, and while I do think there was nothing actually intended with it... Vulcan's touching someone's hand is very, very intimate.