Minireviews: The Galileo Seven

One Sentence Synopsis

Spock’s first command (after 12 years of service) ends with a near mutiny, bodies and deeply offended natives on a distant planet. while Kirk goes passive aggressive on a bureaucrat (TROPE ALERT).

Scene setup

Poor Spock.

He tried the only tool at his disposal and it failed miserably.

Two crew from the shuttlecraft dead, the survey team under constant attack from “huge, furry creatures” and out of fuel. If it weren’t for Scotty’s Miracle Work^tm there would be no hope at all.

Everyone hates on Spock: from the angry black guy who should have been court martial-ed for insubordination to McCoy to pretty young Yeoman of the Week.

And Spock’s confusion is heartbreaking and somewhat funny. I am totally onboard with his protest that he can’t be held responsible for the Huge, Furry Creatures’ unpredictability.

Bonus Scenes!

While Spock is wondering why his crew has turned on him, Kirk’s got problems of his own an overly officious jerk of a bureaucrat who’s happy to sacrifice Kirk’s crew to make a delivery. Granted, the delivery is relief to plague victims but this guy’s practically gloating:

But since High Commissioner Farris has never been in the military, he has yet to learn that the greatest aggression is passive aggression. He learns here.

Should you watch it?

Oh yeah. Yeoman Hottie, Spock struggling with illogical monsters both outside and inside the shuttlecraft and Kirk dealing with a bureaucrat and his prerogativesmakes for a tense hour of drama. Commonly thought of as a classic in TOS.

Vital Statistics

What Happened?	This adventure	All time	Notes
HR Incident	3	14	One each for McCoy, Boma and Yeoman of the Week.
Shirtless Kirk	0	5
Hookups?	0	6
Encounters with exes?	0	3
Redshirt Kills?	0	0
Non Redshirt Kills?	2	5	Spock logically sent two gold shirts off to die.
Offscreen Federation Kills?	1	10	That guy took a spear before he knew what hit him.
Non Federation Kills?	0	3

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