Star Trek - Kirk Meets Spock's Parents

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @waivedwench
    @waivedwench 12 лет назад +1282

    "I prefer another guide."
    "Good to see you too, dad"

  • @curiouser-curiouser
    @curiouser-curiouser 6 лет назад +2137

    Kirk deadass introduced Spock to his own parents what a legend

    • @gertraba4484
      @gertraba4484 5 лет назад +19

      aw, I saw thisone coming on TV GUIDE

    • @softnoobgirl73
      @softnoobgirl73 4 года назад +65

      This made me laugh so hard

    • @Slappybag46
      @Slappybag46 4 года назад +24

      Lol damn it this got me good

    • @karyth09
      @karyth09 3 года назад +16

      I just woke everyone laughing so hard

    • @soslothful
      @soslothful 3 года назад +19

      It is supremely unlikely the captain of the Enterprise would not know Sarak, the Ambassador of Vulcan, was the father of his First Officer.

  • @Swampy0110
    @Swampy0110 6 лет назад +1049

    I love how in TOS they have very dramatic music backed up by a tambourine

    • @rainopdewilde509
      @rainopdewilde509 5 лет назад +174

      When the tambourine of doom comes on you know shit just got real

    • @Splatterpunk_OldNewYork
      @Splatterpunk_OldNewYork 5 лет назад +102

      Wait till they bring out the pan-flute. Then it is serious.

    • @mindyschocolate
      @mindyschocolate 5 лет назад +5

      Martin Jasiak 😂

    • @gertraba4484
      @gertraba4484 5 лет назад +23

      blaring trumpets, bongos and snares along with beating drums made it epic

    • @gertraba4484
      @gertraba4484 5 лет назад +1

      @Bad Cattitude yeah, chek out THIS WAY to EDEN..............

  • @TamptheChamp2
    @TamptheChamp2 3 года назад +443

    You have to admire how perfectly this scene is setup. Amanda’s hair covers her ears so that there is no fathomable way for the audience to tell she is Human, except by her smile!

    • @kaleymcquinn7904
      @kaleymcquinn7904 Год назад +11

      Well you could tell from the eyebrows

    • @yuki-sakurakawa
      @yuki-sakurakawa Год назад +6

      Also, sarek isn't wearing Vulcan clothing that he wears on other occasions. No robe, no "kimono". Such disgrace. 😮

    • @Ragitsu
      @Ragitsu Год назад +2

      Skin tone?

    • @yumestar19
      @yumestar19 2 месяца назад

      I thought she was a Vulcan first xD

  • @TenouHaruka0
    @TenouHaruka0 10 лет назад +1091

    Lol McCoy looks at his hand is like "ehhh screw it"

    • @mindyschocolate
      @mindyschocolate 5 лет назад +2

      TenouHaruka0 LOL

    • @gertraba4484
      @gertraba4484 5 лет назад +50

      he's a DOCTOR not a HAND MIME.............

    • @LonesomeTraveller
      @LonesomeTraveller 4 года назад +24

      McCoy: I'm an old country doctor, not an ambassador!
      Spock: I never doubted it, doctor.

    • @hagamapama
      @hagamapama 3 года назад +10

      Better not to do it than to do it badly.

    • @Glisten456
      @Glisten456 3 года назад +8

      It hurts worse than the uniform.

  • @epicsamurai5
    @epicsamurai5 4 года назад +469

    I like the looks on Amanda’s face. At first she’s like “you didn’t tell him about us, Spock?” Then she looks back at Kirk like “yep, he’s my son.”

    • @ShannonFreng
      @ShannonFreng 11 месяцев назад +6

      The expression Sarek has (1:38) would be exactly mine, were a boss ever to assign me to work with someone I loathed.

    • @TheBandit025Nova
      @TheBandit025Nova 8 месяцев назад +7

      Yep Spock is more Amanda’s boy I think Sarek prefers Sybock

    • @chrismc410
      @chrismc410 4 месяца назад +2

      ​@TheBandit025Nova if he didn't like Spock's occasional faulty logic, how do you think he'll feel/felt Sybok's rejection of logic altogether?

  • @michaelcartwright8570
    @michaelcartwright8570 6 лет назад +795

    "I prefer another guide...Captain."
    THAT WAS COLD.

    • @SpiritBear12
      @SpiritBear12 4 года назад +81

      Yeah, dissed by your own father in front of every one, esp the captain. Sarak couldn't have played it cool during just one visit to save Spock's face. Sarak was and had been rather unreasonable about Spock's choice to join Star Fleet for a long time.

    • @jangtheconqueror
      @jangtheconqueror 3 года назад +15

      @@SpiritBear12 Didn't he only change his mind after Search for Spock and Voyage Home?

    • @dswynne
      @dswynne 3 года назад +8

      @@jangtheconqueror Pretty much.

    • @marcusalexander7088
      @marcusalexander7088 3 года назад +23

      @@jangtheconqueror Yeah. More or less..."You know Son, your friends are good people to risk everything to..you know...bring you back from the dead and all..maybe I just might have been mistaken about you joining Starfleet. And treating you like shit for years. Maybe."

    • @SeansModelBuilds
      @SeansModelBuilds 3 года назад +5

      @@SpiritBear12 Maybe in this timeline, the Vulcan Elders dissed Amanda also.

  • @johnhall2922
    @johnhall2922 8 лет назад +520

    We talk about about how iconic Leaonard Nimoys portrayal of Spock has been, but I'd like to say how iconic I feel Mark Leonard's portrayal of Sarek has been throughout the years also. Through all the movies and on the next generation, he was always a wonderful presence on the screen.

    • @Theomite
      @Theomite 7 лет назад +65

      Nimoy always gave Spock that quiet pride and discipline, but Leonard always gave Sarek a dignity that was both regal and humble in equal measures. The man was able to convey unspeakable formidableness with such an unassuming manner. I mean, you could STUDY Leonard to build a thousand characters just like him and never get it as good as he gave it.

    • @manco828
      @manco828 7 лет назад +11

      That's Mark Lenard. I can see the confusion since his last name and Nimoy's first name sound the same.

    • @walterkoziol3822
      @walterkoziol3822 3 года назад +2

      @Tejesh Patel Not really cause if you remember he was the only Vulcan to turn down the Vulcan Science Academy.

    • @Gold6240
      @Gold6240 3 года назад +4

      I agree! I love seeing Sarek even if he's a bit of a prick to Spock at first

    • @samsignorelli
      @samsignorelli Год назад +3

      Mark sat at our table a a con years ago (late 80s, I think) and was signing autographs. Very soft-spoken gent, as I recall.

  • @jellybean_91
    @jellybean_91 8 лет назад +919

    It's always awkward meeting the in-laws for the first time...

  • @xunderxdosedx
    @xunderxdosedx 10 лет назад +591

    "You look a lot like this Romulan dude we ran into a while back"
    "Well, Vulcans and Romulans share a common ancestry, Captain."
    "No I just meant that...oh never mind."

    • @thevagabondburntnotredame8902
      @thevagabondburntnotredame8902 4 года назад +13

      I thought it was the same actor

    • @xunderxdosedx
      @xunderxdosedx 4 года назад +24

      @@thevagabondburntnotredame8902 that's the joke lol

    • @soubhikpochhali4783
      @soubhikpochhali4783 2 года назад +2

      I thought the same too..now thanks to you I am sure

    • @danielanderson8322
      @danielanderson8322 2 года назад +9

      "You and I are of a kind! In a different reality I could've called you friend"
      "Captain James Kirk"
      "Captain"

    • @sarahfullerton6894
      @sarahfullerton6894 2 года назад +4

      It would have been really great if he said, "If you weren't such a jerk to your son, I could've called you friend!"

  • @ArthurAlfred1
    @ArthurAlfred1 11 лет назад +109

    Poor Jim! He first looks shocked that the ambassador's wife is a human, then the biggest shock of them being Spock's parents. The look on his face is priceless both times!

  • @dosrg3773
    @dosrg3773 7 лет назад +1091

    let's just appreciate that Sarek and Amanda are doing the Vulcan equivalent of making out in front of their son and the captain of an important starship.

    • @shapeshifterA113
      @shapeshifterA113 5 лет назад +80

      I think it’s just the equivalent to holding hands

    • @Shanethefilmmaker
      @Shanethefilmmaker 5 лет назад +161

      So embarrassing their son in front of his boss and best friend. And Vulcans say they're different from us.

    • @hannahrebecca8098
      @hannahrebecca8098 5 лет назад +93

      spock is horrified

    • @DigitalJediMaster
      @DigitalJediMaster 5 лет назад +46

      Let's keep in mind the Vulcan equivalent of anything is basically nothing.

    • @Visplight
      @Visplight 4 года назад +33

      But from the handshake when vulcans and humans made first contact it would seem that vulcans make an exceptions for human hand-touching mores, and so while they wouldn't do it in front of other vulcans, they will in front of humans.

  • @Mark-yn4vl
    @Mark-yn4vl 8 лет назад +349

    Spock: Captain, Ambassador Sarek and his wife ARE my parents.
    Kirk: No, no! That's not true! That's IMPOSSIBLE! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! NOOOOOO!!

    • @manco828
      @manco828 7 лет назад +20

      NOOOOOOOOOO! NOOOOOOOOOOO!

    • @michellestreater3296
      @michellestreater3296 6 лет назад +28

      Lol 😂 I love both Star Wars and Star Trek this comment hilarious

    • @robgyanisu312
      @robgyanisu312 6 лет назад +7

      Mark May the _Farce_ be with y'all; that's how I view _Star Wars_ . . .

    • @specialk9424
      @specialk9424 3 года назад +7

      Search your logic, Captain. Logic will, undoubtedly, inform you that it is true.

    • @dennisanderson3895
      @dennisanderson3895 3 года назад +6

      I understood Kirk's expression to reflect how awkward the rift between father and son is while having to hold his reaction in as a diplomatic act. Shatner was masterful at facially expressing mixed thoughts and feeling (exhibit A: Twilight Zone "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" - he projected the mix flow of thoughts and realizations he could not say beautifully).

  • @LegendaryKenneth
    @LegendaryKenneth 8 лет назад +563

    Its hard imagining a point where the audience didn't know that Sarek was Spocks dad

    • @InMooseWeTrust
      @InMooseWeTrust 5 лет назад +31

      I watched the show for the first time as a college student and I was shocked

    • @gertraba4484
      @gertraba4484 5 лет назад +3

      @@InMooseWeTrust first run here. plot twists SHOCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @rockhard2654
      @rockhard2654 4 года назад +30

      @@InMooseWeTrust i watched it the night it first aired and it just blew everyone's mind,people talked about it for days and little kids ran around making that hand sign
      this is back in the days when there where only three channels,its not like nowadays EVERYBODY SAW IT

    • @reelsoffortuneslotsplay4267
      @reelsoffortuneslotsplay4267 3 года назад +9

      They might have said... "Wait.. Kirk killed this guy in another episode"

    • @captainr800
      @captainr800 3 года назад +2

      I found out who’s Spock parents are in The Next Generation and this is my first time I’m watching this scene, Tomorrow I’m going to be start my marathon of Star Trek: TOS on Netflix.

  • @EeveeFromAlmia
    @EeveeFromAlmia 4 года назад +640

    Doesn’t tell Kirk about his parents until they meet in person, doesn’t tell about his brother until the man is half trying to destroy the universe, and brings Michael’s existence to the grave. I love this man.

    • @kitcat7538
      @kitcat7538 4 года назад +86

      Michael doesn't exist. She is a part of JunkTrek, which is a CBS corporate nightmare that didn't happen in the actual world of Star Trek.

    • @EeveeFromAlmia
      @EeveeFromAlmia 4 года назад +76

      @@kitcat7538 bro I hate to be the one to tell you this but disco is 100% cannon and part of the prime timeline. That’s how it works. It’s not hard to understand.

    • @kitcat7538
      @kitcat7538 4 года назад +47

      @@EeveeFromAlmia JunkTrek is not canon to StarTrek fans. Doesn't matter what you say.

    • @EeveeFromAlmia
      @EeveeFromAlmia 4 года назад +59

      @@kitcat7538 you seem like the exact sort of person who would have whined and cried when Tng stated because it ‘wasn’t real Star Trek.’ Wined and cried as everybody else had fun and just enjoyed it, Ild hate to watch and Star Trek with you, it would be a miserable time.

    • @Lotus-sp6cu
      @Lotus-sp6cu 3 года назад +6

      @@EeveeFromAlmia I've never heard on Michael before, can you tell me about her?

  • @lucyhartwell2134
    @lucyhartwell2134 5 лет назад +139

    1:27 I love it how Amanda turns around like 'Well how the hell are you going to explain this, Spock?"

    • @gertraba4484
      @gertraba4484 5 лет назад +3

      and how the heck do you explain all those vulcansin the itty bitty GALELIO shutlecraft?

    • @lucyhartwell2134
      @lucyhartwell2134 5 лет назад +6

      @@gertraba4484 Well, we know that Galileo holds seven people because of the episode 'The Galileo Seven'. I count six coming out of that shuttle, so they all fit.

    • @gertraba4484
      @gertraba4484 5 лет назад +2

      @@lucyhartwell2134 not really the studio mockup of the cockpit set is wayy tooooooo big and never fit the height of all the crew, unless it's a TARDIS

  • @BigNoseDog
    @BigNoseDog 3 года назад +121

    Kirk: Bones! Why didn’t you tell me who Spock’s parents were?
    McCoy: Damnit, Jim. I’m a doctor, not Google.

  • @sillygrl23
    @sillygrl23 9 лет назад +322

    I remember this episode distinctively in my mind, it was the first time I ever found out that Spock was a half Vulcan and half Human and the challenges he must have felt in that situation. A allegory for children from Inter-Racial Marriages and what issues and emotional obstacles they probably had to deal with.
    Also I love how Spoke tries to teach the doctor how to do the Vulcan salute.

    • @nobodyknowsanything3906
      @nobodyknowsanything3906 8 лет назад +37

      +sillygrl23 As a mixed-race person, I can confirm that I absolutely identify with Spock.

    • @GestapoPussyRanch
      @GestapoPussyRanch 5 лет назад +1

      Spoke?

    • @A_10_PaAng_111
      @A_10_PaAng_111 5 лет назад +2

      NobodyKnowsAnything And your own father disrespects you because you are? That's pretty much what happened here.

    • @LoriCiani
      @LoriCiani 4 года назад +21

      @@A_10_PaAng_111 Sarek didn't disrespect his son for being from two worlds, he was disappointed in his son's choice of Starfleet over the Vulcan Science Academy. Spock would always be a test of Sarek's Vulcan reserve.

    • @kitcat7538
      @kitcat7538 4 года назад +8

      @@LoriCiani Disapproval of Spock's decision to join Starfleet is no excuse for refusing to speak to him for 18 years. Sarek is a rotten excuse for a father.
      It is Spock's decency and self-discipline which are tested by Sarek.

  • @empressink_
    @empressink_ 8 лет назад +213

    I don't see how anyone can hate Sarek. He did truly love Spock but because of his Vulcan nature and Spock's choice of deciding to stay in Starfleet there were issues. Also I love Mark Lenard, so that's another reason why I love him.

    • @photonicus
      @photonicus 8 лет назад +30

      I don't hate Sarek either,but Starfleet gave Spock greater opportunity to pursue scientific discovery. Starfleet ships go farther and deeper into unexplored space than private research groups.Always felt Sarek's real issue was Spock living amongst beings of emotion.

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 7 лет назад +31

      jim kirk Sarek was more complex than we give him credit for. We only learn in TNG that he has repressed his true feelings of love for Amanda and Spock and his booming pride that almost makes Picard (his chosen keeper of the emotions) go insane.
      Vulcans normally share these things through a private mind-meld (possibly the fal-tor-pan) but Spock and Sarek never did so due to their reserved natures and dedication to their duties.
      Sarek married two Human women in his lifetime, remember.

    • @Evy2526
      @Evy2526 7 лет назад +27

      Oh I don't hate him. I know he loved his son. But giving your son the cold shoulder because he chose a different career path from what you wanted is really lame. It's not like he went away to become a DJ in a dirty bar, he enrolled in Starfleet as a scientist!

    • @manco828
      @manco828 7 лет назад +3

      Well according to Sarek, Spock could have pursued scientific discovery better through the Vulcan Science Academy.

    • @demarcusfaulkner7411
      @demarcusfaulkner7411 6 лет назад +4

      +photonicus that and I would add he seem to think spock somehow lowered himself bye not being part of the vulcan expeditionary forces

  • @curtyeomans8446
    @curtyeomans8446 6 лет назад +319

    KIRK: "Sarek and his wife are your parents?!? Any other previously unknown family members you'd like to tell us about?
    SPOCK: "If I did, I would only tell you about them after they seize control of the Enterprise and throw us in the brig while they search for God, or when their own TV show mandates that we meet"

    • @KneelB4Bacon
      @KneelB4Bacon 5 лет назад +65

      SPOCK: "Also, according to Star Trek: Discovery, I have a foster sister named Michael, who my father considered an 'experiment to see if Vulcans and Humans could co-exist' despite the fact that my name literally means 'Uniter' in Vulcan. Apparently, my dad forgot why he gave me my freaking name."

    • @thewewguy8t88
      @thewewguy8t88 5 лет назад +2

      He also has a pet something I forget what though lol

    • @Visplight
      @Visplight 4 года назад +11

      It totally makes sense that no one would know he has a sister considering that this is how he talks about his parents.

    • @LoriCiani
      @LoriCiani 4 года назад +11

      @@thewewguy8t88 It was a pet sehlat. A kind of teddy bear with claws and six inch fangs.

    • @LoriCiani
      @LoriCiani 4 года назад +8

      @@Visplight But, there was a half brother by another mother. Pon farr has a lot to answer for. He wasn't talked about because he embraced emotions and thought God was calling him to a higher purpose. You can understand that. But there's no logical excuse for not mentioning the existance Michael except for the reason that she wasn't written or even thought of at the time. Kirk's brother, sister in law and young nephew were in one episode then more or less forgotten about ever after.

  • @phemyda94
    @phemyda94 11 лет назад +98

    I love how even the music is going "awk-ward..."

  • @KendrixTermina
    @KendrixTermina 7 лет назад +121

    #Relatable
    Though my favorite bit was when Amanda then immediately got along with McCoy who inevitably asked for them embarassing baby stories

    • @hagamapama
      @hagamapama 3 года назад +13

      And Sarek took her to task for it later on. Despite his own issues with Spock he had respect for his son's dignity as an officer.

    • @dennisanderson3895
      @dennisanderson3895 3 года назад +14

      Part of McCoy's "frenemy" teasing/conflict with Spock - they both deeply respected each other though they expressed it in a dissing-contest. So, of course, McCoy is going to seek details for embarrassing ammo!

    • @soslothful
      @soslothful 3 года назад +6

      Embarrassment is an emotional response.

    • @sarahfullerton6894
      @sarahfullerton6894 2 года назад

      @@soslothful Spock is half human!

    • @soslothful
      @soslothful 2 года назад

      @@sarahfullerton6894 Good point. Very logical.

  • @coralroper6876
    @coralroper6876 8 лет назад +252

    Family reunions are always awkward

    • @RSTI191
      @RSTI191 6 лет назад +6

      Which is why I moved to the Left Side of the Country 19 yrs ago and never looked back..

  • @Qwazin
    @Qwazin 6 лет назад +88

    "That hurts worse than the uniform."

  • @kataisa3
    @kataisa3 9 лет назад +93

    I loved this episode and Amok Time. I loved the episodes that dealt with Spock's history.

    • @nobodyknowsanything3906
      @nobodyknowsanything3906 8 лет назад +13

      +kataisa3 Have you watched any of The Animated Series? If not, you should check it out. There's an episode with Spock as a child.

    • @00bikeboy
      @00bikeboy 6 месяцев назад

      Agree 100%. Two brilliantly written and performed episodes. The best.

  • @andrewroberts1258
    @andrewroberts1258 5 лет назад +32

    0:52 😂😂😂😂😂LOL Bones trying to do the Vulcan hand gesture but decided not to

  • @martingoldfire
    @martingoldfire 3 года назад +28

    You can just feel the parental love glow from the screen.

  • @ddthewolf
    @ddthewolf 5 лет назад +28

    1:21, the look on Spok's face, his human side going , "oh come on dad!"

  • @kaleidoscopekayley
    @kaleidoscopekayley 7 лет назад +56

    Amanda is absolutely gorgeous! There's something so elegant and sweet about her. She's just my favorite!

    • @kitcat7538
      @kitcat7538 4 года назад +3

      Shd is worthless as a mother. In one episode of TOS, Spock tells Kirk tearfully that he was not permitted as a child to tell his mother that he loved her. 🤮

    • @BladeZero238
      @BladeZero238 3 года назад +3

      @@kitcat7538 Wasn't that an order from his father, though?

    • @00bikeboy
      @00bikeboy 6 месяцев назад

      She must have been stunning in her 20s !

  • @urrrccckostan
    @urrrccckostan 9 лет назад +681

    Always awkward when you meet your partner's parents for the first time

    • @transfriend3865
      @transfriend3865 8 лет назад +25

      Yup it is

    • @Rikard_A
      @Rikard_A 7 лет назад +22

      Kirk: Spook, have you failed to mention anything, during the preparations.

    • @Evy2526
      @Evy2526 7 лет назад +11

      lol I thought the same thing too when I read the title.

    • @manco828
      @manco828 7 лет назад +15

      Kirk/Spock fan fiction.

    • @jenpeterson3712
      @jenpeterson3712 6 лет назад +5

      urckrecords give it a rest FGS!

  • @tiff8683
    @tiff8683 4 года назад +19

    Incredible how they got the very music that always seems to play when you meet a partner's parents for the first time

  • @ashayam2456
    @ashayam2456 3 года назад +45

    I know, I know, it’s super funny that Kirk’s totally unaware they’re Spock’s parents, but can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that McCoy can’t do the 🖖?! Peak acting. Amazing.

    • @FredPlanatia
      @FredPlanatia 2 года назад +14

      Can we take a further moment to fathom that the Vulcan salute has become so ingrained in our culture that it is a standard emoji?

    • @TheFansOfFiction
      @TheFansOfFiction Год назад +1

      Honestly, that confuses me. He's a master surgeon, he should have enough dexterity for the attempt to not "hurt" at the very least

    • @SR-iy4gg
      @SR-iy4gg 10 месяцев назад +2

      I don't think he could do it well in real life, so they just made that part of his character. William Shatner couldn't do it without them tying his fingers together.@@TheFansOfFiction

    • @ThreePointOneFou
      @ThreePointOneFou 9 месяцев назад

      There's probably some muscular control that allows one to spread one's fingers in the Vulcan salute that not everyone has, just like the ability to curl one's tongue into a U shape.

  • @xxlCortez
    @xxlCortez 4 года назад +22

    Kirk: Ambassador, you look oddly familiar. Haven't we fought before?

  • @Koldeman
    @Koldeman 3 года назад +15

    The casting of Mark Lenard & Jane Wyatt was inspired & perfect, despite Mr. Lenard being only 7 years older than Mr. Nimoy. The coldness that Sarek & Spock disregard each other was perfectly capped at the end of ST IV: TVH. Anyone who followed their dysfunctional relationship from this first introduction to the end of IV when the two share a reconciliation of sorts & a meeting of the mind was a very important moment.

  • @ChlarkNadia
    @ChlarkNadia 3 года назад +54

    What we learn here
    1. Sarek and Amanda are everyone's Star Trek OTP
    2. Kirk does not read Starfleet paperwork ever
    Or
    3. Starfleet keeps truly awful records of their personel.

    • @suzanneroberge494
      @suzanneroberge494 10 месяцев назад +1

      Well, it's a hard swallow, but we know that was really for the audience 😊

    • @ChlarkNadia
      @ChlarkNadia 10 месяцев назад

      Ha, ha, yeah, but it's funny to think of a an in universe explanation

  • @EeveeFromAlmia
    @EeveeFromAlmia 5 лет назад +50

    I love how Spock just, never brings this up. In all the time between getting the mission and picking everybody up they surely would have talked about Sarek, right? Spock had zero reasons for any of this he just did it because he could.

    • @SpockLover27
      @SpockLover27 4 года назад +13

      Pretty sure he did it because he really wanted to avoid the topic xD

    • @kitcat7538
      @kitcat7538 4 года назад +12

      Spock is very private person and just plain embarrassed about a lot of things. Like explaining to Kirk why he has to get back to Vulcan for pon farr.

    • @kitcat7538
      @kitcat7538 4 года назад

      @@SpockLover27 What does xD mean?

    • @ctrl.alt.del.9218
      @ctrl.alt.del.9218 3 года назад +1

      @@kitcat7538
      I believe it is some kind of laughter.
      Maybe another form of "LOL."

    • @kitcat7538
      @kitcat7538 3 года назад +3

      @@ctrl.alt.del.9218 Yes, I've found out; it means "laugh out loud" 🤣 Thanks.

  • @PlasmaCoolantLeak
    @PlasmaCoolantLeak Год назад +6

    "Vulcan honors us with your presence. We come to serve." Classy greeting.

  • @edinscot56789
    @edinscot56789 13 лет назад +32

    The funny thing is, Sarek actually likes and respects Kirk, so why he can't afford some respect towards his son for serving under the finest captain in the fleet, on the most reputable and powerful ship is something any father would be immensely proud of, Vulcan or no

    • @FredPlanatia
      @FredPlanatia 2 года назад +11

      a grudge. Spock refused a spot in the Vulcan Science Academy

    • @Phantassm
      @Phantassm Год назад +6

      Sarek was proud of his son, very proud. He just didn't want Spock or Amanda to know that.

  • @TowGunner
    @TowGunner 5 лет назад +26

    “Ambassador Sarak, you are the father”

  • @dennisanderson3895
    @dennisanderson3895 3 года назад +12

    What serious diss from Sarek to his own son! Epic familial tension!

  • @955472
    @955472 3 года назад +22

    Spock has a habit of not mentioning family members.

  • @sunnchilde
    @sunnchilde 13 лет назад +13

    I wonder when Mark Leonard did this episode if he knew that this role would be the one he would forever be remembered for? His performance and Nimoy's would define what every Vulcan would be like from then on.

  • @kf7094
    @kf7094 6 лет назад +17

    Just 😂 Kirk’s face just like um okay awkward 😂💙😊 poor Spock 🖖

  • @chrismacias305
    @chrismacias305 6 лет назад +31

    This wasn't the last incident with Spock not telling Kirk soon enough with anyone from his family. Remember when Kirk never knew that Sybok was his half brother until it was too late?

    • @fenwar9060
      @fenwar9060 5 лет назад +4

      We tend to ignore that one because it was badly written😖

    • @joanmelnick1704
      @joanmelnick1704 3 года назад +1

      Same with his wife.

  • @lmswentzeljr
    @lmswentzeljr Год назад +8

    Captain Kirk looks pleasantly surprised to see Sarek is Spocks father, he learned something new about his 1st officer.

  • @thiagodeandrade7081
    @thiagodeandrade7081 8 лет назад +46

    Shatner could do thoughtful and restrained.

    • @amandajstar
      @amandajstar 5 лет назад +7

      Yep, and sexy too. Kirk was catnip in the Year Whatever.

  • @brianarbenz7206
    @brianarbenz7206 3 года назад +16

    We should have Kirk's parents. Just imagine how they could be!

  • @jeffclark2
    @jeffclark2 2 года назад +10

    Mark Lenard portrayed Spock's father not only in this episode, but in the animated episode "Yesteryear" and the Star Trek motion pictures, particularly "The Voyage Home," where he confronted his son and finally admitting Sarek had misjudged Spock's crewmates. Sarek appeared in the "Next Generation" episodes "Sarek" and Unification Parts 1 & 2." He was EXCELLENT as the conscience-stricken yet duty-driven Romulan Commander in "Balance of Terror." That was Mark Lenard's favorite role in Star Trek.

    • @Poizenne
      @Poizenne 2 года назад +2

      Also little known is he played a Klingon in The Motion Picture.

    • @ShannonFreng
      @ShannonFreng 10 месяцев назад

      Sarek disagreed with Spock's decision to join Starfleet, rather than the Vulcan Science Academy. It didn't particularly have to do with his shipmates, though he did admit their good character influenced his change of opinion.

  • @kerrijohnstone7588
    @kerrijohnstone7588 4 года назад +35

    “She who is my wife”....nice LOL

    • @hagamapama
      @hagamapama 3 года назад +8

      the translater choked on a pecularity of the Vulcan language. Since Vulcans are mind-bonded with their future spouses at a very young age, they have subtly different words for "She who will be my wife," "she who is my wife," and, given their longevity, "she who was my wife."

    • @femalesupremacistoverlord6800
      @femalesupremacistoverlord6800 3 года назад +3

      hagamapama Where did you hear this? I never knew they went into such specific detail lmao

    • @Scipio488
      @Scipio488 7 месяцев назад +2

      I have always thought of that as a term of respect. She is not simply "my wife", because that is simply a role, and who she is relative to him. "She" still exists as an independent entity; she who happens to be my wife.

  • @cmhughes8057
    @cmhughes8057 3 года назад +11

    And this event becomes important in the future, for Kirk, who on saving Spock’s live basically gets a “get out of jail free” card after he stole and destroyed the Enterprise (yes I know he saved the earth) and basically does not get tossed out of Starfleet. You know Sarek had to have a major say in that. Nice to have ‘friends” in high places.

  • @Woozler554
    @Woozler554 3 года назад +12

    Poor Spock. Had a tough time meeting the expectations of his parents.

    • @caronstout354
      @caronstout354 Год назад

      The JJ Abrams movie had a few scenes with Spock's parents that filled out the family dynamic...

  • @Blackrain7070
    @Blackrain7070 2 года назад +5

    This is such a great introduction... showcasing first how sarek is dismissive of spock only to reveal secondly that they are father and son makes the first action even more potent!

  • @westmoor620
    @westmoor620 12 лет назад +13

    "ambassador sarek and his wife ARE my parents"
    *kirks thoughts *"oh snap!"

  • @joeborroto6742
    @joeborroto6742 5 лет назад +15

    The moment Spock was born, his father looked at him and said.....so.....human

    • @rikk319
      @rikk319 3 года назад +1

      Racism is illogical. So is a plot that has the father marry a human, then hold it against his son that he's mixed.

    • @Ivynling
      @Ivynling 3 года назад +2

      If I was Amanda, I would at least try to slap him. He says it with such disdain, that the reveal in TNG seems really out of character.

    • @hagamapama
      @hagamapama 3 года назад +4

      @@rikk319 Except he doesn't hold it against his son that he's mixed. But he does sometimes hold him to the same standards as a full blooded Vulcan which Spock isn't, and that led to issues growing up

  • @chumbawambaRI
    @chumbawambaRI 3 года назад +23

    I especially love how all of Spock's family drama wraps up in Star Trek IV:
    I am returning to Vulcan within the hour, I would like to take my leave of you.
    It was most kind of you to make this effort.
    It was no effort. You are my son. And besides, I am most impressed with your performance in this... crisis.
    Most kind.
    As I recall, I opposed your enlistment in Starfleet. It is possible that judgment was incorrect. Your associates are people of good character.
    They are my friends.
    Yes, of course. Do you have a message for your mother?
    Yes. Tell her, "I feel fine."

    • @00bikeboy
      @00bikeboy 2 года назад +5

      It was the perfect wrap up. Just perfection, just like the whole movie. The best.

    • @jeromecha1
      @jeromecha1 Год назад +2

      Right? You see how Spock got with his father: “They are my friends.”? That’s what you say when you KNOW that you were right…”Pop, I TOLD you that I made the right decision way back then! You and Mom didn’t raise a fool!!”!! One of my favorite scenes in all of Star Trek. Just awesome.

    • @stevencoardvenice
      @stevencoardvenice Год назад

      We are getting more in strange new worlds

  • @Hatakefire
    @Hatakefire 11 лет назад +12

    His dad was being so mean and I was like "JUST GIVE HIM A HUG DAMNIT!!!" lol

  • @00bikeboy
    @00bikeboy 5 лет назад +7

    Probably the best cold open hook of all time.

  • @caronstout354
    @caronstout354 3 года назад +11

    This shows that even in the hopeful and positive future there are family conflicts kept secret.

  • @heathermcdaniels953
    @heathermcdaniels953 4 года назад +7

    And Kirk's just like, "Well this is lovely."

  • @northernstudioworks
    @northernstudioworks 3 года назад +13

    Like how this episode kind of ignores previous mentions of Spock's background from Season One. In Where No Man Has Gone Before Spock mentions his Half Human/Half Vulcan lineage ("the fact that one of my ancestor's married a human female"). In This Side of Paradise Kirk mentions Spock's parent's in the Transporter Room, and Spock also mentions them not by name but by occupation ("My mother was a teacher, my father an Ambassador"). Also I find it hard to believe that as Captain of The Enterprise Kirk would not know of Spock's family background prior to accepting command so he would know what kind of First Officer he was getting, or the fact that Starfleet would clearly have a record of Spock's family background and who is parents were especially when he applied to Starfleet Academy as a cadet.

    • @FredPlanatia
      @FredPlanatia 2 года назад +3

      yeah, its all a bit of artistic license so that this scene can have more drama

    • @ironwolf56
      @ironwolf56 Год назад +2

      Technically your own father is "one of your ancestors."

  • @fastertrackcreative
    @fastertrackcreative Год назад +4

    "Spock, would you care to beam down and visitor your parents?" *awkward pause*

  • @samuraix558
    @samuraix558 5 месяцев назад +2

    Shoutout to Jim for keeping his cool while meeting the in-laws

  • @suzanneroberge494
    @suzanneroberge494 10 месяцев назад

    No matter WHAT the explanation, it's given all of us many years of joy! This is one of my top favorite episodes.

  • @owenjinxy
    @owenjinxy 8 месяцев назад +2

    Perfect moment...no emotion vulcans both. The distain father has fir son...from the beginning. 2 fine actors through the year's. ❤

  • @2Scribble
    @2Scribble 3 года назад +6

    I don't know who titled this - but I LOVE their sense of humor lol

  • @240ups
    @240ups 11 лет назад +9

    She clearly removes the cowl from her hair, yet it pops back on her head! Those vulcans, even their alien human wives can be so magical!

  • @FanahtheFox333
    @FanahtheFox333 12 лет назад +12

    Ambassador Sarek and his wife, ARE my parents. *Kirk jaw drop*

  • @Joseph1NJ
    @Joseph1NJ 5 лет назад +6

    Wait, weren't you the Romulan I blew up on that ship? No Kirk, that was a different episode. Oh, OK.

  • @LonesomeTraveller
    @LonesomeTraveller 4 года назад +19

    Kirk: Mr Spock these are our honoured guests, Ambassador Sarek and his wife.
    Spock: No shit, Sherlock.

    • @ctrl.alt.del.9218
      @ctrl.alt.del.9218 3 года назад +6

      This is extremely funny when you remember that Spock is canonically related to Arthur Conan Doyle, on his mom's side.

  • @kitcat7538
    @kitcat7538 4 года назад +28

    Spock's parents were abusive parents and there is no excuse for them. They brought a half-human child into the world and then refused to allow him to express the emotion that was natural to him. His mother knew he was being bullied and gave him no support. In one episode of TOS, Spock breaks down in tears and tells Kirk that as a child he was not permitted to tell his mother that he loved her. He says that his life was "never any good". And Sarek refuses to speak to his son for eighteen years because he found refuge from Vulcan bullying in Starfleet Academy. No wonder Spock is so devoted to his captain, who actually cares about him.
    It amazes me that people try to rationalise excuses for Spock's parents.
    If they could not accept their half-human child, they should have given him up for adoption to a loving human couple to be raised on Earth. Earth in Star Trek is presented as a welcoming place where people of different species come from all across the galaxy and are made welcome.

    • @Sgt_Glory
      @Sgt_Glory 3 года назад +7

      The scene in Star Trek 5 when he is forced to watch his own birth and Sarek rejecting him right then was heartbreaking. Bones and Kirk being there to see it seemed to help though.

    • @davidgudlaugson528
      @davidgudlaugson528 3 года назад +5

      Chit-Chat....by any chance....have you been reading the works of the "other" Spock.....Dr. Benjamin Spock?

  • @energicko
    @energicko 5 лет назад +4

    I love that bass guitar riff.
    0:38 and 1:15

  • @kittykatBflat
    @kittykatBflat 13 лет назад +46

    1:06 looks like Spock's mommy approves of the boyfriend

  • @ailorablue
    @ailorablue 14 лет назад +5

    I've come to consider that deep base sound as kind of 'Spock's Theme'. Whenever there's some really Spock-y related stuff going on, you hear that base sound.
    God I love Spock!

    • @sarahfullerton6894
      @sarahfullerton6894 2 года назад +1

      It is "Spock's Theme ". That's what the composer called it, I do believe! Check it out.

  • @taraguidry306
    @taraguidry306 7 лет назад +24

    Is it me or does 1:22 on imply that there's more than one Vulcan/ Terran couple on Vulcan.

    • @ge2719
      @ge2719 5 лет назад +8

      or just that kirk thinks there might be others.

  • @zacmumblethunder7466
    @zacmumblethunder7466 3 года назад +7

    Don't you miss the days when spaceships looked clean and didn't use 40 watt bulbs?

  • @LauraDenvir
    @LauraDenvir 12 лет назад +5

    0:49 - McCoy looks at hand, deems it unlikely to compute, lowers hand.

  • @Trecesolotienesdos
    @Trecesolotienesdos 4 года назад +3

    the bass riff when Sarek disses Spock.....

  • @anoneyemoose
    @anoneyemoose 3 года назад +3

    Spock: They ARE my parents
    The random crewmates offscreen:
    🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺

  • @billcame6991
    @billcame6991 9 месяцев назад +1

    When this episode premiered, this scene must have blown away the fans back then.

  • @s-p_i-d_e-r
    @s-p_i-d_e-r Год назад +1

    Bones trying to do the salute at the beginning of the clip and almost doing it when he gets saluted but deciding against it weirdly adorable

  • @lockjaw5161
    @lockjaw5161 3 года назад +4

    well, Spock showed emotion and his mother had some force to that slap!

  • @jec1ny
    @jec1ny 3 года назад +2

    This brought back memories. I just went to Netflix and watched the episode.

    • @susjf8644
      @susjf8644 3 года назад

      How is this episod called, please?

    • @jec1ny
      @jec1ny 3 года назад

      @@susjf8644Journey to Babe. Its episode 10 from season 2.

  • @333angeleyes
    @333angeleyes Год назад +2

    I know many people do not like 'Star Trek Discovery.' However, I really love the fact that how they tied in the reason for Sarak and Spock's bad relationships being guilt.

  • @superameric8
    @superameric8 Год назад +1

    Can i just say the set is amazing. I would have loved to be there.

  • @francisphillips53
    @francisphillips53 Год назад +3

    In another reality Sarek was a Romulan. Mark Leonard was an awesome actor. ❤❤❤❤

  • @steelers6titles
    @steelers6titles Год назад +2

    Dorothy Fontana wrote "Journey to Babel"; it remains one of the series' best episodes.

  • @OmegaWolf747
    @OmegaWolf747 3 года назад +3

    "To my father, I was dead. He took his hand from me."

  • @kathrynw3
    @kathrynw3 Год назад

    Classic Trek is what made me fall in love with science fiction and the magnificent writing on this show still stands up to this day.

  • @RobertOrgRobert
    @RobertOrgRobert 5 лет назад +5

    Spock holding back the Vulcan neck pinch

  • @ItsYaBoyYogi
    @ItsYaBoyYogi 2 года назад +1

    0:35 I love the music here. that bass is slick

  • @georgesam7805
    @georgesam7805 Год назад +2

    That was heavy. Loved the original Star Trek 😊😊

  • @gfgfdgdfgdgfdgdfgfgfd8177
    @gfgfdgdfgdgfdgdfgfgfd8177 8 лет назад +38

    Spock looks absolutely miserable... and that look Sarek gives at 0:36... ohohoho.... I hate Sarek. I can't help it.

    • @nobodyknowsanything3906
      @nobodyknowsanything3906 8 лет назад +8

      +Morgan Arnholt So do I.. Oh I hate him so much. He is so... * inhuman noises* I just don't understand how Amanda could love him and my heart breaks for Spock's childhood. It makes me wonder how in the world Spock even got his name (_Spo’k’hat’n’dlawa_ is the Vulcan word his name comes from and it means _"Resembling half of each other's heart and soul"_ which is f*cking _beautiful_ and doesn't sound Sarek-influenced at all). Completely boggled. Though, I gotta say, Nu!Sarek (J.J.Abrams universe) isn't actually terrible. He's not about to win friggin father of the year, but he's WAY better than Sarek Prime.

    • @gfgfdgdfgdgfdgdfgfgfd8177
      @gfgfdgdfgdgfdgdfgfgfd8177 8 лет назад +3

      I kind of feel bad for him after watching the scene where Picard handles Sarek's emotions. Sarek does love Spock, apparently. I feel bad for hating him. xD

    • @nobodyknowsanything3906
      @nobodyknowsanything3906 8 лет назад +5

      Morgan Arnholt
      I'm not there yet, (I'm a new Trekkie, only on season 2 of The Animated Series) so I can hate him with impunity for now. =P

    • @Smeginator
      @Smeginator 8 лет назад +5

      Ohhhh man.....there's SO MUCH ahead for you

    • @nobodyknowsanything3906
      @nobodyknowsanything3906 8 лет назад +4

      Smeggy Ben
      Oh, I know! **u** Avoiding spoilers for a 50-year-old series isn't easy! LOL But I'm trying my best anyway, and I can't wait. I plan on watching _everything!_

  • @DhampirParadox
    @DhampirParadox 13 лет назад +2

    Don't you just get warm fuzzy feelings at such an emotional family reunion. Hugs all round :D

    • @kitcat7538
      @kitcat7538 4 года назад

      What does :D mean?

    • @DhampirParadox
      @DhampirParadox 4 года назад

      @@kitcat7538 :D means 😁
      It’s just how you wrote emojis before RUclips would allow the actual image (or if you were on a computer).

    • @kitcat7538
      @kitcat7538 4 года назад

      @@DhampirParadox Thanks! 🖖

  • @Torontodude20000
    @Torontodude20000 3 года назад +3

    Why did I watch this scene a dozen times already. 🤔

  • @maggijude
    @maggijude 15 лет назад +3

    Amanada *knows*. A mother always *knows*

  • @SkyCharter
    @SkyCharter 8 месяцев назад +1

    I do miss this show.

  • @MrWeezer55
    @MrWeezer55 7 дней назад

    An iconic TOS moment. And a great episode, too.

  • @pamsp
    @pamsp Год назад +1

    I love the concept that Kirk has no idea who the parents of his first officer are. What an amazing boss...

  • @tilasole3252
    @tilasole3252 10 месяцев назад +1

    Sarek looking particularly strong here. Never seen him in such a forboding manner before.

  • @TheRogueCommand
    @TheRogueCommand 3 года назад +1

    Plot twist: Kirk knew they were Spock's parents all along, this was just a cheeky way of saying "why didn't you say anything?"