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From: eac@drutx.UUCP (CveticEA)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Space Seed (Double Standard?)
Message-ID: <54@drutx.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 09:32:05 EDT
Article-I.D.: drutx.54
Posted: Mon Sep 30 09:32:05 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 2-Oct-85 05:47:31 EDT
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I just saw Space Seed the other day (Yippee, Star Trek is back in Denver--
Channel 2 and 10:30 P.M).

It occurred to me that everyone seems a little hard on Lieutenant
Givers(sp?)  for being obviously attracted to Khan from the very beginning.
In fact, Kirk really chews her out good in sickbay.  That scene is very
interesting because after she leaves Bones says (not exactly) to Kirk:

"You make a pretty fair psychiatrist"

and Kirk replies:

"Fair?"

and walks out.

Was Kirk implying he was better than fair, or did he realize that he too is
very often influenced by an attraction to a member of the opposite sex?

Betsy Cvetic
ihnp4!drutx!eac


P.S.--One significant difference between Givers and Kirk:  Giver's
eventually commits a traitorous act because of her infatuation with Khan,
whereas Kirk always manages to hang on to his sense of duty--usually
resulting in the devastation of the woman in question (but not always
before things have gotten a bit out of control--hence enter son David).


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