Amok Time story
When Mr. Spock begins behaving aggressively, Kirk discovers his first officer must return home to Vulcan to be married, or die. Kirk disobeys his orders to save Spock, only to find the unbalanced Vulcan at his throat when the bride forces Spock into a duel – and chooses the captain as her champion.
23 total · 2 choice · 9 major · 12 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| friendship | choice | Kirk/Spock :: Kirk and Spock |
| male bonding | choice | Kirk/Spock :: Kirk and Spock |
| arranged marriage | major | Vulcan :: Spock was arranged to be married |
| duty vs. friendship | major | Kirk :: Kirk must choose between attending ceremony and saving Spock |
| engaged couple | major | Spock/T'Pring :: Spock and T'Pring |
| foreign customs | major | Vulcan marriage customs seemed mighty peculiar to the humans, and most of all to Kirk who had to stake his life to save Spock. Also Spock getting into a heat was rather upsetting. |
| remorse | major | Spock :: Spock for thinking he had killed Kirk |
| repressing one's romantic desires | major | Spock tried to keep the sexual fires that burned within him in check while under the influence of the pon farr. |
| sexually distinguished being | major | Spock entered into the heat that comes toward the end of the seven year mating cycle characteristic of his species. |
| shame | major | Spock :: Spock about his mating cycle |