The Tholian Web story
Captain Kirk is caught between dimensions while the Enterprise is trapped by an energy draining web spun by mysterious aliens.
17 total · 4 choice · 6 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| friendship | choice | Spock/McCoy :: Spock and McCoy |
| leadership | choice | Spock :: Spock's style of leadership in contrast to Kirk's style |
| loyalty to a leader | choice | McCoy :: crew to Spock especially McCoy |
| the qualities of a good leader | choice | Spock :: Spock |
| clash of wills | major | Spock/McCoy :: Spock/McCoy |
| coping with the death of someone | major | Various crew members, Spock and McCoy especially, were struggling with coming to grips with the apparent fact that their beloved captain was dead and never coming back. |
| parallel universe | major | Kirk vanished into interphase space |
| reconciliation | major | Spock/McCoy :: Spock/McCoy |
| saving a friend vs. self-preservation | major | rescue Kirk or escape the web |
| working together in spite of disagreement | major | Spock/McCoy :: McCoy/Spock |