clash of wills theme

Two characters lock wills in an argument over a joint course of action.

Examples

Spock and McCoy butted heads in no fewer than five episodes. In tos2x19 "The Immunity Syndrome", a rivalry ensued when they both volunteer to commandeer a specially equipped shuttlecraft into the giant space amoeba.

86 total · 2 choice · 42 major · 42 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
novel: Stoner (1965) choice much of the novel is taken up by the battle for moral supremacy in Stone's marriage
tng3x26 choice Riker/Shelby :: Riker and Shelby
ahp5x35 major The Miss Hope impostor and Mrs. Wellington collided over who's will would prevail in the Wellington home.
bbf1x16 major Sinclair and Colonel Ari Ben Zayn.
bbf1x19 major Sinclair clashed with Captain Ellis Pierce over how to handle the crisis about the planet.
ds91x09 major Odo and George Primmin
ds91x18 major Benjamin and Kira over handling of alleged smugglers
ds94x04 major Worf and Odo clashed over Odo's approach to law enforcement on the space station; Miles and Bashir over what to do about the Jem'Hadar
ds95x16 major Richard and Julian at one another's throats over years of pent up tensions
ds96x14 major first in command Kudak'Etan and second in command Ixtana'Rax locked horns over how to run the Defiant