this one will always be know a spotlight one of the shuttlecrafts that the starship have at it disposal . the downside of exploration be showcased in this episode and a case study of survival technique and examine the group dynamics among several crew member stick on a hostile planet . rare for a first season episode and this focus on spock rather than kirk and who remain on the enterprise this time around . spock in command of the 7 member land party of the shuttlecraft and though this landing be unplanned . besides need to figure out a way to lift off without fuel and theyre besiege by some 10 foot tall native who like to throw huge spear at starfleet officer . some of these scene be actually pretty scary to me a an 8 year old viewer while all that planetary fog or mist and those lumber beast men make me re think my plan to become an astronaut . kirk and meanwhile and fend off an annoy bureaucrat and a high commissioner and on his bridge while attempt to locate his miss crew member without the usual instrumentation ( ion storm and you know ) . spock take logic to faulty extremes during this crisis all problem be address like a simple mathematical equation and this doesn not work with huge and hairy and unpredictable savage . nor do his robotic attitude sit well with human being who sometimes need word of encouragement and re assurance in such time of great stress . he come across a downright callous in some scene you would think he would know by now that you should at least give the appearance of give a damn about a fallen comrade . i believe he overcompensate during this mission while despite his usual statement of not use emotion and he obviously feel the pressure of this command and his way of deal with it be to go out of his way in alienate the rest of the party . mostly and he send the message that he the smart and half of them be expendable not the best way to provide a positive spin on a mission go wrong . mccoy and scotty and along for this joyride and will back up spock in the end even a they disagree with his method and but a couple of the other crew member be pretty much insubordinate here . i would be surprise if spock do not bring up charge back on the enterprise after he explain his lapse into illogic towards the end of the mission ( cue represent bridge crew laugh away all the build up tension during this episode while above all and starfleet need happy bridge crew ) . mccoy do seem to win this round in his and spock ever grow debate on the emotion over pure logic question .