History Recap / StarTrekS2E11FridaysChild

After viewing some footage and receiving a briefing on the people of Capella IV from Dr. [=McCoy=], who was on the FirstContact team, Kirk, Spock, Bones and a {{Redshirt}} with the shortest career ever beam down to negotiate with the locals. It seems the Klingons have gotten there first and the Capellans seem to have more of a rapport with them than they could ever have with Starfleet. Bones has been well versed in Capellan etiquette, but things still manage to go to hell when Kirk saves High Teer Akaar's extremely pregnant wife from being murdered. (There is a strict taboo against men touching the wife of a Teer.) Kras the Klingon capitalizes on this, turning the rest of the Capellans against Kirk and the Federation. Meanwhile, a Klingon ship is playing a Cat-And-Mouse game with the ''Enterprise''.

* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: "I'm a doctor, not an escalator!"

* ValuesDissonance: [=McCoy=] being nothing but impatient and aggressive when Elaan refuses to let him touch her, and actually striking her, looks extremely questionable by later standards of cultural sensitivity and consent in medicine.

[[caption-width-right:350:♪ ''[[Advertising/DumbWaysToDie Dumb ways to die, so many dumb ways to die.]]'' ♪[[note]] To put this into context, this RedShirt attempted to attack a Klingon for no good reason other than instinctive reflex that he was a Klingon.[[/note]]]]

After viewing some footage and receiving a briefing on the people of Capella IV from Dr. [=McCoy=], who was on the FirstContact team, Kirk, Spock, Bones and a {{Redshirt}} with the shortest career ever beam down to negotiate with the locals. It seems the Klingons have gotten there first and the Capellans seem to have more of a rapport with them than they could ever have with Starfleet. Bones has been well versed in Capellan etiquette, but things still manage to go to hell when Kirk saves High Teer Akaar's extremely pregnant wife from being murdered. (There is a strict taboo against men touching the wife of a Teer.) Kras the Klingon capitalizes on this, turning the rest of the Capellans against Kirk and co. Meanwhile, a Klingon ship is playing a Cat-And-Mouse game with the ''Enterprise''.

* LampshadeHanging: At the end of the episode Spock mentions the potential complications if the Capellans ever realize Eleen's son is technically Bones', not Akaar's, by their cultural rules. When Scotty asks how that could possibly be true Kirk admits they have no idea.

* PregnantBadass: Eleen has her moments. She's able to go rock climbing while in labor and Bones is more tired than she is after the delivery.

** Kras paints the Klingons this way, and utterly fails to live up to that description himself.

* TooDumbToLive: The episode's redshirt draws on the unarmed Kras while the latter is under the Capellans' protection. When Kirk gets upset about it Spock actually points this out, but [[AFatherToHisMen Kirk continues to defend Grant]] as having been a young, inexperienced security officer and reacting instinctively to protect them upon seeing an enemy of the Federation, and blames himself instead.

* BabyTalk: Bones makes some "oochi-boochie-goochie!" noises for little Leonard James. [[TheComicallySerious Spock]] is completely mystified.

* ImperiledInPregnancy: A usurper named Ma'ab [[KlingonPromotion kills Aka'ar]], the Teer (tribal king), in a successful coup. (Kirk wisely takes this in stride, saying only "If you lead these people now, be sure you make the right decisions.") He then demands Aka'ar's pregnant wife Eleen and her unborn son killed, as the unborn son is Aka'ar's heir of succession, and Kirk, Spock and [=McCoy=] have to go on the run with Eleen to keep her safe.

* TooDumbToLive: The episode's redshirt draws on the unarmed Kras while the latter is under the Capellans' protection. When Kirk gets upset about it Spock actually points this out, but [[AFatherToHisMen Kirk continues to defend Grant]] as having been a young inexperienced security officer and reacting instinctively to protect them upon seeing an enemy of the Federation, and blames himself instead.

* TooDumbToLive: The episode's redshirt draws on the unarmed Kras while the latter is under the Capellans' protection. When Kirk gets upset at them about it Spock actually points this out.

* AfraidToHoldTheBaby: Spock finds himself awkwardly holding Elaan's baby. Dr. [=McCoy=] tries showing him how to hold the infant properly; Spock responds by saying "I would rather not" and handing him off.
* AllThereInTheScript: Kras' name only appears in the credits and is never spoken in the episode; he's always referred to as "the Klingon" and addressed as "Klingon".

** The remastered version screws up Kras' crew in this regard. His ship backs down from a fight with the ''Enterprise'', which might be understandable as it was originally shown to be a small scout, as Kras himself tells Kirk. The remastered version, however, changes it to a D-7 battlecruiser (making Kras a liar), which should be a match for the ''Enterprise''.

After viewing some footage and receiving a briefing on the people of Capella IV from Dr. [=McCoy=], who was on the FirstContact team, Kirk, Spock, Bones and a {{Redshirt}} with the shortest career ever beam down to negotiate with the locals. It seems the Klingons have gotten there first and the Capellans seem to have more of a rapport with them than they could ever have with Starfleet. Bones has been well versed in Capellan etiquette, but things still manage to go to Hell when Kirk saves High Teer Akaar's extremely pregnant wife from being murdered. (There is a strict taboo against men touching the wife of a Teer.) Kras the Klingon capitalizes on this, turning the rest of the Capellans against Kirk and co. Meanwhile, a Klingon ship is playing a Cat-And-Mouse game with the ''Enterprise''.