But her intense hatred of her own womanhood made life with her impossible. And most of all, she wanted to murder James Kirk, a man who once loved her. To get the power she craved, to attain a position she doesn’t merit by temperament or training. Can you, can you tell me why Doctor Janice Lester would agree to this ludicrous exchange? Kirk: Violence by the lady, perpetrated on Captain Kirk? I ask the assembled personnel to look at Doctor Janice Lester and visualise that historic moment. He says the switch was brought about by a violent attack and impostor Kirk openly scoffs at that idea: Spock successfully argues to have Lester brought in to give evidence and Kirk, in Lester’s body, is able to rile the real Lester up even more. In the courtroom, the captain, Scotty and McCoy preside. Having caught them, Lester in Kirk’s body arranges to court martial Spock for mutiny. Even though it would make more sense to work to gather that and leave Kirk/Lester there, Spock busts her out for about 5 seconds before the security people alert the captain and she comes to stop them. Spock does so and becomes convinced, but they still have no objective proof. Inside, Spock listens to Kirk’s story and Kirk asks him to mind meld so he’ll know he really is in Lester’s body. Spock, meanwhile, talks his way past the security detail the captain has posted outside Lester’s door. McCoy carries out the physical exam on Lester, in now-shirtless Kirk’s body. Lester appears to start to awaken and Kirk orders Chapel to give Lester a sedative, over McCoy’s wishes. McCoy and Chapel come in and impostor Kirk takes McCoy off Lester’s case. I couldn’tĬoleman: You couldn’t because you love him! You want me to be his murderer. Coleman is angry because Lester killed the rest of the staff on the planet but didn’t kill Kirk once the body transfer was complete. She follows and finds Coleman with Lester, who is starting to awaken. They all beam up to the Enterprise, where Lester, in Kirk’s body orders the patient taken to sickbay. Coleman seems to suspect what’s taken place but Kirk, in Lester’s body is stunned and Coleman says she is near death. The rest of the away team comes back with Doctor Coleman, the only other surviving member of the archaeological team. Quiet! Believe me, it’s better to be dead than to live alone in the body of a woman. For you this agony will soon pass, as it has for me. Lester: Now you know the indignity of being a woman. Also Kirk leaving a gal totally has that effect.

Lester, now in Kirk’s body, keeps talking, becoming almost a straw feminist who’s angry and embittered at men because she loathes her own femininity. The other way to take it is that Kirk’s role as a captain prevented her from being important in his life. Maybe it’s just a ret-con issue but in Enterprise we see women captains, as well as in Star Trek IV. Surely she’s not saying Starfleet doesn’t allow women captains. And you punished and tortured me because of it. Janice: Your world of starship captains doesn’t admit women. Kirk: I never stopped you from going on with your space work. Janice: The year we were together at Starfleet is the only time in my life I was alive. She’s ill but also super bitter about her past with Kirk. While the others go and investigate what happened to the rest of the team, Kirk stays with Lester. We start out with Kirk, Spock and McCoy going down to a planet to rescue a team of archaeologists, including one of Kirk’s former lovers, Dr.

Wait, you say, with all that awesome, what can there possibly be to dislike about this episode?īasically it’s plodding, predictable, oh, and sexist.

Star trek turnabout intruder