Star Trek: Catspaw (First Watch: S2E7)

[madimpossibledreamer]

Death/hurt count: Jackson (yellow shirt), Scotty, Sulu, Bones (red, yellow, blue) mind controlled, 2 aliens

Uhura’s back!

You know, Kirk showing up in the transporter room when you don’t know what’s coming is probably a dangerous thing.

“The man is dead”

Uh.  Did anyone find any Egyptian tombs with curses inscribed on the walls, by any chance?

I’ve…well, I’ve heard the name of this episode.  That’s it, really, now that I think about it.

Along with the other two necessary people.

(It’s actually people with fog machines.  They’re trying to freak you out.  And succeeding.)

By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.

Understanding the weird singing is a little hard.

“It’s very bad poetry, Captain.”  “A more useful comment, Mr. Spock.”

That is a castle from Castlevania or Amnesia or…I don’t know.

That was such a weird cryptic comment, Kirk.  You’re so weird sometimes.

Hi black cat.  Which reminds me.  Do humans have pets in the future?  You almost never see them.

You still have Halloween.

Who’s this DeSalle character?

WITH A DUNGEON AND A HOLE???  Man, you are in a horror game.

Bones found Bones.  Name the skeleton Bonesy.

…waiting for the albino from Princess Bride.

Okay, not who I was expecting.

Those are remarkably blank faces.

You can’t be sure they’re alive.  Jackson was “alive” and called and then died.

Release doesn’t necessarily mean anything good, but then, Kirk knows that.  Maybe.  Depending on the legitimacy of Tarsus fanon.

He looks like a Technomage.

Questioning things and resisting things is a very human thing; as for why, who knows.

I suspect this cat is the same controlling do not trust cat from before.  It’s all a Catspiracy.

Most references aren’t there for being understood.

Eating in fae lands?

Well, we definitely don’t want to eat that.

Not above all.  You’re not talking to the right people for that.

Unpredictable is the right word.

Wait.  That was a cat…that also turned into a humanoid.  Don’t tell me I was right…that was a joke!

I don’t remember if she was the same person.

Bones.  Stop staring at her boobs.  That’s not helpful at the moment.

I’ve heard of sympathetic magic.  (wait, it’s voodoo dolls.  Why did you kill him??)

Gimme that ornament.

Relax?  Ha.  Like that’s happening.

“I wouldn’t attempt to name it.”  He’s intelligent about the science, and interested.

He doesn’t care about pain, and one of the Command track things is anti-torture resistance.

Why is it always poor Bones whose mind is getting controlled?

Kirk’s freaking out a little about the manacles and Bones being in trouble.

Racial subconscious?  Jung?  Nice.

AWWW NO BONES WHY.

Yeah, the “Aw, Bones” response is about right.

Violence from Bones?  Possessed.

The Old Ones???  Okay, Lovecraft.

“A woman should have compassion.  But I forget, you’re not a woman.” (okay, thanks, sexist.)

She’s asking, “why would it be so difficult to dispose of you?” and he’s like “okay, flirting might work; it’s what I try first anyway”

No, I don’t.  That last outfit was hideous.

I like how his expression wavers between interested and “I don’t really want to be here”.  It’s interesting.  And honestly, despite his reputation for overacting a lot of the more awesome stuff is subtle moments.

“You’ve been using me!” “And why not?  You’ve been using me and my crew!”

Dangerous tantrum, great.

Technomage is helping.

Silvia.

Hi Boney.

Terrifying, yes.  It’s just a shadow on a wall.

Why were you helping her in the first place, though?  You wanted peaceful relations, but.

Housecat Knocks Down Door, Kills Owner.

Knocks him out and then grabs him in his arms.

Sulu’s using an invisible foil.  Nice.

Man Uses Artifact With Only an Inkling of What He’s Doing

Dreams & ambition.

I couldn’t love you.

Those are…

Uhm.

This is about as anticlimactic as the fear demon in Buffy.

Yeah, no kidding.