Fie on your technical manuals! Scotty didn’t need no stinkin’ technical manuals.
And if the mission had failed and Kirk and Spock had both been captured, Scotty would’ve saved the ship and probably blown up at least two of the Romulan ships on his way out of there.
He reads Technical Manuals when confined to his quarters after the Trouble with Tribbles bar fight.
“Let’s see if he has the belly for it.”
Two more giant plot holes, courtesy of Dr McCoy:
“You were lucky the Romulans didn’t start an autopsy on you!”
Damned right! With that kind of luck, I’d win the lottery every month for a year.
“I didn’t know it was an espionage plot until I beamed over to the Romulan ship and Spock told me.”
Oh, really? And where did this conversation take place? Was the Romulan Commander really stupid enough to leave the two of you unguarded long enough to exchange vital information?*
*Actually, it’s not hard imagine she was.
He was a pretty awesome dude, wasn’t he? 
The part where she excuses herself to “slip into something more comfortable” (and gives Spock, whose communicator was never confiscated, an opportunity to touch base with the Enterprise) is especially hilarious!
hard **to **imagine
I missed this one first time around.
FYI, Susan Denberg (Magda, the short-haired blonde with the accent) was Playboy’s PoM for August 1966. One of my favorite pre-pubescent fantasies! :o
NSFW:
You’re misremembering the scene (which I have just watched, so I can vouch for this transcript).
CHAPEL: Then Mister Spock isn’t a traitor, and you knew that and you didn’t
MCCOY: I didn’t know it until I beamed aboard the Romulan ship. Jim and Spock were operating under Federation orders.
(The green light goes out as Kirk wakes up properly.)
KIRK: Oh. (sitting up) My neck feels like it’s been twisted off.
MCCOY: That’s the Vulcan death grip for you.
CHAPEL: There’s no such thing as a Vulcan death grip.
KIRK: Ah, but the Romulans don’t know that. Sure fooled the doctors.
MCCOY: You took a big chance they didn’t start an autopsy.
I’ve always assumed that McCoy figured it out from the Vulcan Death Grip.
Not really. I’ve seen the episode dozens of times. I paraphrased everything, that’s all.
For McCoy to have known they were “operating under Federation orders,” Spock would have had to have told him. This implies they were left alone long enough to have a private conversation.
Relying on the good doctor to immediately understand “Aha! No such thing as a Vulcan Death Grip = Officially sanctioned espionage plot!” and not give everything away goes beyond credibility!
It might have been good enough to fool a simple medical scan, but for the Romulan Commander not to insist on an autopsy before releasing the body proves how dim she was.
How the hell would McCoy and Chapel know there’s no such thing as a Vulcan Death Grip, anyway? When did they become experts on Vulcan culture? :dubious: 
:smack:
Except that there is. Tal Shaya, mentioned in Journey to Babel, so it’s clearly canon.
And yet in Journey to Babel, Spock doesn’t trust him with the ship.
Good point, though in “Incident” I think Spock applies pressure to Kirk’s face, not his neck.
I’d have to see that scene again to be sure. 
That was a weak plot point. I’d think the Federation would be a lot more concerned about the one person who could save*** the freakin’ Vulcan ambassador*** letting him die while there are other officers (Scotty plus Sulu, DeSalle, and probably others) capable of assuming command.
Tal Shaya means “the snapping of the neck”, or some such.
The Vulcan Death Grip looked to be like a fatal version of a mind meld. The “snapping of the mind”, more or less.
The whole episode goes beyond credibility.
Thank you, Counselor.
Captain, I’m sensing sarcasm.
A **CHAIR **could sense sarcasm! 
I have returned (Hey! no groaning!) and I have finished season two.
Brief comments:
“Catspaw” – Not Star Trek’s finest, but I’ll give it a pass. From what I understand, it was designed as a Halloween show, and it has all the right cliches for Spook Day.
“Metamorphosis” --Solid episode. I’m not sure the"Companion" is all that benevolent.
“Friday’s Child” --Another solid episode. According to the old poem, a child born on Friday is loving and giving. Too early to tell if Leonard James Akaar will live up to that.
“Who Mourns for Adonais?”–Fair. Curious that Apollo mentions Daphne and Cassandra, two of his love affairs that didn’t turn out very well. Appropriate, I suppose, since his new love interest, Carolyn, is instrumental in destroying him.
“Amok Time” – I give this one a “Wow” rating.
“The Doomsday Machine” – Another classic
“Wolf in the Fold” – Ugh.
“The Changeling” --Fair. Please, Uhura, you have a nice voice, but singing during work time is a little annoying.
“The Apple” – This one is just silly.
“Mirror, Mirror” – And this one is just grand!
“The Deadly Years” --I had more sympathy for this one when I was young and everyone over 40 was too ancient to live.
“I, Mudd” – Nice to see Mudd again, but he really needs a better story.
“The Trouble with Tribbles” – Possibly Star Trek’s most famous episode. (Even non-fans seems to have some knowledge of it). Certainly an enjoyable story, but I find the humor a little forced.
“Bread and Circuses” – Enjoyed the satire of television production, but the rest was pretty poor.
“Journey to Babel” – at last we meet Spock’s parents
(to be continued)