for years now ive been trying to rationalize the "dig it in there mr spock" scene and i cant and its driving me crazy because there has to be something im missing... from an in-universe AND irl point of view he just.... COULDNT HAVE... the captain of a STARSHIP could not have just assumed that his first officer was giving him a massage in the middle of the bridge with the entire crew watching... and then made the yeoman STOP when he realized it WASNT SPOCK............ AND IN 1966...... ON PUBLIC AMERICAN TELEVISION...................... how ........... like happy pride month to kirk but .........