Plato's Step Children
The interracial kiss is what everyone talks about.
The whip and the branding iron were shocking, and long before 9 And a 1/2 Weeks, Vikings, or other depictions of rough sex.
I disliked this episode a lot. Shatner playing a horse and Nimoy with castanets is pure embarrassment! Though anyone who kisses Nichelle is a lucky bastard in my book!
Shut the door, Mary
JB
It was supposed to be embarrassing. That was the whole point.
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It was embarrassing and humiliating to both Kirk and Spock, but nothing compared to the insult of intelligence to the viewers of that travesty.
The screenwriters dropped the ball on that one - they could have had Parmen humiliate them without it being over the top campy and ridiculous.