'Star Trek' Plato's Stepchildren The Spock Nurse Chapel Kiss & Why It's So Important
Captain Kirk kisses Lt. Uhura In a legendary TOS episode, but there's another Kiss between Spock and Nurse Chapel which Is more than historically notable
The Star Trek onscreen kiss between Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) is legendary. Showcased in the original series episode, Plato's Stepchildren, this moment is considered historic for one of television's first interracial kisses. It's celebrated for all the right reasons and rightfully so.
But there is another kiss…
Yes, there's another important and even controversial kiss between Kirk’s first officer, Spock and Dr. McCoy’s Sickbay colleague, Nurse Chapel - right alongside it in the same episode. Let's talk about Leonard Nimoy and Majel Barrett's kiss and why it's as important or more so within creator Gene Roddenberry's legendary sci-fi universe.
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