Glimpses of a Life
This series will be a collection of first person vignettes from Spock's personal log.  They are listed in star date order and ultimately I hope to cover all 80 original episodes.
The Cage:  Freedom
Rated PG. 23-year-old Lt. Spock is on his first deep space voyage.  The limitless expanses of the Galaxy contrast dramatically with the close confines of Vulcan.
Where No Man Has Gone Before:  Changes
Rated PG-13. Gary Mitchell is dead and the ship needs a new First Officer.  Kirk makes a choice that surprises everyone.
Mudd's Women:  Detours and Beginnings
Rated PG-13. The three gorgeous women are having a strange effect on the men of the Enterprise ... and even Spock finds that he is not immune.
The Corbomite Maneuver: Contact
Rated PG. The little alien who captained the First Federation Ship Fesarius had some news that was a complete surprise to Captain Kirk.
The Man Trap:  Remember the Buffalo
Rated PG. The murderous creature they found on M-113 was the last of its kind ... and Spock is finding that he feels intensely guilty about its death.
Charlie X:  When I  Was Seventeen
Rated PG-13. The strange young man they have brought aboard disturbs Spock, and he begins thinking back to his own adolescence.
The Enemy Within:  Duality
Rated PG-13. When Captain Kirk is split into two people by a transporter malfunction, Spock wonders what would have happened if he had been the one to suffer the mishap.
The Naked Time:  Sorry
Rated PG. With only minutes left before the ship burns up in the atmosphere of Psi 2000, Spock battles the effects of the water-born disease that is spreading rapidly among the crew.
Balance of Terror:  The Sundered
Rated PG. The first sight any of the crew has of the Romulans is stunning ... but moreso to Spock, who suddenly remembers an ancient Vulcan legend.
The Squire of Gothos:  Continuum
Rated PG.  Spock discovers that they may not have seen the last of Trelane.
Patterns of Force:  The Healing Touch
Rated PG. Returning from Ekos and requiring medical attention from the beating he and Kirk suffered there, Spock learns something very special about Nurse Chapel.
What Are Little Girls Made Of?:  Betrothed
Rated PG. After failing to find Dr. Roger Korby alive on Exo III, Spock learns the meaning of grief from Christine Chapel.
Miri:  Sexual Politics
Rated PG. After returning from the duplicate Earth populated with feral children, Kirk has something entirely different to discuss with Spock ... a new yeoman.  He wants Janice Rand transferred immediately.
Dagger of the Mind:  A Terrible Emptiness
Rated PG. The mind meld with Simon Van Gelder had disturbed Spock more than he was prepared to deal with.  In desperation, he turns to his Ancestors for help.
The Conscience of the King: Merely Players
Rated PG. The presence of the Karidian Players on board the Enterprise has left a surprising legacy.
The Galileo Seven:  Command Decisions
Rated PG-13.  The mission to study the Murasaki quasar had been a disaster ... and now Spock is called before Kirk to account for himself.
Court Martial: Points of Legality
Rated PG.  Kirk has been court martialed for apparent perjury and then been exonerated.  But Spock cannot put to rest in his mind that certains things about the trial had been extremely irregular.
The Menagerie, Part One: The Needs of the One
Rated PG.  What Spock feels compelled to do is not logical.  Indeed, it is suicidal, but he knows that there is only one thing that can save Chris Pike ... returning him to Talos IV.
The Menagerie, Part Two: Old Friends, Long Past
Rated PG.  After the mission to Talos IV, Spock finds himself thinking back on the friends he knew on his first voyage ... and especially on one special woman.
Catspaw: The Willing Suspension of Disbelief
Rated PG.  Following the events on Pyrus 7, Spock ponders the cause of Crewman Jackson's death ... and debates McCoy on faith vs. logic.
Shore Leave: All Work and No Play
Rated PG.  There was a time when a Vulcan child was taught how to play, and Spock looks back on a brother lost.
Arena: To Serve Man
Rated PG.  There were practically no survivors of the attack on Cesstus 3.  Spock suspects something too terrible to contemplate.
The Alternative Factor: Face in the Mirror
Rated PG.  The encounter with the strange man named Lazarus has led to the confirmation of a parallel universe.  Spock ponders whether there is another Kirk, another McCoy, another ... Spock?
Tomorrow is Yesterday:  Little Green Men
Rated PG.  Captain Christopher didn't believe in little green men, but Spock did.  He knew of a whole lot of them.
Space Seed: Queen of Hell
Rated PG. Lt. Marla McGivers is undeniably a traitor and a mutineer ... but she is also a woman with a terrible secret in her past.
Return of the Archons: The Good of the Body
Rated PG. Landru had controlled his peoples' minds for thousands of years through his legacy of a super computer.  But Spock understands something about him that other might not.
A Taste of Armageddon: A Pale Horse
Rated PG. The war between Vendikar and Eminiar 7 had gone on for 500 years and had become the accepted way of life there.  Three million Eminians died each year, but it was clean, sanitary, and nobody minded very much. That is, not until the Enterprise arrived and somebody took a different look at circumstances.
The Devil in the Dark: A Voice in Rama
Rated PG13. Mind melding with the Horta had reminded  Spock that this was not the only time when a mother had been forced to defend her children ... no matter what she had to do in the process.
Errand of Mercy: Mind Ripper
Rated R. It is the first time Kirk and Spock have had first hand dealings with the Klingons and on Organia they learn that their reputation for ruthlessness and cruelty is well deserved.
The City on the Edge of Forever: Islands in the Stream
Rated PG. In Earth's distant past, Spock patiently awaits the arrival of the Cordrazine-maddened McCoy.  Meanwhile, working in the mission, he meets someone who seems eerily familiar.
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