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The episode discusses the strange premise of 'Bem' and its implications for Kirk and Spock.

An alien observer who detaches his own body parts puts Kirk and Spock through their paces in TAS S2E2. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler weigh whether "Bem" earns its strange premise — and how this episode named James Tiberius Kirk. The post Bem (TAS) appeared first on StarQuest Media .

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