It was hard for Star Trek writers to keep away from such a dramatic plot device, and mind melds became increasingly routine and undramatic. ![]() Nimoy himself lamented in his autobiography I Am Spock (1995) that “the more Spock utilized the mind meld, the less dangerous it seemed to become” (p. (Intriguingly, Spock also told McCoy he had “never used on a human.” Did Strange New Worlds pull off a mind meld retcon? Or did Spock, who we know to be a master secret-keeper, keep his meld with La’an-who is still human, albeit genetically augmented-confidential? I’d like to believe the latter.) Van Gelder, with whom he melds, “It could be dangerous.” And in that episode, too, Spock pushes back: “It’s a hidden, personal thing to the Vulcan people,” Spock tells McCoy, “part of our private lives.” He also warns Dr. McCoy-is gently but firmly pressuring Spock to perform the meld in a moment of extreme need. In that episode, too, another character-in this case, Dr. The episode handles the meld almost as delicately as did “Dagger of the Mind” 56 years ago when it introduced the Vulcan joining of minds into Star Trek mythos. Resurfacing hidden memories can be painful, even dangerous.” And Spock cautions La’an, “The mind meld is not a shortcut for dealing with mental trauma. La’an tells Spock,”I’ve heard what Vulcans can do,” implying the mind meld is only hearsay or rumor, perhaps even legend, among non-Vulcans. To the credit of “Memento Mori,” it does not treat the mind meld casually. In its fourth episode, “Memento Mori,” La’an Noonien-Singh asks Spock to help her recover long-suppressed memories of her devastating childhood encounter with the Gorn. It didn’t take Star Trek: Strange New Worlds long to work in the Vulcan mind meld as a plot device. Mind meld dignity could be restored in Strange New Worlds.
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