re: Star Trek: TOS Watchers - S2 - Return to Tomorrow *Page 14*

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And for those casual fans who do not know, the Constellation commander, Matt Decker is the father of Stephen Collins' character, Willard Decker, from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, although that is not altogether clear from the film itself.

However, in reference material and other sources (such as the novelization), it is more than mere apocrypha or speculation.

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Interesting, Ace. I would've thought they would've played up this connection in the film as they did with various others, like Sulu's daughter in Generations. Source(s) for the Decker connection?

Really liked this episode. Windom went a little overboard in his intial scene, but was solid afterward.

My favorite quotes (potential *spoilers* if necessary to note):






Kirk: Bones, you ever hear of a doomsday machine?

McCoy: No, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic.

Spock: You may file a formal protest with Starfleet Command, assuming we survive to reach a Starbase, but you are relieved. Commodore, I do not wish to place you under arrest.

Decker: You wouldn't dare. You're bluffing.

Spock: Vulcans never bluff.

Decker: No. No, I don't suppose that they do.