"...you hit the Klingons, because they insulted the *Enterprise*."

"Yes sir! It was a matter of pride."

"You're confined to quarters until further notice."

"Thanks sir! That'll give me a chance to catch up on my technical journals!"

McCoy and Spock arguing over utility vs aethetic about the cute tribbles. Delight!

[what are they even eating on the enterprise that they're able to reproduce with this frequency? i get that on the station they're eating *spoiler* but ...]

there it is!

mccoy: "it seems they're bisexual, reproducing at will"

i'm really doubting mccoy's medical credentials

now the episode is a lesson about invasive species introduced to an environment without natural predators.

this was deep stuff for late 1960s

managed to make a screenshot of the bureaucrats civilian suits

ALT

aha, the tribbles have been getting into the machinery -- including the food replicators.

that explains their sustenance on the ship

love that they cut to a commercial on kirk being showered by tribbles from the overhead compartment