IRONY despite absolutely no sense of humor Spock is one hell of a stand-up comic
SELECTIVE MEMORY afterwords Kirk and Spock agreed it had never happened and they never spoke of it again
SENSITIVITY Spock send down more security officers. All the other are dead except for one and he isn't going to last much longer.
PRIVILEGES OF RANK when things get serious kirk gets the dramatic facial lighting. Everyone else can suck it.