10 MORE Character Reveals That Didn’t Have To Go THAT Hard

While Wolf In The Fold is a divisive episode for several reasons, the biggest challenge comes right at the beginning of the story. While Scotty, Kirk, and McCoy are enjoying exotic dancing and light-based applause, the music rains down around them, and the audience is told that Scotty is healing from something. Kirk tips the dancer to join them, and she leaves with Scotty.

Everyone seems to be in good spirits. Kirk and McCoy then discuss Scotty's recent accident in engineering, namely an explosion that resulted in Scotty being thrown against a bulkhead. The audience is never told how bad this accident was, but they are told that it was caused by a woman.

This resulted in Scotty's total resentment towards all women.

Though McCoy quickly describes this as severe psychological trauma, it's quite the nugget to drop in conversation. As interesting an approach as it was in 1967, when one considers James Doohan, Simon Pegg, and now Martin Quinn's takes on the character, it makes it even more unbelievable. 

There is a distinct possibility that McCoy was joking when he claimed that Scotty bore such resentment toward all women as he and Kirk were grinning heartily through the entire conversation. One hopes that this was a joke and that Starfleet doesn't habitually treat their officers' traumas with trips to hedonistic pleasure worlds.