uhura and Spock had very few but very interesting interactions to me. without much dialogue, in just the lute playing scene per ex. it feels like theres an unique dynamic to them: theyre similar in the sense of being highly efficient bc theyre highly relied upon at almost all times, a dry almost undetectable sense of humor, and mostly very mild-tempered. theres a touch of kindness to both of them that is a bit subtle. seeing a vulcans calculated playing of a beautiful instrument, a human woman singing a song almost whimsically to it spontaneously and it being in harmony for a solid minute, with Spock just playing along - just feels like uhura draws out bits of his human side by just doing stuff like that, without conversation or judgement of "aha so you DO feel emotion?" that Kirk and mccoy often toss at him which i feel is counterproductive cause thats just gonna make him sink deeper to prove them wrong. i feel theres a sense of understanding between them. that makes for an unlikely relationship, and they respect eachother and are more at ease with one another- or at least thats how i feel they would've worked if we got more screentime with them. frankly i wouldve loved more episodes with random pairs like mccoy and uhura or sulu and scotty or something
it wouldve been so fun if Star Trek explored its characters/relationships more than just the like the three men at all times lol, but hey it was the 60s im just happy uhura even got to be there
