Just gotta say I love how flawlessly Uhura slips into her mirror persona. This is NOT something she’s comfortable with — she’s very open about her trepidation with Kirk — but as soon as he reassures her that he’s fully in her corner and believes in her, she just… makes it happen. Seamlessly. Even Kirk makes enough little missteps for Spock to easily sus out that something isn’t right, but our communications officer here just zooms right under the radar of everyone on the bridge.
I know the reason for this is probably closer to “writers wanted to focus on the Kirk/Spock dynamic,” but I really prefer the in-universe explanation of “Uhura has literal ovaries of steel and there is nothing any universe can throw at her that she can’t handle if you just give her 1 second to process it with Jim Kirk.”
