The more I think about “For-and-a-half Vulcans” from #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds, the more I think about “The Naked Time” from the original series. In Naked Time, the crew lose their inhibitions because of a compound in the planet of the week. Essentially they are drunk. And they act on their emotional impulses.
While the crew in 4.5V are ostensibly unemotional Vulcans, in reality they are using Vulcan logic and discipline to make their emotional goals a reality. They are essentially “drunk” on logic. Pike uses his cooking skills and meticulously cleans his quarters because he wants to impress his girlfriend’s Vulcan boss - a classic sitcom trope by the way. Uhura uses a Vulcan mind-meld in order to turn Beto into the perfect Vulcan boyfriend. Christine Chapel uses her Vulcan stamina and intelligence to achieve her career goals. And La’an becomes convinced that it’s only logical to conquer the universe before someone else does.