Star Trek Episode 4: The Naked Time

This episode's title was misleading. That is my biggest complaint. 
This is the first episode in the Star Trek world in which the plot is that the characters all act strange and lose their impulse control. In this one, it is because of a red blob of ooze that appeared on this dying planet for no reason and apparently spreads through sweat.
Shawn was happy to see that this is the classic shirtless Sulu episode. I guess for him the title was not misleading. 
I guess this was a fun hour, my only qualm would be that the joy of an episode like this is knowing the characters and being surprised at their actions. We still aren't entirely sure if Sulu is the helmsman or the science officer yet, so when he shows up and starts fencing we think "maybe he's the fencing officer?" We haven't had time to really get to know them and so we aren't as amused as we could be.
The crazy drunken Irishmen could have BEEN Scotty. Why on Earth go through all that work getting him to the engine room, locked in and then not explain why he has the knowledge needed to do all of these things and mess with the ship. Just let Scotty lock himself in and then be crazy and need to be stopped. Makes a lot more sense, doesn't it?
Why doesn't anyone get taken over by fear if they are all going to die and the madness is a lack of impulse control and are we implying that Kirk can hold back the emotion, but Spock can't? I hate that. If they are going to be all crazy pro-human then Kirk has to be a bit of an average guy. Those are just the rules. Sorry.

Pet peeves and Inconsistencies:

• We are told the madness spreads through sweat. How did it get onto the first guy in the first place. There was no liquid on that planet.
• That guy's blood is like Lisa Frank purple.
• Operating on people in the future looks just like it does today except that they shoot them with that light gun that cures fillings at the dentist instead of sewing them up.
• Ok, I'm not even joking. What is that title supposed to refer to?
• So they travel back in time because they went really fast? Am I understanding this right? I don't know if I can complain about this yet, but there is an episode of Vger in which they go so fast that time speeds up.
• Anyone else feel like space scientist is the most dangerous job in the world? No Wonder Sulu is looking for a career change about now!

A last note: My Prius starts up just fine on a cold day and drives immediately. Too bad that technology has been lost to us, but thank god we get it back before the next time a space ship needs to escape quickly from something, because I guarantee that this "engine takes 30 minutes to heat up or we go back in time" issue never comes up again.