Unless they write the story of a young McCoy full of inner-conflict, I totally agree with what you said about Karl Urban, LC. The older McCoy is borderline boring...

I might remember this incorrectly; do you remember in an earlier TNG episode when Picard and his people encountered a Romulan vessel for the first time? They talked about those who lived on Romulus were the mysterious distant cousins of the Vulcans... No chance for KU to be the Rumulan baddie, damn!