Captain Ahab, ahem, I mean Kirk, chases after a creature that once nearly killed him to the point of endangering his ship and crew. Gee, I wonder where…
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A subtle call back to the first episode here, with the Enterprise doing another check of remote scientists. The 'comedy old people' bit gets old. Yes, we get…
The return of the Klingons. And another example of 'what Prime Directive', although with a bit more justification than in most instances here. This episode's moral has actually…
Spock gets a family, and unlike Kirk's relatives last season these ones get to live. While the episode was a lot of fun, I had some problems with…
Another episode with an important later tie-in, with Zefram Cochrane making his first appearance. He'll be back in the movie First Contact. He must have aged in a…
So, what was the first protagonist to recur on Star Trek? The Romulans? No. The Kinglons? No. The Mirror Universe? No. Nope, none of those, or any other…
I was not previously aware that Star Trek had done a Halloween episode. All things considered, I think I preferred it when I didn't know. I couldn't shake…
Star Trek so far hasn't been quite as 'preachy' in its messages as later shows. This, however, was a bit of an exception. The 'nuclear weapons are bad'…
One thing they never really show in Star Trek is the sexual harassment contact officer. It must be a full time position on Kirk's enterprise, with Mr Chekhov…
A Star Trek episode so iconic that it has entered into common usage. Everyone knows that your evil universe counterpart [has a beard](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BeardOfEvil). Again, the episode gives Kirk…