"Prime directive? What prime directive?" Leaving aside the "Kirk knows best", this was an interesting episode. Not sure if it was intended as a Vietnam war analogy or…
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The episode so good they made a movie as its sequel. Well, not really. The episode is pretty good, but it didn't exactly scream 'sequel'. Watching this today…
A nice little planetside episode, albeit one that spends a bit too much time establishing the GREAT BIG MYSTERY. I think a subtler build up would have been…
Another first for a plot that Star Trek would use time and again: the court martial episode. Of course, that brings another element with it, which is perfectly…
The first 'real' Star Trek time travel story (Naked Time doesn't count - time travel wasn't really used in that episode - in fact, it was originally meant…
Ah, back to Vasquez Rocks. So soon! (And, I noticed, actually going there twice in the one episode - both planets seen have been shot at the same…
A great episode, which clearly influenced the later development of one of Star Trek's most enjoyable characters, Q. William Campbell is great as the Squire. He plays the…
A solid Spock episode, let down by the side plot on the Enterprise. It's interesting to see the weaker side of Spock, when he finds that his 'logical'…
I was pretty sure I wasn't going to like this episode from the introduction. Giant white rabbits don't really fit with my idea of what Star Trek should…
Wow. Easily the best episode so far. Probably one of the best Trek episodes I've ever seen. Clearly the story has a cold war analogy in it, and…