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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Weekend Roundup


I feel like I really dropped the ball this week by only watching seventeen episodes but, to my credit, it was my birthday. I spent the day hiking around the Vasquez Rocks, where several episodes of Star Trek were shot. It was AMAZING. 

Anyway, here are the episodes I did watch and the things I was thinking as I watched them: 

51- BY ANY OTHER NAME
-This creepy guy reminds me a lot of Kevin Spacey
-This is actually a really great episode. It's completely under-appreciated. 

52- THE OMEGA GLORY
-I'm pretty sure this is the first time the phrase “Prime Directive” has been used. Before this, it was always the "Non-interference Directive." 

53- THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER
-How does anyone in Starfleet think it's a good idea to just get rid of the crew when testing a crazy spaceship driving computer? 
-It's not a good idea. It's a very bad idea. 

54- BREAD AND CIRCUSES
-Apparently there’s a rule called, “Hodgekin’s Rule of Parallel Development.” That explains a lot.
-I freaking love McCoy in this episode. 


55- ASSIGNMENT EARTH
-Wow, this guy reminds me a lot of Peter Weller.
-I love it when Spock pets things. In this episode, he's petting a kitty. They should've given Mirror Spock a kitty. 
-This guy almost had his own show but NBC shut it down. I think that’s too bad. Seems like it would’ve been a good show.

SEASON THREE

56- SPOCKS BRAIN
-Kirk and McCoy are literally driving around Spock like he's an RC car. 
-McCoy says, “Jim, his brain is gone!”

57- THE ENTERPRISE INCIDENT
-This Romulan looks a lot like Ben Stiller. Ben Stiller would make an awesome Romulan. 
-Ok, this is actually a pretty awesome episode. Apparently a lot of people don't like DC Fontana (this episode's writer) but I love this one and several of her others. 

58- THE PARADISE SYNDROME
-This is the episode wherein Kirk marries and Indian chick. Seriously. 


59- AND THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD
-Basically this is another creepy kids episode.
-Like Miri but not as great.

60- IS THERE NO TRUTH IN BEAUTY
-Oh man, I love this episode. This is probably in my top ten TOS list.
-Basically, beautiful Dr. Pulaski is an escort to an alien whose appearance is so hideous that just looking at him will drive a person mad. What a great idea for an episode of Star Trek. 
-Dr Pulaski is gorgeous.
-This feels like a Twilight Zone/Star Trek mashup. I love it. 


61- SPECTRE OF THE GUN
-A crazy, godlike creature just transported everyone to the surface of a mysterious planet. What else is new? 
-Chekov is totally a lady-killer. He's making out with a hot space chick like every three episodes. 

62- DAY OF THE DOVE
-I think this is the first time we’ve ever seen Klingon ladies.
-This seems like a really good Trek idea. It's a little heavy-handed but that's just the kind of thing that happens when you're always sincerely trying to make a point. 

63- FOR THE WORLD IS HOLLOW AND I HAVE TOUCHED THE SKY
-Ok seriously, this episode is just a replica of the one where Kirk marries a Space Indian. 
-Where's the rest of the crew? I love Kirk, Spock, and McCoy as much as anyone but I miss the ensemble element of this show. I'm starting to get fatigued with the triad beaming into the episode and only seeing inserts of Sulu, Uhura, Scotty, and Chekov. 

64- THOLIAN WEB
-Man, I love these spacesuits. 
-McCoy just said, “Jim, this ship is desolving! My hand just went through a man and a table!” The fact that McCoy ends this line with, "and a table!" cracks me up. 
-This episode is excellent. It's also a "Kirk-Light" episode. 



65-PLATO'S STEPCHILDREN
-Ok, this episode is basically "just alright" BUT it contains the first interracial kiss on television. It's a piece of history and totally worth watching. 

66- WINK OF AN EYE
-This onesurprisingly great. I love the idea of a society which exists at super-accelerated speeds. 

67- The Empath
-Kirk, Spock, and McCoy beam into trouble. More trouble ensues. We see the rest of the crew basically none at all. How did this become so pervasive? 




1 comment:

  1. Okay, just for the record, we know that "Dr. Pulaski" in this episode is actually Dr. Miranda Jones, right? Don't be mixing things up on those of us who are sticklers for canon!

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