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Summary Kirk is trapped on a disintegrating star ship and drifts between dimensions while the Tholian’s create a energy web around the Enterprise to prevent them from escaping. Our Take A strong episode with a couple of wobbles, but Star…
Summary After Dr. McCoy informs Captain Kirk that he is dying, the Enterprise crew discovers a planetoid that is on a collision course with a inhabited world. Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down and discover it is a populated space…
Summary An alien which feeds on violence traps Klingons and Enterprise crewman together. Our Take A mixed bag: some good moves, some filler. Star Trek: The Original Series running at cruising speed.
Summary Powerful aliens transport the Enterprise officers into an illusionary recreation of the gunfight at the OK Corral. Our Take Fine. Just fine. Star Trek: The Original Series has better hours than this one.
Summary Only a jealous scientist can save Spock when he goes mad after seeing a hideous Medusan. Our Take Fine. Just fine. Star Trek: The Original Series has better hours than this one.
Summary A group of orphaned children under an alien’s control take over the minds of the Enterprise crew. Our Take A transition episode that sets up more than it delivers. Necessary, not thrilling.
Summary Mr. Spock must destroy an asteroid threatening a primitive world where lost and amnesiac Captain Kirk has taken a wife. Our Take Solid, satisfying television. The season’s engine keeps turning and the character work pays.
Summary Captain Kirk acts strangely and ends up taking the ship into the Romulan neutral zone where they are surrounded by Romulans, the Romulan commander then takes a interest in Mr. Spock. Our Take Everything Star Trek: The Original Series…
Summary An alien lady materializes on the bridge of the Enterprise and knocks the command crew unconscious. When they come to, they discover that Spock’s brain has been stolen and they have to race against time to track her down…
Summary The Enterprise has used the “light speed breakaway” technique to travel to Earth in the year 1968, to study how humans survived the desperate problems of that era. Then, they intercept a man beaming back to Earth from at…