Miri

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

Enterprise discovers a planet identical to Earth, with a very important exception: a few centuries earlier, a devasting plague struck. All of the adults were killed, but the children somehow survived – and still survive, hundreds of years later, feral and deeply distrustful of “grups”. And there are monsters: insane, covered with scab like plaques, they attack on sight. The disease is still active; the plaques appear on the landing party. If McCoy cannot discover a cure in the week they have left, all will die. Even Spock, now a carrier, cannot return to the ship.

Our Take

Miri” runs long and feels it, with a lot of creeping around empty sets and screaming kids before anything actually happens. Still, the premise is genuinely creepy, the grown-up “grups” are unsettling in a way the show rarely manages, and the ticking-clock stakes give it real tension. Worth a watch for the atmosphere, just don’t expect the pacing to cooperate.