Star Trek TOS S1 E4 and 5 review
Okay, today is my first multi-episode review, so this should be fun. Both of these episodes were quite enjoyable so these reviews will be positive.
First off is The Naked Time. The concept of the story is that for some odd reason, the crew of the Enterprise is robbed of their reasoning and inhibitions, similar to being intoxicated. Some of the effects include the helmsman, Hikaru Sulu, played by George Takei, running around and chasing other crewmembers with a fencing foil, or Spock, the emotionless Vulcan, crying about not being able to express his feelings to others freely. I actually quite like both of these scenes, the first because it's quite funny and Spock gets a pretty good quip in as well. The other because Leonard Nimoy does an amazing job at depicting how hard it is to keep his emotions tethered, especially because he is half-human (it's the Vulcan way, due to how intense their emotions are otherwise). Overall, the episode was entertaining and classic Trek all the way through.
The other episode I watched was called The Enemy Within. In it, Captain Kirk gets split into two halves of his personality. One a good and kind person, the other impulsive and more overtly villainous. It was an interesting look at how both good and evil can shape who a person is, and how they both are needed for a person to be able to function. I especially enjoyed William Shatner hamming it up as the evil Kirk, but overall, it was a great character study and I liked seeing the contrast between the good and evil halves of Kirk in Shatner's performance.
Next time, we'll be looking at a rather...odd episode of The Original Series. Basically Star Trek talking about mail order brides...for some reason. Look out for the problematic episode, Mudd's Women.
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