Star Trek TOS S2 E7 Review

I was actually planning on reviewing two episodes today, but I'm still getting back into the swing of things, so it'll just be the one episode today. As for the episode itself, it's pretty weird, if I'm being totally honest.

The episode I will be reviewing today is called Catspaw. This is what a lot of Star Trek fans call the Halloween episode, and honestly, it's pretty silly, as you can expect a Halloween episode of a 60s TV show would be.

The idea of this episode involves Scotty, Sulu, and a redshirt going missing on the planet. The redshirt comes back dead, and whispers a creepy warning to not come to the planet because it's cursed and spoooooooky.

So, naturally, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy beam down to the planet because, honestly, that is pretty weird, even in the world of Star Trek. When they get there, they find a spooky fog, a creepy castle, and even three ghostly witches who warn the trio about the supposed curse. I just have to point out this episode's concept is just hilarious.

Turns out that Scotty and Sulu are alive but they are mind controlled by two aliens who have taken the form of a stereotypical witch and wizard for...some reason. The episode then kind of devolves into the aliens trying to make the landing party into basically lab rats with random voodoo doll magic thrown in for good measure. Have I mentioned this episode is really weird?

Overall, this episode is weird, and I honestly still liked it, but even for Star Trek, the episode felt pretty silly and meandering. But at least Kirk and Spock are there to be sassy at how weird everything is, so there's that.

Next time, we get the joyous return of a character who should not have been as entertaining as he was, and this time, he has an army of androids at his side and, once again, he's trying to con Kirk out of the Enterprise. Keep an eye out for I, Mudd.

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