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Another singular review today. I've just got a lot on my plate, including an upcoming Switch game review that I hope will be an enjoyable distraction from all this Star Trek. Before I continue, though, I want to give a shout out to the family and friends of Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols AKA the original actress for Nyota Uhura in The Original Series, who passed away yesterday late at night due to old age. Ms. Nichols was an inspiration to many people, of all walks of life, and just by playing a character in a TV show, with her being a black woman, in a time when black actors were still being marginalized, is a big step. We love you, Ms. Nichols, and may your legacy continue to inspire people to be the best they can be. With that said, our episode for today is called Who Mourns for Adonais. The idea behind this episode is...ridiculous to say the least. The episode involves the Enterprise getting held in space by a giant green hand, which turns out to be an energy field created ...

We have reached season 2 of Star Trek: The Original Series! This one has a lot of great episodes, so be prepared for some interesting reviews! Thankfully, we start this season off strong with one of the best episodes of TOS. The episode I will be reviewing today is called Amok Time. The episode starts out with Spock being extremely emotional and asking Kirk to take him to Vulcan for some unknown reason. Kirk initially declines since he feels Spock is just stressed, until McCoy examines him and realizes something is biologically different with him and if Spock isn't taken to Vulcan, he could die. Because of this, Spock explains to Kirk that Vulcans have a mating drive called the Pon Farr, and he basically needs to go to Vulcan to fulfill those urges with his never-before-mentioned wife, T'Pring. Of course, when they get to Vulcan, things don't go as planned and Kirk and Spock somehow end up in a fight to the death. This episode is great for many reasons. I love the character...

We have finally reached it, the season finale of Star Trek: The Original Series. Season finales are not this show's strong point, but of the season finales that are in this show, this one is probably the best. The episode is called Operation: Annihilate. The story behind this one is that a plague of mass insanity has overtaken a collection of planets, with the most recent planet being the home of Captain Kirk's brother Sam. When the Enterprise arrives, they find a ship that flies into the sun to apparently cure whatever causes the insanity, and on the planet, they find Kirk's brother dead, and his sister-in-law and nephew in pain. It turns out that they have been infected by parasitic organisms who want to spread and infect everyone because...well, it's never really explained. After Spock ends up getting infected as well, Kirk and McCoy endeavor to find a way to reverse the infection. I personally liked the storyline, which feels like a fun sci fi story, even if it isn...

For these two episodes, I have to say wow, first of all. Mainly because one of the episodes is a mess, while the other is absolutely brilliant and is considered one of the best episodes in all of Star Trek. So, we have a bit of variety for these reviews. The first episode I will be reviewing is called The Alternative Factor. This episode has a really interesting premise, where the fate of the entire universe is at stake. Instead, we get a man who seems like he is on a regular supply of meth and wants to destroy the universe because he hates the alternate universe version of himself...for some reason. This episode is kind of lazy, and the villain, Lazarus, was just annoying. Nothing else to say. Moving on. The other episode, on the other hand, is quite better. This episode is called The City on the Edge of Forever, and it definitely earns its beloved reputation. The episode involves McCoy jumping through a time portal after accidentally injecting himself with a large amount of cordrazin...

Hey everyone! I know that I'm posting this later than usual, but life happened so I wasn't able to finish my second episode until 20 minutes ago or so. Regardless, I'm here now, so let the reviews commence! The first episode I am going to review today is called The Devil in the Dark. The concept behind this episode is that, on a mining planet, an unknown creature has been killing the miners there, so the Enterprise crew, specifically Kirk and Spock, are sent to investigate. They end up finding out that the creature is an intelligent silicon based life form called a Horta, and that it was only attacking the miners because they had unknowingly been destroying its eggs. I like this episode because, instead of just trying to destroy the attacking creature, the main characters instead try to understand it. Also, the Horta, after appearing in this episode and no other canon works since, has become quite a popular creature in the Star Trek fandom, so apparently this episode made i...

After a couple days of only being able to review one episode, I'm back to reviewing two episodes today. One of these I enjoy quite a lot, the other is not as much of a favorite but it is quite funny all the same. The first episode I will be reviewing is called A Taste of Armageddon. The story concerns the Enterprise going to a planet called Eminiar VII to establish diplomatic relations with the help of ambassador Robert Fox. The Enterprise is warned away from the planet because it is currently at war with a neighboring planet called Vendikar. Despite this, Kirk and Spock take a landing party down, and find out that this interplanetary war is not your typical war at all. Instead, it is fought with computers, theoretical battles, with real casualties, who are to report to disintegration chambers if they are designated as killed in battle. Naturally, Kirk doesn't take kindly to this, especially when the planet's leaders say that everyone on the Enterprise was killed and theref...

There'll only be one episode to review today, but as I mentioned yesterday, this episode is quite important to the future of Star Trek, especially for the story of Captain Kirk. The episode is called Space Seed, and it focuses on the Enterprise encountering a derelict space vessel from the 1990s, (yeah, that aged well), called the Botany Bay. Exploring the vessel reveals that it is filled with a bunch of people from that time, which was known for a third world war that was focused on eugenics, and one of the people onboard wakes up. This man is named Khan, and yes, he is exactly the Khan you think he is. Specifically, he is Khan Noonien Singh, a genetically altered superhuman who attempts to take over the ship, hoping to establish a new dictatorship with his similarly altered followers. While this episode does feel clunky today, Ricardo Montalban plays the role with fantastic precision. He makes out Khan to not be just a strong character, but intensely smart as well, and through th...