July 2009
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A Private Little War
The primitive peoples of Neural have never known violence against each other, but flintlocks have started A Private Little War (Memory Alpha; SD Video). The Enterprise is here on a scientific mission, and Kirk is saddened to see the world he surveyed thirteen year ago falling from the pacifist heights it had attained. Saddened and suspicious: did the village people invent the flintlocks, or did...
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A Piece of the Action
A Piece of the Action (Memory Alpha; SD Video) is incredibly silly. No, no, more than that. Incredibly silly.
The Enterprise arrives at a planet that was visited by a Federation ship a hundred years ago, “before the non-interferance directive went into effect.” In that time, the inhabitants have completely transformed their culture into an exact replica of 1920s mob controlled...
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The Gamesters of Triskelion
The Gamesters of Triskelion (Memory Alpha; SD Video) is another episode where the crew gets kidnapped and must escape their cage.
It all starts with the familiar BOING of alien transporters in action.
Then Kirk, Chekov, and Uhura are surrounded by four warriors.
Naturally, Kirk and Chekov take one guy each, leaving Uhura to take the two pike-weilding women.
Once subdued, the crew learns...
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The Trouble with Tribbles
The Trouble with Tribbles (Memory Alpha; SD Video) is a great concept with a whole lot of teh funnies, but a very poorly constructed episode.
We start with a very clunky exposition scene with Kirk, Spock, and Chekov talking in the conference room. Where are we going? Space Station K7! Why are we going there? To prove we’re better than the Klingons!
Wait! A Priority One Alert Call! Says...
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Wolf in the Fold
Wolf in the Fold (Memory Alpha; SD Video) is where Scotty kills a hooker.
Investigator: The outlook for your friend is quite grim. Kirk: What is the law in these cases? Prefect: The law of Argelius… is love.
This episode is incredibly lame.
Kirk and McCoy don’t think that Scotty actually killed the girl, so they try to get a device from the ship that’ll read Scotty’s...
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Obsession
Obsession (Memory Alpha; SD Video) is really, really good.
The Enterprise is looking for tritanium when they stumble upon a monster made of mist. It kills by sucking all the red blood corpuscules out of the victim, and it’s crazy quick. And Kirk has seen it before.
The first half of this episode deals with Kirk’s Ahab-like quest to kill the thing. He can’t explain why, but he...
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The Deadly Years
The Deadly Years (Memory Alpha; SD Video) is the obligatory aging-too-quickly episode. What’s that? They already did one? No, this one’s different. In that one, they were trying to avoid aging. In this one, they actually do age.
And snark aside, this episode, which should be terrible, is actually pretty good.
Basically, it’s a pean to Kirk. By aging the captain, they get to...
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Friday's Child
Friday’s Child (Memory Alpha; SD Video) never mentions Friday, but there is indeed a child.
Also: Klingons!
We open with a long scene telling us all about how dangerous Capella IV is. The crew beams down to the native encampment, and then:
[Klingon comes into view; he is unarmed and standing amongst the natives] Grant the Redshirt: A Klingon! [Draws phaser, points at Klingon] [Natives...