A good story with lots of great dialogue. Chekov is especially good in this episode. He is by far the most observant member of the crew. Spock might be, but he keeps most things to himself. Chekov is actually doing the right thing and voicing what he observes so everyone knows.

I disagree with the comments of sexism in other reviews. There was nothing sexist in Palamas's character. The key concept of sexism is prejudice or discrimination related to gender. There was absolutely zero prejudice or discrimination towards either gender in this episode. Palamas was simply written as a young woman, nothing more.

I do, however, agree that it is tiresome to have every third episode filled with godlike beings. Now, if there was an overarching story tying all these godlike beings together as members of the same race and describing their downfall, or something along those lines, then it could be interesting. For better or worse, we are in the era predating story arcs and grandiose exposition.

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Mostly a fun episode, gleefully over the top. But it also has an unforgivably sexist slant with Carolyn's character, maybe the most offensive in the show so far. Chekhov is fun and the ending actually was sad.

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Chekov starts coming into his own here.

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Dude's got the weirdest nipples. They're like on the side. But still it's difficult to find them.

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It's in line with the gods. The more people believe, the stronger

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Better than I'd remembered.

The story works in two ways. It's about what we lost but also what we achieved. And we need to find the middle. The idea of aliens being the gods of greek mythology was good. I liked some of the dialogue that was right out of theatre. Apollo is a tragic figure. He had faith in humans but they had outgrown him.

What he offered maybe wasn't all bad but his sales pitch was.

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