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.
The last great comedy show. I'm really going to miss this, many great memories of watching over the years.
Fantastic. The mystery for the first half, visiting Vulcan, the ridiculous ceremony and battle with THAT music. Welcome, Mr. Chekov. These characters have really come to life by this point, and Spock's reaction to finding out Kirk was alive was gold.
Disappointed with this series overall, it was very limited in scope and kept revisiting the same people and genres. I felt like it had a narrow field of view. Some great stuff hidden in there, definitely, but it never really delved deep into anything and seemed content to just jump from one thing to the next.
Laughable alien creatures aside, this had some good moments in it. The Kirk/Spock/McCoy dynamic shines in the last third of the episode. Other than that, it struggled to engage me too much. Kirk had brushed aside the loss of his family by the end.
Not quite the classic episode I'd been led to believe, still I really enjoyed it. The slightly sloppy storytelling and campy performances detracted from what should have been an emotional ending, but Kirk's final line was great.
Nooo, no, no, this is just my least favourite kind of episode. Confusing and poorly executed, nothing really made sense here and basic storytelling was abandoned in places. Lazarus' beard was the star.
The introduction of the Klingons is great, if a far cry from what they famously become later. Kirk is super judgemental here.
That was pretty spectacular. Gripping from start to finish, a good morality tale, great lines and some fun science.
Started off slow (ANOTHER planet that looks like 1960s Earth), but developed into an interesting and fun story, with a great OTT performance from Shatner and heartfelt performance from Nimoy.
This was great. A fantastic sci-fi story that I haven't encountered before, but the real star here was Kirk and his brilliant strategy (and fantastically cocky attitude).
Having never before seen the episode which sets up one of the greatest Trek films, this was intriguing. Khan is a bit different here, maybe more intimidating and confrontational. Hugely misogynistic, too. I liked the history lessons about the 1990s.
I have no idea what the hell happened in this episode, but I certainly didn't enjoy it.
Great episode, pretty gripping and tightly focused. I liked the solution of listening to heartbeats across the ship and the fact that the story didn't go exactly where I was expecting it to.
I enjoyed this. It's lighthearted but still tells a good sci-fi adventure story (much like Star Trek IV). Spock and McCoy had some great stuff, Kirk was extremely cool under pressure. Laughed at the sexy computer. The ending didn't make the most sense, but ho hum.
Very dated from a production point of view, and the script is absolutely terrible. BUT, the story itself is exciting and it certainly did some ambitious stuff not seen on the show before.
Very silly episode, with a being that we could now identify as a Q. Didn't like much about this at all, and the guest actor got on my nerves very quickly. The funny ending reveal made up for things a bit.
Pretty good stuff, Spock's first command is something of a disaster and makes for entertaining viewing. I'm a bit stunned at how insubordinate and bigoted the lower-rank crew all are on this show, hardly a progressive view of humanity. I really hate the endings with the entire bridge crew laughing.
That was very silly, but it was at least good fun. The cast seemed to be enjoying themselves.
That's more like it! Suspenseful and well executed, dramatic story. Spock and McCoy are really settling into their characters. A shame the bigotry subplot was so heavy handed.
What the hell was this?
This show works best for me when the focus is completely on the main cast; anytime guest actors are given the spotlight, I lose interest. So this was not all that fun to sit through, but I applaud the creative way it was all put together.
I was really enjoying this, a great mystery was building up and I was intrigued as to what Spock was up to. Then the extended flashback/episode viewing began and barely held my attention.
Might be the episode I've enjoyed most so far, but I tend to prefer small stories that are just set on board the ship. There's some great character interaction here, notably between Kirk and McCoy. Bailey's emotional journey was simplistic, to say the least, but worked for the episode.
I don't know how I made it through this one. Terrible acting and writing spread throughout, and another female character there just to accompany the captain. The first appearance of the Vulcan mind meld was sort of interesting.
Kind of a stupid episode for my tastes. The gang of kids were really annoying, and the duplicate Earth was never explained or even questioned.
A cool proper little sci-fi tale with androids and mystery. It isn't particularly deep and falls apart when really deconstructed (Corby is okay with removing love/kindness to create a better civilisation? Becoming an android doesn't transfer your consciousness, it just creates a copy so the original you is still going to live an die). Great guest stars, and the Kirk double was fun.
My first taste of how bad the original Star Trek can be. The casual sexism of the 1960s is front and centre, but this episode has the added problem of being quite boring and very silly.
We get our first look at classic Shatner theatrical acting here with the famous "I'M CAPTAIN KIRK!" scene, and throughout most of the episode. It's cringe worthy and fun. I wish there had been more scenes where the crew randomly hold a dog with a unicorn horn.
The attempted rape on Yeoman Rand is horrific and drives a dark mark onto an otherwise fun episode.
Quite silly but built up to an exciting conclusion. How idiotic was the crew member at the start taking his glove off? I know that The Next Generation did a sequel to this and I always thought that was one of the sillier TNG episodes, but it's nowhere near the levels of this! Sulu running around with a fencing sword was pretty extreme, but Spock's breakdown was done well.
I'm assuming the timewarp formula figured out at the end is what Star Trek IV uses?
