This week’s adventure has Kirk destroying a social structure (which actually full-on sucks this time) while teaching a young woman about love; a young woman whose ensemble can best be described as shiny panties and whose innocence reminds me of… Read More »The Gamesters of Triskelion: Three Cheers for Captain Obvious
Tribbles. So infamous even non-Trekkies know the name. What are they? Little balls of purring fur born pregnant with a litter of ten which they birth after digesting enough food. Also, they’re Klingon detectors. That begs the question: why were… Read More »Trouble with Tribbles: Tribble’s My Middle Name
Forget that Scotty is on trial for murder (which over the course of the episode becomes a triple homicide). Forget the weird implications of human history, and how in the 60s folks still couldn’t quite believe that serial killing was… Read More »Wolf in the Fold: Put On The Red Light
Here it is, folks, the precedent for Kirk acting before really thinking something through and being the first person to always volunteer risking his neck for the sake of all. Kirk was a lieutenant who hesitated to fire for “a grand total… Read More »Obsession: Run, you clever boy, and remember me
So, ignoring the fact that no one in charge of making TV/movies knows how radiation works, my heart is breaking. Kirk and a handful of crew are made to age rapidly and only Kirk has memory problems. At first he… Read More »The Deadly Years: As Time Goes By