While checking my morning news sites, I noticed this article on Wired...
WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Star Trek
So, for the long time followers of TOS, do you agree or disagree with the WIRED recommendations ???
(And I though 'Spock's Brain' was one of the better of the 3rd season episodes...)
Comments
For the rest of the ones they say to skip:
I'd say Spock's Brain is good for the comedic value. "Brain, brain, what is brain!" No reason we can't include a lighter episode for some laughs.
The Paradise Syndrome I think is quite poignant and showcases Shatner's acting ability, albeit it only comes at the end of the episode.
Turnabout Intruder again shows Shatner's acting ability. Watch the scenes where he's playing being possessed by Janice Lester; I think he played a disturbed woman quite convincingly.
At 1:20, Palpatine says it best.
-Leonard Nimoy, RIP
I'd agree with that. Also, "The Paradise Syndrome" is where we get our Preserver ziggurats in the Breen FE series.
I'd add to the "Can't Skip" list:
"Miri" - in which we discover a planet identical to Earth, which is not nearly as remarkable as the way in which Captain Kirk makes first contact with the locals.
"The Galileo Seven" - Brilliant episode about the burden of command.
"The Menagerie (pt. I & II)" - the original trailer, wrapped in a story about how far Spock's loyalty goes. Also, Majel Barrett as a terrifyingly competent Number One.
"Arena" - because Gorn. Also, the first mention of a political body known as "The Federation" (eighteen episodes in.)
"A Taste of Armageddon" - some of the greatest lines in all of Trek in this one. Also, after twenty-three episodes, somebody finally mentions that they all work for something called "The United Federation of Planets."
"The Devil in the Dark" - No Kill I
"A Private Little War" - another one full of great lines, and as relevant today as it was in 1968. Also, Klingons showing some serious cunning.
"The Ultimate Computer" - "Fantastic machine, the M-5. No off switch."
"The Enterprise Incident" - because Romulans
"The Tholian Web" - because Tholians.
...Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you / Oh, I can hear it callin 'me / I said don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do?...
- Anne Bredon