Ep. 12 Miri

The crew finds a duplicate Earth, circa 1960-ish, although everyone appeared to have died off then, which was about three hundred years ago in the time line. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Rand, and their red shirts find a society of children, onlies, afraid of adults, grups, who died off. But how are there still children 300 years later? Because they only age a month every century! Of course the landing party gets sick, and begins to die, too. It was ok.

It was a message episode, about what violence does to us, and what danger lies in playing with science we don't understand. I did think it creepy when Kirk hit on Miri, or so it seemed when he told her she was 'very pretty' and he liked her name. Yes, she was over 300 years old, but physically she was ten. I don't think they intended it to be sexual, but that's how it came across to me, and it turned my stomach. And I still miss Scotty and Sulu.

RECURRING CHARACTERS:
DeForrest Kelley as McCoy
Grace Lee Whitney as Janice Rand
Jim Goodwin as Farrell
David L. Ross as Lt. Galloway

NOTABLE GUEST STARS:
Kim Darby as Miri
Michael J. Pollard as Jahn

Quote:
"Back on the ship I used to try to get you to look at my legs. Captain, look at my legs." ~ Rand

Ep. 5 The Enemy Within

Kirk is split in half by the transporter! Yes, yes, I know that transporter accidents happen on Star Trek all the time, but this was the first one. An 'evil', extra-overacting Kirk is on board. He beats up a technician and tries to rape his yeoman! The 'good' Kirk gradually begins to lose his confidence and slip.

This is what I don't get. The 'evil' Kirk doesn't get more ruthless. He begins evil and stays evil. Why did the 'good' Kirk seem fine, then begin to slip up? If they truly are different aspects of the same man, shouldn't the 'good' Kirk appear weak and indecisive from the beginning? That being said, it was still an intriguing episode that kept me hooked. Having Sulu trapped on the planet was a great hook to build the mounting tension. Uhura sat this one out. Though future episodes would be similar to this plot, this one was first, so it deserves the credit.

RECURRING CHARACTERS:
DeForrest Kelley as McCoy
James Doohan as Scotty
George Takei as Sulu
Grace Lee Whitney as Rand
Jim Goodwin as Farrell

NOTABLE GUEST STARS:
None

Quote:
"Do you think you can find a long rope somewhere and lower us down a pot of coffee?" ~ Sulu

Ep. 4 Mudd's Women

A small ship tries to avoid the Enterprise, and upon saving the crew, Kirk and company meet Mudd and his three strangely alluring women. Kirk holds a trial to see who his new passengers are, and it soon becomes obvious that Harry is a con man who has pills that make the women desirable to all men they meet.

This episode was a morality play, as most of the original ones were. It was about beauty only being skin deep, and doubly that attitude makes a person beautiful, more than natural looks. It was entertaining, and a new twist on an old tale. Of course Kirk lost the girl because his first and only love was the Enterprise. I liked the way no one in the crew was fooled, and they had to figure things out without help or giant leaps of logic. This episode was extremely well written. This was the first episode where Kirk showed his womenizing skills, winning over one of the girls. It was Harry Mudd's first appearance was in this episode, one of the most popular guest characters in the series. Farrell, like Leslie before him, was introduced as navigator, and would only appear in a handful of episodes before Chekov formally assumed the post in Season 2. Uhura was still in her gold uniform.

RECURRING CHARACTERS:
DeForrest Kelley as McCoy
James Doohan as Scotty
George Takei as Sulu
Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
Jim Goodwin as Lt. John Farrell

NOTABLE GUEST STARS:
Roger C. Carmel as Harcourt Fenton Mudd
Gene Dynarski as Ben Childress
Karen Steele as Eve

Quote:
"Ooo, the sound of male ego. Travel halfway across the galaxy, and it's still the same." ~ Eve