Well my friends we have a tough one today. I never liked this episode because it's so dark and depressing. Of course, if you're going to parallel the Vietnam War than that's only natural. I admit it's gotten better as I got older, and understand it more, but this is still far from a favorite. Will it better on a re-watch, years later?
Today we have another episode I love, although I don't think that's as unanimous as I thought. Sometimes an episode can only do a few things great, but they are so great it makes up for the rest of the episode being less than perfect.
Today we have another episode that I've seen but can barely remember. This episode asks the question that has pondered men for centuries, what if the Roman gladiators had live television? I don't who asked that either.
Well here it is my friends. The best loved and best remembered episode of the series. And yes of course I love it. It's a wonderful episode that deserves all the accolades it gets.
When I watched "Mudd's Women" I really did not like it. The one thing that wasn't bad was Harry Mudd, who was a fun villain. So it's awesome that he got another episode, the only villain in the original series who managed that. This one is gonna be hard summarize toward the end, but I'll do my best.
Yesterday we had a gimmick show. I usually love these, because these episodes are just to have a little fun by doing something out of the ordinary. "Mirror" stories are a dime a dozen but yesterday's was done very well. On the other end of the spectrum in "Spock's Brain" which was a silly idea that got plain dumb. Today's episode falls somewhere in the middle, episodes where characters age are nothing new but this one doesn't really work for me. It's not awful but not great either.
We have a true classic today my friends. One of the best loved and best remembered episodes of the series. If I were to guess which episode I have seen more than any other, this would be it. Though that's a tough call!
