The Menagerie, Part 2 (TOS)
Spock and the Talosians force Kirk to sit through more home videos while delivering Captain Pike back to Talos IV. But is that even the right thing to do?
Spock and the Talosians force Kirk to sit through more home videos while delivering Captain Pike back to Talos IV. But is that even the right thing to do?
Spock hijacks the Enterprise and Gene Roddenberry hijacks old footage to bring us this thrilling first classic Star Trek clip show.
When the Enterprise bumps into Clint Howard, Kirk trades chess for poker and ultimately demonstrates humanity’s respect for all life forms.
What’s an alternative to imprisonment for the criminally insane look like, and, supposing that a treatment were available, would we require consent?
Nurse Chapel’s long-lost fiancé is found – along with his androids feat. Lurch! *snap* *snap* Is it enough to simply exist? Are we going to visit every crew person’s former lover?
Star Trek does a lot of exploiting beauty stereotypes and expectations, but occasionally also points out how dumb they are. Would you take the venus drug? Would you let Harry Mudd sell you to another man as a spouse?
Why do we assign strength as an evil quality while empathy and goodness are seen as weakness? Is it ethical to force good and evil Kirk back together?
When our inhibitions are removed revealing our hidden selves, who do we become? Which one is the true self? Also, should we even be out in space considering humans seem to destroy everything we touch? It’s the birth of a classic #StarTrek story that gets retold time and again.