When Kirk suffers from amnesia, will the big Manhattan musical go on? How many awful “native American” tropes can one 1960’s TV series cram into one episode? Is the transporter a killing machine? Which Star Trek hypothesis about life on other worlds is most scientifically likely? Find out this week on Humanist Trek!
When the Enterprise crosses into the Romulan DMZ, Spock fingers a Romulan Commander while Kirk steals a cloaking device (treaty be damned). Is it “OK” to do things during war that would otherwise violate your values? Why does this episode seem to say “yes”? Just what does a Vulcan penis look like, anyway?
When Spock’s brain is stolen by dopey aliens, Kirk, Bones, and Scotty take RC Spock on Star Trek: The Search for Spock’s Brain – Weekend at Bernie’s style. Brain and brain! What is brain?! You’re not high enough for this episode.
How much do we even remember from Season 2? And what do we have to look forward to next season?
What’s Allie’s great idea? Is Data’s cat Spot canonically also a hot chick? Why do time travelers always act powerless? Will Kirk allow Marty to make sure his parents bang at the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance? What are the rules of time travel anyway? How short can a miniskirt get? This episode asks more questions than it answers.
The TOS writers once again explore the idea “What would have happened if ‘x’ hadn’t fallen?” Not 1920’s Chicago. Not Nazi Germany. No, this episode of Star Trek: The Original Series begs the question, “Men: How often do you think about the Roman Empire?”
Cut from Episode 54: Sarah and Allie are high enough to eat Taco Bell, Sarah introduces Allie to the wild world of alien porn, and Allie spits a secret verse for the death of the white lady in “By Any Other Name”.
People’s fear of automation operates on “Sarah’s Pendulum Theory of Everything”. In the 60’s? Vehicle Manufacturing. Today? AI. Can AI and the like coexist with capitalism or will ChatGPT take over the starship and start torpedoing the shit out of everything?
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