Category: Star Trek: The Original Series

Synopsis: A scientist hijacks Captain Kirk’s body. Some scholars have remarked that it is unfortunate that the final episode of Star Trek: The Original Series is “Turnabout Intruder” because of its overt misogynistic themes. And yes, being a woman hearing the line: “it is better to be dead than live alone in the body of… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 24: “Turnabout Intruder”

Synopsis: In a mission to evacuate inhabitants of a planet that’s star is going nova, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy are sent back into the past. The most interesting thing about “All Our Yesterdays” from a depth psychological perspective, is that it gives us an idea of what Mr. Spock’s ancestors were like… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 23: “All Our Yesterdays”

Synopsis: Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock are forced to participate in a battle between good and evil. “The Savage Curtain” is another instance of Star Trek: The Original Series projecting values of the 1960s into the future, or seeing the future through the eyes of 1960s American culture. And because this story was partially written… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 22: “The Savage Curtain”

Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise is sent to obtain desperately needed zenite to end a plague on a Federation planet and confront a segregated society. There is no doubt that “The Cloud Miners” can be seen as an interpretation of a segregated society, especially given that it was produced and first aired in 1969,… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 21: “The Cloud Miners”

Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise are sent to intercept a stolen Federation shuttlecraft, which contains six individuals looking for the planet Eden. “The Way to Eden” contains at least a couple depth psychological themes. One theme, that it is not the destination but the journey to get there, is such a common tale in… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 20: “The Way to Eden”

Synopsis: Searching on a small planet for a drug to cure an epidemic on the Enterprise, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy meet a gifted and very old man. In “Requiem for Methuselah” we meet Mr. Flint, a brilliant immortal individual trying to create his ideal mate. As he is brilliant, he wants her… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 19: “Requiem for Methuselah”

Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise comes across a community of energies that will not accept their death. In “The Lights of Zetar” the life force of “the desires, the hopes the mind and the will of the last hundred of Zetar” could not only “not be wiped out” but they figured out a way… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 18: “The Lights of Zetar”

Synopsis: The crew of the Enterprise comes across a planet that they cannot explain and go to investigate it. “That Which Survives” asks an interesting question: can a computer be, as Captain James T. Kirk exclaims, “too perfect”? This is especially fascinating when the reason for Kirk to make this remark is that an alien… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 17: “That Which Survives”

Synopsis: On a diplomatic mission to Gideon, Captain Kirk is abducted. Just as I wrote in my last post that on its surface, “Let That be Your Last Battlefield” can easily be seen as a lesson on the irrationality of prejudice, “The Mark of Gideon” can be seen as a tale of what the possible… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 16: “The Mark of Gideon”

Synopsis: The Enterprise recovers a stolen Federation shuttlecraft, and its unusual occupant. On its surface, “Let That be Your Last Battlefield” can easily be seen as a lesson on the irrationality of prejudice. Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise see the humanoid aliens Lokai and Bele as members of the same… Continue reading Star Trek: The Original Series Season 3, Episode 15: “Let That be Your Last Battlefield”