Written by D.C. Fontana and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Joseph Pevney When the original Star Trek series was able to shift focus and give characters other than Captain Kirk a chance to do […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Metamorphosis – Introducing Zefram Cochrane
Written by Gene L. Coon and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Ralph Senensky There are some episodes of the original Star Trek series that hold up better than others. The ones that don’t hold […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – I, Mudd – Stupid Is As Stupid Does
Written by Stephen Kandel and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Marc Daniels Of all the characters in the original Star Trek series to be brought back for a repeat viewing, I would have never […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Catspaw – Boo! It’s a Star Trek Halloween!
Written by Robert Block and GeneRoddenberryDirected by Joseph Pevney There are times when an episode seems so out of place in a series that I just know there has to be a […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Doomsday Machine – Planet Destroying Bombs, Planet Killing Machines
Written by Norman Spinrad and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Marc Daniels Quite often, Gene Roddenberry saw Star Trek as a way of discussing current events and social issues without having the network censors […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Apple – The Garden of Eden It Isn’t
Written by Max Ehrlich, Gene L. Coon, and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Joseph Pevney The Enterprise finds itself in a first contact situation with the inhabitants of the planet Gamma Trianguli VI. A […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Mirror Mirror – They’re Not in Kansas Anymore
Written by Jerome Bixby and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Marc Daniels There’s a theory about life and the decisions we make that is the basis for many science fiction television shows and movies. […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Changeling – Precursor to the First Star Trek Movie
Written by John Meredyth Lucas and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Marc Daniels There are several episodes of Star Trek that were later re-imagined either in one of the subsequent series or in the […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Who Mourns for Adonais – So Much Potential Wasted
Written by Gilbert Ralston and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Marc Daniels Every now and then there are concepts behind an episode that are just so well thought-out that they should work. Imagine presenting […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Amok Time – Wanna Watch a Vulcan Mating Ritual?
Written by Theodore Sturgeon and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Joseph Pevney Amok Time is the first episode of the second season and starts that season off as strongly as the last one ended. […]
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