Written by David Gerrold and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Joseph Pevney The Enterprise is summoned to Space Station K-7 by a priority distress call, which is a disaster call. They arrive at the […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Wolf in the Fold – Murder Mystery in Space
Written by Robert Bloch and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Joseph Pevney The legend of Jack the Ripper…. What if… What if it wasn’t a human who committed all of those horrible murders? What […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Obsession – Captain Kirk Hunts His Whale
Written by Art Wallace and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Ralph Senensky I wouldn’t say this episode gave birth to the idea of the “red shirt,” but it sure did rack up the body […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Deadly Years – Getting Old Sucks
Written by David P. Harmon and Gene RoddenberryDirected by Joseph Pevney There are few stories that seem to be novel in science fiction television. One of the rather worn-out cliches is that […]
Star Trek: The Original Series – Friday’s Child – Woe to Female Capellans in This Society
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 […]
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