Star Trek Thoughts - Part 8
Mar. 27th, 2026 03:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribI am continuing my ongoing (semi-) rewatch of Star Trek: The Original Series. This post will cover season 2, episodes 18 to 21.
Overall, I found this batch decidedly mediocre. "Immunity Syndrome" was a semi-remake of "The Doomsday Machine" which aired earlier that season. "A Private Little War" was okay, but again very derivative of "Friday's Child" in the same season. I found "Return to Tomorrow" questionable - Kirk's decision to let aliens take over his body just did not work for me.
I don't remember ever seeing any of these episodes before - I think they tended to drift off of the rerun schedule. The only episode I remember, "Patterns of Force" (Starfleet interference recreates Nazi Germany) did not age well. The plot itself seemed original but full of holes that Adult Me saw and Kid Me didn't. Kirk as womanizer is getting established here - in two of the four episodes, Kirk gets handsy with a Hot Chick (and the romantic music plays).
Overall, I found this batch decidedly mediocre. "Immunity Syndrome" was a semi-remake of "The Doomsday Machine" which aired earlier that season. "A Private Little War" was okay, but again very derivative of "Friday's Child" in the same season. I found "Return to Tomorrow" questionable - Kirk's decision to let aliens take over his body just did not work for me.
I don't remember ever seeing any of these episodes before - I think they tended to drift off of the rerun schedule. The only episode I remember, "Patterns of Force" (Starfleet interference recreates Nazi Germany) did not age well. The plot itself seemed original but full of holes that Adult Me saw and Kid Me didn't. Kirk as womanizer is getting established here - in two of the four episodes, Kirk gets handsy with a Hot Chick (and the romantic music plays).
