Review of Shore Leave

Star Trek: Shore Leave (1966)
Season 1, Episode 15
Far better than many "serious" episodes.
28 April 2008
Warning: Spoilers
SL is one of ST's half-dozen or so lighthearted episodes, out of which all are above-average except "The Naked Time", which is crap. Visually one of the best. Kirk's one-time Irish nemesis is too over-the-top, though, a bit annoying, like a character out of a silly 60s Disney comedy for kids. McCoy is in a somewhat ridiculous love-interest situation with a rather attractive blond yeoman, while Kirk's old flame looks older than him - yet is meant to have not aged at all! Having the mannequin-androids kill two of the crew (including McCoy) was a bit illogical, considering that this was supposed to be an amusement park of sorts.
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