Once again we have advanced alien beings taking over the bodies and minds of some of our space heroes, but this time it is for the purpose of experiencing physical love after 500,000 years. A male and a female are needed, you guessed it, Kirk and the female guest star. The woman is an "astro-biologist" (fake job invented as a plot contrivance), ie Ann Maldaur, whose hairstyle and false eyelashes are both very annoying. Also irritating is the sappy expression on her face, her bedroom voice and the music to go with it. Nevertheless, we know Kirk is soon going to be kissing her, what a surprise. By far the best part of this show is getting to see a different side of Leonard Nimoy. Smiling. Casual body language, leaning up against a doorway. It is the evil Mr Spock, who almost kills the Captain, but the nurse saves the day in the nick of time. Not a fabulous episode, but it was interesting to learn that James Doohan played the voice of Sarcon. Apparently he could do a number of accents and voices.
There has been a tradition among true fans to watch, watch and re- watch all these TOS episodes, to the point of knowing all the dialogue. Perhaps I am not a true fan, as I would not re-watch this one. The second season was well underway by this point, and it seems that the plots and story-lines are noticeably similar.Too similar.They had decided they were not going to do "monster of the week" type shows, but they were starting to run out of original ideas that could be done within the budget.
This episode also lacks a "moral of the story", which was what made Star Trek different- and great.
There has been a tradition among true fans to watch, watch and re- watch all these TOS episodes, to the point of knowing all the dialogue. Perhaps I am not a true fan, as I would not re-watch this one. The second season was well underway by this point, and it seems that the plots and story-lines are noticeably similar.Too similar.They had decided they were not going to do "monster of the week" type shows, but they were starting to run out of original ideas that could be done within the budget.
This episode also lacks a "moral of the story", which was what made Star Trek different- and great.