Superior in every way to "Mudd's Women" in every single way, which is a rather feeble episode that takes itself too seriously.
The script, the casting, the premise - it's all a large improvement to one of the weakest Season 1 episodes. Very theatrical, literally, in the sense that the crew get to play out very animated, silly sketches in front of the androids in order to confuse them. This was "confuse-a-cat limited" before Monty Python even existed.
The very light touches of "sexism" (quite normal for the much saner 60s) probably anger some of the more sensitive snowf- I mean Trekkies, but aside from that this episode is a safe bet for most of them. There is no goody-two-shoes preaching by Spock about pacifism or the "senselessness" of revenge nor is there any grand "humanist" message to enjoy righteously, which for Trekkies must be disappointing, yet some of them might be able to simply relax and enjoy the fun and cheese without getting too depressed that none of their favourite activist issues didn't get included.
The script, the casting, the premise - it's all a large improvement to one of the weakest Season 1 episodes. Very theatrical, literally, in the sense that the crew get to play out very animated, silly sketches in front of the androids in order to confuse them. This was "confuse-a-cat limited" before Monty Python even existed.
The very light touches of "sexism" (quite normal for the much saner 60s) probably anger some of the more sensitive snowf- I mean Trekkies, but aside from that this episode is a safe bet for most of them. There is no goody-two-shoes preaching by Spock about pacifism or the "senselessness" of revenge nor is there any grand "humanist" message to enjoy righteously, which for Trekkies must be disappointing, yet some of them might be able to simply relax and enjoy the fun and cheese without getting too depressed that none of their favourite activist issues didn't get included.