This episode pulls a truly classic Star Trek move by casually informing us in the opening seconds that mental illness has been almost completely eradicated from existence, besides a small handful of fifteen people on the toxic asylum hell planet Elba II and every other antagonist they've ever

Racism and sexism in a single episode? This is The Paradise Syndrome all over again! Just kidding, it's actually very different except that it's a racism and sexism episode. Elaan of Troyius is maybe supposed to be a reference to Helen of Troy (I wouldn'

Look, I love Dr. McCoy. I'm always happy when he gets to be the star of an episode. He's tied with Spock for my favorite character on the show. Do I buy that a woman would fall in love with him at first sight and immediately

This feels like a good place to start this blog. I've been watching Star Trek: The Original Series for a few months now, and it's been a good time for the most part. Season 1 was an uneven mess that occasionally had some excellent episodes. Season