The Next Gen episode (S7 E19) “Genesis” had the crew devolving — Barclay becomes a spider, Riker becomes a caveman, Troi becomes a salamander, and Worf eats people.
In Voyager’s “Threshold,” (S2E15) Janeway and Paris become lizards
Apparently Mr. Coon was correct.
A lifeform so hideous it has to live in a box and the slightest glance will drive you mad. The Enterprise’s engines can take you to some weird limbo? A psionic dress?
I know Fred didn’t write the ep, and it’s got serious problems but it’s an example of some interesting Sci-fi in season three. Also…Tholians? And “All Our Yesterdays” is just flat out good.
Other third season bonus’s was the new music.
My biggest complaints were the uniforms and Scotty’s hair.
Nope I loved “The Royale”. “Baby needs a new pair of shoes.”
And the fate of the astronaut they discovered was kind of moving. Kind of how “But what of Lazarus” is one of the few redeeming qualities of “The Alternative Factor”
The Empath was one TOS episode that I would always tune off when it was on. Horrible. I saw most of the other eps all the way through. Never Empath.
Worst thing an ep can do is be boring. In a vacuum its interesting. A race so alien that it decides who to save by torturing people??
Wha??
And Gem kind of FAILS. I guess she learns to exhibit qualities of self-sacrifice. Kind of.
It seems that tastes vary. “The Lights of Zetar” (written by ventriloquist Shari Lewis and her new-age-guru husband Jeremy Tarcher; make of that what you will) was the episode that actually turned me off of Star Trek for quite some time.
givers of pain and delight
The Morgs
Morg (men) described the Eymorg (women) as “Givers of pain and delight.”
Good description. And who can forget “Brain and brain. What is brain?”
givers of pain and delight
givers of pain and delight