The Menagerie (Parts I and II) (1x11,1x12) November 17 and 24,1966
Spock mysterious runs amok, stealing his former Captain (Pike) who is now a shell of his former self and locks the Enterprise on a course to a forbidden planet. In the court martial everyone relives the events in unaired pilot The Cage. In the end the issue is should Captain Pike live as a shell or return to Talos and live forever in harmony with Susan Oliver in prefect health,living every fantasy he desires. In sort of an Anti Matrix he chooses the fun path. This is a great high concept episode.
Interesting to note, today it seems all Sci Fi shows have the continuing plot lines in addition to stand alone episodes. Here is the only 2 part episode of this first series. Ground breaking some ways.
The Conscience of the King (1x13) December 8,1966
Is an actor a former Mass Murdering Dictator ? Has Lt. Riley replaced Yeoman Rand as the minor character Du Jour of the series ?
Balance of Terror (1x14) December 15,1966
Mark Lenard the actor who in the episodes would come to be known as Spock's father plays a Romulan Commander. This is the first time Romulans or anyone are presented as an enemy of the Federation. Most of the episode involves a game of case in and around the Romulan neutral zone. The series at its best and most exciting is on display here.
Shore Leave (1x15) December 29,1966
Alice in Wonderland and Japanese Zeros occupy this episode when the crew beam down to an amusement planet and take shore leave. An amusing lark of an episode done better later in the series.
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