Obsession (2x13) December 15,1967
Kirk has a Captain Ahab obsession with a cloud from his past.
Wolf in the Fold (2x14) December 22,1967
Scotty is accused of Jack the Ripper type Murders on a Recreation Planet. Veteran character actor John Fielder is on the case. The total lameness of the episode is saved only by the classic scene where Spock tells the computer to "Compute Pi to the last digit."
For me, this is not when the show jumped the shark, but someone has started the Engine.Jack the Ripper ??? what could get worse a planet of Nazis, a planet where the Roman Empire was still going or maybe .....
The Trouble with Tribbles (2x15) December 29,1967
The Gamesters of Triskelion (2x16) January 5,1968
Shatner has some great hand to hand fighting scenes in this episode
A Piece of the Action (2x17) January 12,1968
Ok, here The Horizon was reported missing 100 years earlier and I am not sure but maybe The Federation is just now getting around to looking for it. Anyway the landing party discovers the entire planet seems to be based on a book about Gangsters of the 1930's. Please be somewhat shocked crew members of The Horizon took Books with them, you would think everyone would have Kindles or read them on their Iphones.
To me this is when the show jumped the shark but it is also a lot of fun, I don't think Quentin Tarantino could have come up with campy B Movie dialogue. The episode features some great B Movie acting from Anthony Caruso and Vic Tayback. A Piece of the action works on a pure amusement level
The Immunity Syndrome (2x18) January 19,1968
Spock is hunched over his viewer on the bridge, he stands upright and says "The Intrepid has died". The Intrepid was a ship with a full Vulcan crew and Spock apparently could feel the death of his Vulcan brother and sisters. No death is Sci Fi would felt so personally by another until Obi-Wan felt millions cry out as the Death Star was test fired on Alderan. Not that I am saying anything,not question George Lucas creativity or the very idea that the force could be ripped off from a TV show. No, not at all am I saying that.
A Private Little War (2x19) February 2,1968
Vietnam allegory everywhere as Klingons seem to have armed the Neurals. Arms Race maybe ?
Kirk has a Captain Ahab obsession with a cloud from his past.
Wolf in the Fold (2x14) December 22,1967
Scotty is accused of Jack the Ripper type Murders on a Recreation Planet. Veteran character actor John Fielder is on the case. The total lameness of the episode is saved only by the classic scene where Spock tells the computer to "Compute Pi to the last digit."
For me, this is not when the show jumped the shark, but someone has started the Engine.Jack the Ripper ??? what could get worse a planet of Nazis, a planet where the Roman Empire was still going or maybe .....
The Trouble with Tribbles (2x15) December 29,1967
The Gamesters of Triskelion (2x16) January 5,1968
Shatner has some great hand to hand fighting scenes in this episode
A Piece of the Action (2x17) January 12,1968
Ok, here The Horizon was reported missing 100 years earlier and I am not sure but maybe The Federation is just now getting around to looking for it. Anyway the landing party discovers the entire planet seems to be based on a book about Gangsters of the 1930's. Please be somewhat shocked crew members of The Horizon took Books with them, you would think everyone would have Kindles or read them on their Iphones.
To me this is when the show jumped the shark but it is also a lot of fun, I don't think Quentin Tarantino could have come up with campy B Movie dialogue. The episode features some great B Movie acting from Anthony Caruso and Vic Tayback. A Piece of the action works on a pure amusement level
The Immunity Syndrome (2x18) January 19,1968
Spock is hunched over his viewer on the bridge, he stands upright and says "The Intrepid has died". The Intrepid was a ship with a full Vulcan crew and Spock apparently could feel the death of his Vulcan brother and sisters. No death is Sci Fi would felt so personally by another until Obi-Wan felt millions cry out as the Death Star was test fired on Alderan. Not that I am saying anything,not question George Lucas creativity or the very idea that the force could be ripped off from a TV show. No, not at all am I saying that.
A Private Little War (2x19) February 2,1968
Vietnam allegory everywhere as Klingons seem to have armed the Neurals. Arms Race maybe ?
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