104- The Naked Time:-Premise: An unknown disease is brought aboard the ship and, transmitted by touch, begins infecting the crew, removing their inhibitions and playing up their fantasies.
-Quest Comments: Another step up in quality, but still not "actually good". Now, granted, this may have come first, but we've seen the "crew is infected by something that spreads by touch" angle in many other shows since and have accomplished it more effectively. The one guy is a pretty annoying actor, but I think his character was meant to be annoying (and a lovely Irish stereotype at that...). Still, a "nice try". Plus, "Sulu...with a sword?!"
However, since this apparently is loosely tied, either directly or thematically, with a TNG episode ("The Naked Now"), as well as the crew discovering a formula for time travel (which will apparently come into play in a few episodes as it was originally intended to be a setup for a second part that was turned into a stand alone episode), but I just can't see that that's enough to classify an episode of this quality as anything but "Ok Episode, But Not Essential".
105- The Enemy Within:-Premise: A transporter malfunction splits Kirk into two versions of himself- one calm and intellectual, the other raging and emotional.
-Quest Comments: Still rising, this episode was actually somewhat interesting overall- it's only flaws being some of the acting and dialogue ("I'M CAPTAIN KIRK! I'M CAPTAIN KIRK!" is about as funny to quote as "TRASH BAGS!" from the A-Team, only, unlike the A-Team, it was never intended to actually be funny).
This one goes into the "Ok Episodes, But Not Necessarily Essential" category. You feel bad for Sulu, though- they could have just sent him a damn shuttle, afterall.
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