119- Tommorow Is Yesterday:-Premise: An accident ends up sending the Enterprise back in time to the 1960's.
-Quest Comments: Fun little time travel adventure. This was originally going to be a 2-parter with The Naked Time, but they were separated, and doing so basicly renders that little time travel forumla thing at the end of TNT irrelvant since it's not used at all in this episode. The "transporter replacement" trick at the end for returning the various people really made no sense at all, though. Ah well, neither did the "drop-kick across time" in Enterprise, so it's kind of a running theme with Trek time travel stories I guess
Kirk's one line, responding to the threat of being locked up for the next 200 years, of "That ought to be about right." was actually pretty good too. Unexpectedly clever for the generally poor dialogue the show has.
In the end, with the time travel aspect, I'll put this one in as "Definitely Essential".
120- Court Martial:-Premise: Kirk is put on trial for possible negligence in the death of a crew member when the computer logs contradict his statement of events.
-Quest Comments: Ok, Starfleet court episodes generally suck. I'm not opposed to having a court drama episode, but this one was done very poorly, and has a couple really terrible performances (the guy who died and his daughter- must be genetic) combined with some bad plot holes.
You have the one lawyer who makes a big deal of books vs computers, but does nothing to challenge the computer until Spock shows up, basicly willing to give up without any cross exaimination. I'd have fired the buffoon.
Additionally, the romance with the prosecution chick really doesn't add anything to the plot or any drama or tension between them- what little there is feels artifical as a result.
Also, I can't help but laugh at the guy who insists on finishing the court despite the fact that the ship is losing orbit- hello? you're crashing. Maybe you should finish that little court thing later.
There's also the plot point of them amplifying the audio aboard the ship (1 to the 4th power...which would be...1), which, while an interesting idea, is not executed or integrated well at all. If we can hear people's heartbeats, why not their breathing or all the talking on the bridge? Or the various machinery?
Also, it seems the only tool in engineering is a really big wrench. LOL! And why does the entire ship shake from Kirk pulling some power cables? The engines weren't on, so there's no kickback taking place. "That. Does Not. Make. Sense. If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit."
The court rules that this episode, though not entirely unwatchable, is forgettable. Court adjourned.
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