Series: Minireviews

One Sentence Synopsis

Kirk creeps on a pubescent girl to win a race against time (and a virus) on parallel Earth.

Scene setup

Oh boy. Kirk and company beam down to an exact copy of mid 1960s Earth (TROPE ALERT) then contract a virus that causes post-pubescents to rapidly age- only the children survived and they are hundreds of years old. The kids left on Planet Lord of the Flies steal the landing party’s communicators and hot blonde yeoman which forces Kirk to creep on a teenage girl- the titular Miri- who then takes the unsuspecting Captain to a hilariously perilous rendezvous.

Should you watch it?

No. It’s an hour where little of substance happens unless willful suspension of disbelief is a hobby of yours. For instance: were there really centuries of food and water available? Was this the only city on Earth II? Why does Jahn (see above) look like he is in his mid twenties? And so on.

Vital Statistics

What Happened?	This adventure	All time	Notes
HR Incident	0	11	As distasteful as pedophilia is, still not against Starfleet policy.
Shirtless Kirk	.5	5	In the context of a beatdown by child.
Hookups?	0	5	THANK GOD NO
Encounters with exes?	0	3
Redshirt Kills?	0	0
Non Redshirt Kills?	0	3
Offscreen Federation Kills?	0	9
Non Federation Kills?	0	2	A couple of deaths to raise the stakes.

One Sentence Synopsis

Kirk creeps on a slightly post-pubescent girl to stop a genocidal dictator from killing the witnesses to mass murder.

Scene setup

Kirk is one of two surviving witnesses to the horrors wrought by Kodos The Executioner who made the logical decision to kill half an Earth colony’s population in order that the other half may survive. The survivors revolted against this genius plan and Kodos was presumed killed in the chaos.

Oh, and by a coinkydink both witnesses are assigned to the USS Enterprise!

Kirk grows to suspect that the head of a traveling Shakespeare company may be Kodos traveling incognito. But how to ensnare the dastard?

C’mon, People. This is Captain James T. Kirk.

There’s only one answer:

Hunt down the man’s slightly-older-than-street-legal daughter and Keep. On. Macking.

Should you watch it?

Yes! Between Trek being a product of the 1960’s and the Shakespearean framing this episode features so much over the top acting that in comparison Shatner delivers a flat out understated performance- witness the clip above. That’s quite a stylized performance from our guest actress, Barbara Anderson.

Vital Statistics

What Happened?	This adventure	All time	Notes
HR Incident	0	11
Shirtless Kirk	0	5
Hookups?	1	6	Bitches be cray cray.
Encounters with exes?	0	3
Redshirt Kills?	0	0
Non Redshirt Kills?	0	3
Offscreen Federation Kills?	0	9
Non Federation Kills?	1	3	Poor Thomas Leighton. Not a good second half of life.