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Star Trek: The Original Series 125-126 (Patreon)

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2024-10-09 12:00:04
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Episodes: The Devil in the Dark & Errand of Mercy

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Basil Hazzard

Well lets see if I can get these watched before the Hurricane hits and takes my power out. See you on the other side.

Michael Bauer

Really looking forward to watching this tonight! "Devil in the Dark" is one of my favorite TOS episodes, and I think its message perfectly encapsulates what Trek is about: Something that is foreign, unknown, threatening and maybe even harmful doesn't have to be ill-intentioned, nor does it necessarily need to be fought. We should approach the world and the things and beings we dicover in it with some caution, of course - but we must be guided by rationality, empathy, and openness. In the thoroughly humanistic ethics of Trek - all life has value, and a diversity of perspectives and life-forms, not only coexisting, but cooperating (where possible) in an egalitarian society makes such societies stronger and more resilient, and permits individuals more liberties and opportunities than societies attempting to maximize uniformity. "Errand of Mercy" is another great episode which demonstrates that we / our protagonists - and our antagonists, are still just very tiny specks in a very large galaxy, and there are beings out there that make us seem like ants or amoebae in comparison.

Patrick

Stay safe!

Maiki

Fingers crossed, stay safe!

Keith Brown

The Klingon makeup changes happen on the the first theatrical movie in 1979.

R Harper

The Devil in the Dark - During first day, Monday morning, filming William Shatner received a phone call about 10:00 telling him that his father had passed away in Quebec, Canada. Gene Roddenberry, the line producer, the director, his fellow actors wanted to shut down production so Shatner could go home. Shatner insisted they get a full day in on the episode. Leonard Nimoy & him worked through their lunch hour, schedules were rearranged to shoot as many scenes with Shatner as they could. Nimoy caught up with Shatner in the studio parking lot at the end of the day when he was leaving Nimoy tore the collar of the shirt he was wearing (part of "Shiva" tradition of mourning) and gave a Shatner a long hug. Shatner left the studio around 6:30 went directly to the airport and flew home to Quebec. He was gone Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and flew back to LA Friday morning early arriving past 2 in the morning and was back on set for 730 call. During the week they shot as much of the episode as they could around "Captain Kirk's" part. You can see a lot of the film set-ups over Captain Kirk's right or left shoulders to the upstage background and long shots of Captain Kirk moving through tunnels or Spock or characters talking to Captain Kirk with Kirk's back to the camera. These were done by William Shatner's stand-in Richard Webb (Who played Ben Finney in the "Court Martial" episode). Long Friday & Saturday Shatner working with Nimoy did pick up shots and inserts to complete the episode, looping and wrapping the episode. One of the guys from the creature effects shop crawled his way into Gene Roddenberry's office in the "Horta" costume (didn't have a name yet) when he was talking with Gene Coon who was immediately inspired and said "I'm going to write an story around that!" Thus "The Devil in the Dark" Considered to be one of the top 10 episodes of the original series. TOS made efforts to do non-human characters as did TNG. While these parts had a novelty appeal to the audience they didn't rate very high in the long run. How would E.T., Paul, or the aliens in Stargate been received if they had looked like jet contrails or mud puddles, blobs only visible in a thermal range but no arms and legs or heads, or aliens that consist of pure sound or color swirls? The Horta is relatable, however, for the obvious reason of the twist. Bipeds creatures that resemble us, but, are not us are relatable therefore appealing to the audience. Some movies have got away with non-biped otherworldly creatures but you couldn't do it consistently in a TV series and keep cost down and the appeal for the audience. Live Long and Prosper

Molly Jacobs

The Organians stopped a major battle that would escalate into full destructive interstellar war, not just a skirmish battle. They had the power of foresight to make that determination and intervene in this case. They also said they intensely dislike interfering so it leaves the door open to lesser battles where they don't have to take drastic action. In any case, there isn't always the continiuty concerns as the episodes are largely self-contained stories with different sci-fi writers eager to get their wild ideas on TV screens.

Rayna & Mike Sitter

You really need to read the book "Star Trek Memories" by Shatner. He talked about this episode as his favorite of the series. His dad died during filming and the cast and crew came in clutch for him. Long story that you really need to read for yourself, but the book is awesome, and it'll really give you a deeper appreciation for the series. This reaction is solid gold. Love you guys.

Paul McBryde

Silicon Klingin vs Silicin Klingon

R Harper

Errand of Mercy notable as the first on screen appearance of Klingons as protagonist. The series needed a cheap-to-do generic bad guy aliens for storytelling. They had established Romulans bad guys, but, that required special "Spock's ears" at great time and expense and were not practical in the long run. Most Romulans wore some sort of helmet or headgear to hide the fact the production couldn't do 6 or 7 extras in "ears" within budget. Same for Klingon warriors production couldn't afford fancy appliances for the half dozen Klingons . They went cheap, they tried swarthy makeup, big bushy brows, odd hairstyles, and a ruthless "attitude" to create the warrior race. Unfortunately this "makeup" wasn't consistent throughout TOS often changing in color and tone from Klingon episode to Klingon episode. A issue they resolved by the time of Star Trek The Motion Picture. Live Long and Prosper

Joe Concepts

I think the only Klingon make up in the original series that looks any good is the lead guy's in this episode. The eyebrows, the goatee, etc, kind of look like a TNG Klingon, but just with the ridged forehead not there.

Monica Alarcon

George: "oh yes with the ridges on their foreheads" Me: oooooh you're both in for a surprise

John Zelinka

Devil In the Dark--My favorite episode.

Monica Alarcon

There is a canon explanation for why the Klingons look different in TOS and the movies and TNG but it's way ahead in Star Trek Enterprise. Then Discovery took a dump on that and messed up Klingons for a while...

Monica Alarcon

Space Hippies??? In Star Trek??? Nah, come on. That would be ridiculous... 😅

Alan Pownall

The in universe explanation for all the English is a device called the universal translator, which does exactly what it says on the tin.

Actuarial Lurker

The Klingon KOR appears on Deep Space 9 decades later as an aging warrior. The Organian Treaty is a MAJOR part of the lore that explains improving relations over the decades and subsequent series and relations between the Klingions and Federation

Actuarial Lurker

The Devil in the Dark shows that Spock like to meld with many types of species- Roddenberry always had "liberal" themes intended for the actual 1960s world so this was not only an animal rights episode but also about "other cultures"

Monica Alarcon

Back then they didn't have "season finales" like nowadays, they were just regular episodes. You could do the next two episodes next week then next week the last episode then the first episode of season two. In fact you should do that with TNG starting with season 3 as they all end on cliffhangers...

REDR58
>>151852159

“They are Klingons. And it is a long story. We do not discuss it with outsiders.”

REDR58 (edited)

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2026-09-09 01:00 Seeing the Klingon here for the first time, I really hope you guys get around to doing the very first Star Trek movie, The Motion Picture. Klingons on figure very briefly in that movie but it’s the first look at what the Klingons will be going forward. A lot of people might say to skip The Motion Picture and it’s not the most exciting thing you’re ever gonna see, but I think it’s a very interesting movie with some clever ideas. It certainly looks beautiful.
2024-10-09 17:42

Lintrinsic

Not sure if there's a basis in IRL culture or if this is official but Vulcans are sometimes referred to as "Space Elves" by fans.

Lintrinsic

I wouldn't describe Dukat as hot, but if the question was does he have sex appeal I'd probably say yes.

Alan Pownall

The Organians made the point that they are loath to involve themselves in other people's affairs; so it was because the Klingons/UFP showed up on their lawn and refused to get off it.

Actuarial Lurker

Essentially in a 1960s Cold War setting of when TOS aired- the Klingons are essentially the Russians, The Vulcans are The Japanese- who the US has "made peace with" and the Romulans are the Chinese. Viewed that way the geopolitics and current prejudices of the time makes sense. Klingons are brutish warriors, the Vulcans are logical and wise but "different", the Romulans having emotions and related to Vulcans are thus "crafty Asians" and thus nasty Communists....

Actuarial Lurker

In lore- during the 2100s (the sequel show Enterprise) a Universal Translator device is invented. Everyone has it implanted and it make you hear other languages in your native tongue- that way they could do the shows in English without subtitles. That said in the Movies and various sequel shows- you DO hear characters speak to each other in their own languages with subtitles...

Actuarial Lurker

Notice the set design of the Organian planet- the "dungeon like basement" is the same set from The Squire of Gothos (with Trelane) and it will appear in other episodes you haven't seen yet

Cory Garron

I wouldn't be surprised if it ended up being George's favourite Star Trek movie.

R Harper

Interesting ideas I have never seen this breakdown alien races mimicking earth cultures - Roddenberry never mention it any of his books or interviews. Gene Coon never mentioned it any of his lore. DC Fontana practically The keeper of the Vulcan culture never mentioned this breakdown. Star Trek Memory Alpha Website doesn't mention this particular breakdown. Same goes for the Romulans and Klingons. Where did you get your information or is this just hypothesis based on your personal opinion?

Actuarial Lurker

This is a double-edged episode- on one side Roddenberry is anti-war having fought in WWII and pushing that message during the Vietnam War here in 1966 and getting it past the censors and thus "liberal" and in another sense mocking "liberals" because he is showing the "enlightened" Organian civilization trying to to interfere over local conflicts and tell the "dumb local savages" how only they could save them if they followed their world view. So the show could appeal to BOTH ends of the political spectrum of viewers

Anthony Michaels
>>151840883

They are also not without limits. They had to prepare and focus to accomplish this. They aren’t omnipotent, just seem that way from the human perspective.

dc

With regard to what Simone was alluding to, the evolution of Federation and Klingon relations plays out over the course of the TOS movies, so you've got a lot coming before TNG begins.

Anthony Michaels

Vulcans are space Jews, Klingons are Japanese (honor, Samarai culture), Romulans are ancient Romans.

Alan Kobb

Devil in the Dark is on a lot of people's top-episode lists. I hadn't seen it in years, so watching it with you I was very happy to see how well it ages. The Klingons are not treated very well in the original series (TOS). They are basically just evil guys with few redeeming qualities, but in the 1960s at the height of the Cold War, TV audiences wanted to see the good guys defeat the Russians, and the Klingons stood in for the Russians as the American audience saw them. We didn't see as much of the Romulans, but they were must more interesting. Starting in the movies and TNG, the Klingons were completely redesigned with the head ridges and a sense of honor that they recognized in Star Fleet, leading to an uneasy peace, making them "frien-emies".

Alan Kobb

I forgot to mention speech. In a few episodes a "universal translator" is mentioned, but the device is rarely seen and always seems to be in operation, which makes it absolutely the most convenient piece of technology in the history of mankind. In a few episodes we find languages that defy the power of the universal translator, and often these are good episodes. One of the best episodes of all the Treks (IMO) is one from The Next Generation called "Darmok". In this episode, the translator cannot render the language's syntax, forcing both species to learn more about the other. No spoilers, but definately a good reason to keep watching!

Actuarial Lurker

The trivia section of the DVD version of TNG Season 5 DOES say that Roddenberry envisioned the Romulans as Communist China (despite all the references to Romulus and Centurions etc) and there is a ship called the Tienanmen in Episode 1 when they set up a blockade on the Romulan/Klingon border) and the actor John Colicos (who played Kor) DID interpret his character as Genghis Khan when interviewed about it- just as George noted in the reaction

Dee Aitch

"And what is with the Klingons? Remember, in the day. They looked like Puerto Ricans and they dressed in gold lamé." Mongols is a good parallel. The original script references them as "oriental" and "hard-faced". As mentioned by others, sometimes they added shoe polish to the makeup to make them more "alien" and sometimes it was just extras in extra facial hair. Yeah, I assumed the Organians were simply sending astral projections to the home planets saying "no war today around our planet", not existing throughout space. It's probably not a spoiler to say that they didn't end Starfleet-Klingon hostilities in the very first episode they were introduced. I was silently screaming when George was asking for non-humanlike races, knowing that the Hoorta episode was coming up.

algi

Oh no, the moment when I realize most Klingons are just wearing brown face.

Funny That

Yip. It's a magical hand-wave alright. TNG would later add the Inertial Dampening Field to explain why acceleration changes and manoeuvring does not turn the crew in to chunky-salsa.

James Wilson

Really enjoying these Star Trek reactions. Glad you chose to watch.

JBK405

No alien species or polity in Trek is a direct 1:1 representation for a real-world nation, despite what a lot of fans like to say. With that understanding, the Klingons were introduced in this episode as part of a metaphor for the NATO/Soviet Union aspect of the Cold War. Unlike the Romulans -- who were introduced in an episode about the US/China aspect of the Cold War -- the Klingons are regarded as an expansionist, militaristic threat. The Klingons and the Federation have been butting heads constantly and always on the verge of war. The conflict is viewed as inevitable by everybody involved, which means that even The Good Guys are arguing for war because since it's inevitable shouldn't we strike first so that those evil people can't beat us to the punch? And when you get right down to it, at the end of the day if both sides are arguing in favor of war, what's the difference? "Errand of Mercy" was a pretty direct commentary on the Vietnam War. Kirk and Kor's shouting match at the end contained several direct references to early-'60s face-offs between the powers. No matter what the politics were of the Great Powers involved, to the people who actually LIVED there all it was was outsiders coming in and messing up their country as part of their own conflicts. Vulcans were not created to represent any real-world people -- not even as a loose metaphor -- but over time they have transformed into a metaphor for Jews due to Leonard Nimoy's influence. As a religious Jew living in America, he LIVED the "child of two worlds" experience that Spock had as a half-human/half-Vulcan. He used that aspect of his personal life to inform how he played the role, and publicly discussed it frequently. The Vulcan salute -- which Nimoy invented -- he based on hand gestures used by rabbis during certain blessings. These characteristics that Nimoy brought to Spock were adopted by almost all following Vulcan characters, hence the slow agglomeration of traits.

REDR58

I pronounce “silicon” as “sil-i-CON.”

Kurt Hockenbury

To me, the difference sounds George says sound like "vayg" and "veyg", a slight vowel shift.

Darin Foat

I'm so happy you guys liked The Devil in the Dark. I've been waiting for weeks to see how you reacted to "No Kill I", and you didn't disappoint. :)

Robert Evans

I think that they are more like space NAZIs. Klingons don't have the 'true faith' conversion drive that Soicte Communists did.

Robert Evans

Simone: the sash Worf wore in season one is the very same costume element that Kor wore in this episode

Robert Evans

I was wondering before the reveal if either George or Simone would have noticed thatwhen the Organians were arounbd the doors opened by themselves. It's a really subtle touch that it was not as it seemed.

SpankTheMonk
>>151868655

Klingons I believe were actually based on Mongols, Pirates and various Barbarians. Pirates will be more obvious in the movies and TNG - for good and bad.

SpankTheMonk

I actually believe Kirk was interested in chain of command and protecting his first officer when he asked him to help Scotty. Their companionship and friendship are developing.

SpankTheMonk

Gul Dukat fits some normative attractive humanoid masculine and initially softer in delivery leader focused personality traits without giving away much of anything on the character, species, show or narratives.

Sergio Meira

If the Romulans are Romans, and the Federation are Americans, then what are the Vulcans? I think they're monks. They come from a planet with an inhospitable name ('Vulcan' -- Volcano?), they all follow a strict discipline (like monastic orders), and they follow one transcendent entity -- logics, while our monks go for God, but both look like they're beyond our mundane realm. So--I think the Vulcans are monks. Another possibility is that, just as the Romulans are Romans, the Vulcans are Greeks--they love logics (as the Greeks loved philosophy), and they think they're better than everybody else ('don't offend me by calling me human'). ;-)

Andrew Roach

Shatner considered Devil to be his favorite episode because of how the crew supported him with his father passing away. Devil was the start of the famous line "I'm a doctor, not a _________" that will be used through out the rest of Trek for decades to come. I love how in Devil the "mob" of miners (miners, not minors) when they storm the Horta are not depicted as bad, I mean as far as they are concerned at this point the Horta has killed 50 of their friends so their actions are understandable. While of course Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek, writer and producer Gene L. Coon is regarded as the person who really established what made Trek great: the Kirk Spock McCoy triangle, Klingons, the Prime Directive as well as great episodes he wrote. He came on midway thru season 1 but due to burnout left midway thru season 2 and it showed. I think the UFP is sort of like the UN with all planets having equal say including Earth, I mean Sol III. The next three episodes contains the episode which is widely regarded as the best TOS episode.

Simon Pegged Me

I was thinking the same thing, that the Vulcans were the Greeks, particularly the Stoics.

punterjoe

I'm so glad you guys got to these Season One gems. Both with the fingerprints of the underrated Gene L. Coon all over them. Sadly, the Klingons were created because other alien makeup was too expensive & threatened busgets. So Klingons were just designed as 'swarthy' big bads with simple costumes, bushy brows & facial hair and ....dark makeup 🙄. It wasn't until The Motion Picture (with its astronomical budget) that we got the beginnings of the Klingons we know today. While Romulans were clearly designed to be 'Roman', I think Klingons were more generic adversaries lifting from every 'agressive outsider' culture the writers felt suited the plot. It was TV in the 1960s. It was good enough. I always thought The Federation was supposed to be like the U.N. (at least the concept if not the actual real-world orginization). I hope you decide to do Season 2 because (no spoilers) in Journey To Babel there is a Federation conclave of many species and the writers get to really expand the Trek universe.

Actuarial Lurker

Yes- the UFP is basically like an alliance with a "rotating President'. The under-rated series "Enterprise" ran for only 4 years from 2001-2004 instead of seven like all the other major sequel to TOS, and covers the 2150s and 2160s and shows how the early Federation WAS something like a mixture between NATO, the UN, and EU but on a galaxy sector scale where if you join you have to be willing to give mutual scientific, "humanitarian" to abuse a term, and military aid to the other members with a goal of keeping the peace and fomenting trade and cultural and scientific exchange

Actuarial Lurker

There actually IS an upcoming episode in TOS that they WILL see that has a bunch of space hippies in it. Will be interesting to see their reaction

Actuarial Lurker

Well said- Worf and yes the "prequel" series "Enterprise" does give a lot of back story on how the tech in 2260s TOS was starting to be developed in the 2150s and 2160s when that series takes place. A side note of why I actually LIKE the show Enterprise is that it provides plausible geeky explanations for the Klingons, all the tech and that it DOESN'T always work when they first design it- shields that suck, inaccurate weapons, transporter malfunctions, catching diseases when you visit a new planet and needing to decontaminate when you get back on board- so it applies a 2001-2004 sensibility of how users are frequently the Beta testers of major IT firms where they release Operating Systems that crash, devices that can be hacked etc

Actuarial Lurker

yes the studio gave TOS a crappy budget so in many episodes you see cheesy costumes (The Gorn), Vulcans and Romulans wearing helmets or hats so they don't need ears, re-using the same set like I mentioned above with the basement prison of the Organians being the downstairs of Trelane's castle from Squire of Gothos (and used in another episode they haven't seen yet Cats Paw)

Stuart Sutcliffe
>>151947174

You know, I feel nostalgic for a time when The Hobbit was a more relevant in pop culture than LOTR. Not that I dislike the movies. It's just I remember a time when people respected the novel at all. "Yes, lots. No, none at all. Not one." "What have I got in my pocket?" "Then I was but young and tender. But now I am old and strong, strong strong." Part of what excited some of us when Fellowship came out was seeing all the references to lore from reading The Hobbit as children, now in a serious movie. And now 20 years have past, and The Hobbit is regarded as a cruel joke simply because of its adaptation.

Stuart Sutcliffe

You know, George, re the Vulcan Mind Meld, nervous systems in animals of varying development have produced behavior that indicates sentience. Fish, in fact, make clicking noises that some Ichthyologists believe may be primitive language. Manta Rays have been documented as passing the Mirror Test, an indication of self awareness. Cephalopods, despite having a decentralized nervous system, are highly intelligent and some species are socially intelligent--appearing to communicate visually via photophores. Arthropods such as colonial ants and bees have rich social lives, engaging in behavior such as domestication of various other insects. And Ctenophores have nervous systems that are so complex compared to animals with similar body plans, Jellyfish, that it has been suggested they independently evolved simple nervous systems. The point is, most animals on earth appear to have convergently evolved nervous systems toward animated consciousness. In the real world, it is questionable whether a humanoid alien would be able to "meld" with the mind of an animal so chemically different from them. But the question is certainly not whether an animal is capable of having a mind capable of being read. For animals, perhaps excepting Corals, Sponges, and Jellyfish, nearly all animals do. Although, how complex those thoughts are is another story.

Peter Dillard

I think they can choose to reach out or not and most of the time they don't and only did it here because they intruded. 'Who Mourns for Adonis' will be interesting for you.

gfixler

People are starting to pour more and more info into comments about future treks. I'm worried about too many spoilers showing up way before we even get to TNG and other treks. I love seeing George finding out things for the first time, and trying to work out what's going on.

gfixler

I don't think Vulcans are supposed to be a group, like Klingons and Romulans, because the latter two were created as enemies, so they picked some humans from the past with lots of war history to pull from. I think the Vulcans were meant to be a look inside. They wanted a way to dive into the human condition, which a lot of Star Trek delves into, and the idea that a large human failing is our emotionality. They created Vulcans as a way to explore the "what if" of a humanoid species devoid of that "flaw", and the ramifications of not having access to it. We already saw the people on the shuttlecraft turning on Spock when they were marooned on that planet, and about to die.

Ginger

I heard no difference between vague and vague.

Thomas Yanez

This was my understanding, too.

Raven Dark

For most of TOS, I have only vague memories of episodes with a few that really stand out. Devil the Dark is one that I barely remembered, and have no idea if I liked on first viewing, but now, watching it with you guys, I really enjoyed it. For me, Leonard Nemoy's acting during the mind meld was a standout in this episode. He did an amazing job in that scene. What a phenomenal actor. RIP, Spock. George, with regards to what you were saying about the fact that the Horta could tell the difference between humans and Vulcans based on the ears when it had no prior reference for either race. I took what you were saying to mean that she shouldn't be able to. I think it's worth noting that it was the opposite. Spock said that "she" liked his ears and found them to be the most attractive human trait. But he also went on to say, "I didn't have the heart to tell her that only I have--" Then someone cut him off before he could finish. I believe he was trying to say, "I didn't have the heart to tell her only I have pointed ears," as in, she didn't know humans don't. So, she can't tell the difference. There is a chance I'm getting things muddled and confusing what you were getting at. If I am, forgive me and feel free to set me straight. Either way, great reaction, guys. Love watching these episodes with you two.

Theadora

Vulcans do get compared to elves, as another cerebral, vaguely friendly "alien" species, but all Trek aliens are foils with whom to contrast humans.

Theadora

uh, in case you didn't get the memo, SPOILERS!

Monica Alarcon

I did it in a sarcastic non-spoilery way..

Theadora

Y'all, ToS Trekkies are the greatest rationalizers in the known galaxy. ToS had little continuity, no overarching plot and little thought about the "how" of anything. The creators filmed episodes *knowing* that (if they made it to syndication) they would be showed out of order, and also with bits trimmed to make more room for commercials. *Popular* science fiction already had a reputation for being all about "bug-eyed monsters" with little to no thought behind it or about it, and television was "junk food"; it wasn't expected to nourish or really be a significant part of anyone's life. The best the creators of Star Trek thought they could manage was a little "sneaky" commentary on the human condition while entertaining folks for an hour at a time. So we are trying to shoehorn continuity into something that didn't even realize that was an option. TL; DR: You gotta go with the flow on the lack of continuity. Love you guys!

Michael Nemo

The Organians arent interested in anything outside of their planet.

Data Cable

There are basically three pronunciations of "Klingon" sprinkled though TOS: KLING-on, KLING-gon, and KLING-n. Eventually, the first one becomes standard.

Paul Mix

Four weeks late (we're trying to catch up!), but am I the only one who would love to watch Simone do an Elden Ring livestream?

Bandaloop

Explanation for why so many humanoid species in Star Trek is hinted at in ST:TOS and explained in a ST:TNG episode. Do you want to know the episodes?

Alexander Whitehill

I was VERY much waiting for you to get to "Devil in the Dark" I KNEW George was gonna love the Horta. It's always been one of those things from Star Trek that suck with me from a very young age. The Klingons started out base on the Mongol empire. But they have grown SO far beyond that. Being as I'm late to the comments... has anyone mentioned the Vulcans (or at least their philosophy) is influenced by Greek Stoicism?

DwarfsRBest

I've been going through and watching these reactions, and I just wanted to say how much fun they've been. I watched pretty much all of these when I was young, but my appreciation for them has grown so much, and it's great to see how much you guys appreciate them too. Such an incredible depth and diversity of content for even a modern show, much less one that started six decades ago. Even the stuff I once found silly or overblown--Shatner's over-acting, the goofy sets with painted backdrops and plaster rocks, the practical effects--all just seem perfect now, exactly what they needed to be. It knows what it is and it just does the hell out of it. Fun stuff. Thanks for the reactions.

Angela D. Mitchell

I absolutely loved "Devil in the Dark," and I remember loving it when I first saw it as a kid. It has aged surprisingly well. And the Horta creature design is EVERYTHING.