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"Yesteryear" Full Reaction! - Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 1 (Patreon)

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2025-01-27 19:00:10
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"Yesteryear" Full Reaction! - Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 1

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Greg

A surprise episode! I guess this is to make up for the missing one during your vacation? in any case, this was a welcome surprise on a dreary and cold Monday. :) I think this is one of the best episodes of TAS, and a lot of folks agree, for the reasons you stated so well in your comments at the end. D.C. Fontana really was a great writer, and I agree she knew how to portray Spock. I hadn't considered the fact before that since this was a cartoon, they could use animation to show and portray things in ways above and beyond a live action show or movie, as really the only limit is your imagination. As you know, I'm starting to watch anime now also, and I see the same creative ideas and thoughts coming through on those shows as well. One thing I LOVE about TAS is that a lot of episodes return to ideas, places, people, and concepts that had been introduced in the original series, and this one handles it among the best ways. We get to find out more about Spock and his past, and what they go through, and what HE went though as he was half human. We see more of Vulcan, a very hot, hostile, hard to live on planet. We get to see his pet which was talked about in the episode where we also met his father, Sarek, And once again we get to see The Guardian of Forever -- although I don't know why it wasn't CALLED that here. Perhaps a naming or rights issue? How this accident happened in the first place I find very interesting. It makes sense Starfleet would want to return here to do studies, and sending teams back into the past to observe is great. And clearly the Guardian can handle several teams at once going to different places and times. It was just a fluke accident that cause Spock was away with one team it ended up changing his past. And an Andorian first officer is pretty interesting also, I wish we had seen more of him. This episode really hit hard also with the pet being put down. NBC protested about this, since it was a kid's show, but Roddenberry stuck to his guns and said he fully supported D.C.'s script, and in the end the show was aired as is. I suspect this was one of the earliest cartoons aimed at kids to portray such a heavy message. The bullying scene early in the episode is also shown in the first of the new Star Trek movies (which I believe you've said you've seen Bunny, so I can talk about it here) so it was cool to see that there also. And there was also some great lines in that scene in the movie, where Spock asked his father "Why did you marry mother anyway?" and Sarek responds "At the time, it seemed the most logical thing to do!" The ritual that all young Vulcan males go through and where they have to decide to accept or reject Vulcan society and their lifestyle reminds me of the Amish -- they have a similar ceremony once they get old enough where they can decide to remain in the Amish lifestyle their whole life or to reject it and join the outside world. It was great they could get Mark Lenard to return to voice Sarek again, and Majel Barrett did a great job voicing Amanada here as well as the ship's computer (she does the voice of that all through TAS). My real only complains about this episode are mostly the same complaints I have for ALL the Star Trek Animated episodes -- it feels too short and rushed with everything crunched into 30 minutes, and the voice acting is great for everyone save for William Shatner. The plot of this episode was considered so good though, it was fleshed out into book form and given a longer treatment there. Finally, I'm SURE the roar of the creature which attacked young Spock was the Godzilla roar from the movies of the time. :) I guess no one from Toho noticed?

Mark Chrisco

Yesteryear is generally considered canon by most fans. BTW, D.C. was the showrunner for the animated series.

Dave Riley

TAS aired on NBC Saturday mornings, but it was still written for an adult audience. DC Fontana left over disputes on scripts during TOS Season 3. Don't know how she came to be writing a TAS episode, and it was as good as any she wrote for TOS. Mark Lenard, who played Sarek in TOS, did the voice of Sarek here. He went on to appear as Sarek a few more times during the TOS Movies and TNG. I'm in South East Michigan and when I looked him up on Wikipedia, was surprised to learn that he went to University of Michigan and received a Masters degree in Theatre and Speech. (Go Blue!)

Lee

According to Memory Alpha, The Animated Series was more-or-less officially restored to canon when Paramount released the complete series on physical media. Several other Trek series have made subtle (and some not-so-subtle) references to things that were depicted in TAS. Of course, it's the right of every fan to decide for themself what they wish to include in their headcanon. Or, to put it another way, Your Mileage May Vary.

Lee

I have to say that I enjoy the more subdued voice acting by Shatner. This is one of the few episodes that was recorded with all the regular cast present, so he didn't literally phone in his dialogue, although it still may seem that way to some.

William Terry

Great episode! This is a nice way to experience Star Trek along with bunny instead of knowing the plot before she does. In an episode or a movie I imagine the plot revolving around discovering the role of the Andorran in changing history to get Spock out of the picture for his nefarious purposes. Here D.C. Fontana writes a very good story about a boy Spock and his Sehlat but with themes of losing a friend and growing, rather than an adventure like Star Wars. I was hoping for a scene where Spock and Kirk beam up at the end and McCoy says hi Spock, who's that with you? Tune in next week for the exciting conclusion lol.

Matthew Graves (Graviton)

So, I mentioned in a previous post that there was a superb episode early on in TAS that I consider essential. This is the one I was referring to. IMO just a hands down classic Trek story. Great voice performances by all around and the writing is excellent. I really have nothing negative to say about this one. Love it An interesting note is that it was somewhat controversial with the network at the time for being one of first “children’s” animated TV show to feature an actual death. The network wanted it changed but D.C. Fontana fought against that and Roddenberry backed her up

Trilogian

Dorothy Fontana delivered another Spock defining story. No question she not only understood Spock as a character, she added so much to his complexity.

dave zink

Dorothy Fontana wrote some really good episodes for being "a cartoon" still have Spock and Kirk and all the gang except for Walter Koenig , pretty neat for the 70s !!

Skyman's Follies

The Guardian strikes again, delivering what is widely considered the best TAS animated episode just as it did for TOS and its GENERALLY most well-regarded episode "City on the Edge of Forever". Yesteryear was nominated for a Daytime Emmy and is an excellent, tear-jerker episode balanced with action, philosophy, a dose of Mark Lenard and even that classic Spock-Bones banter at the end. Maybe it's this episode that most closely "feels" like an episode of the original series, but don't worry, more good stuff ahead.

Skyman's Follies

yeah… same. There’s something almost therapeutic about his even tone. I’m sure a YouTube channel will pop up: 24 hrs Animated Captain Kirk speaking calmly 😂

bunnytails

I was wondering if it was Mark Lenard! I definitely thought it sounded like him but couldn’t be sure.

bunnytails

I agree this episode is fantastic. I enjoyed it more than a good number of TOS episodes.

bunnytails

I’ve watched the next couple episodes, and those were great as well! I hope the quality continues to the end.

Mark Gosine

Well, can't say when I last watched these. Much better than I remember. A treat, I can barely recall the plots. As far as the music goes, it definitely has an early seventies flavor, and I'm diggin' it too man. Thank God it was pre-disco.

Mark Gosine

Pacing and direction are superb for a 25-minute story. It didn't feel rushed at all.