As I said elsewhere, I am on the H and I schedule. So we are three or four episodes into the first season. And now it’s time for The Naked Time.

When Sulu appears on the bridge with the sharpened foil and is subdued by Kirk and Spock, it may be the best two minutes or so of Star Trek.

From Uhura’s “Sorry, neither!” to Spock’s “Take D’Artagnan to Sick Bay,” it’s fantastic.

This is one of my Top Ten episodes. Maybe top five, hard to say.

My dangerous little security officer made the rank of Lt. Commander, but then went a little crazy, as Vulcans do, and came to the conclusion that peace with Klingons would threaten the safety of the UFP…

There was only one logical course of action…

On Patreon, she lost her sweater 😉

Hah, I have never really liked this episode. But I’m on the H & I schedule, so that’s tonight’s episode.

But tonight, Kirk made me spit out my beer! At the very beginning when he tells Yeoman ran to take Charlie to some quarters, Charlie has never seen a female before. So he turns to Kirk and says, “Is that a girl?” And Kirk replies, “That’s a girl,” with a knowing male nod. Damn it, Jim!

Episode: "This Side of Paradise" - TOS, 125

Airdate: March 2, 1967

Written by DC Fontana; Directed by Ralph Senensky

Brief summary: "The Enterprise crew finds happiness at a colony where alien spores provide total contentment."

Memory Alpha link: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/This_Side_of_Paradise_(episode)

1931-1992

Have you guys ever noticed in all 79 episodes of TOS, TAS and the movies kirk never hung out with his crew? other than spock and mccoy.

i always found that kind of strange.

like picard played poker with his bridge crew before TNG wrapped and then in picard show finale they played poker, chilled, drank etc.

even the other crews were more tight knit like

archer had movie night

sisko invited his crew to play baseball

janeway had fairhaven

pike was really chummy with his crew in snw etc

what do you think? you think kirk and his crew weren't really all that tight knit?

I've seen every episode dozens of times since I was a child in the 70's. I'm watching Turnabout Intruder now. Shatner is nothing short of brilliant as Janice Lester in Kirk's body. IMO

Original slipcover was hacked up and placed in this clamshell rental case at some point over the years, but nevertheless, here it is…the original 1982 Space Seed VHS tape used to promote Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.