The Gamesters of Triskelion SEASON 2 EPISODE 16
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In a stunningly original move, we get an episode where a powerful alien race/being use the crew of the Enterprise for entertaining themselves.
A decent enough episode with some odd elements (the weird, slightly hermaphrodite woman who takes a shine to Chekov; Uhuhra's chosen mate getting a little too rapey on primetime TV to be comfortable), and a Star Trek cliché in full swing where Kirk enlightens an alien underclass my teaching them about this thing that humans call 'love'. (I think Kirk gave her a good sorting-out in an unflimed scene, imo).
The female alien of the week had a Thing 1 + Thing 2 from Doctor Seuss, and I do believe Kid Creole saw this when he was deciding on the original look for his Coconuts.
I could have it wrong, but I do believe we got a McCoy "ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR VULCAN MIND?" in this one.
Redshirt Count: 19
Classics -
Amok Time (S2E01)
The City on the Edge of Forever (S1E28)
The Naked Time (S1E04)
The Corbomite Maneuver (S1E10)
Balance of Terror (S1E14)
The Enemy Within (S1E05)
The Squire of Gothos (S1E17)
Devil in the Dark (S1E25)
Mirror Mirror (S2E04)
Arena (S1E18)
Miri (S1E08)
A Taste of Armageddon (S1E23)
Charlie X (S1E02)
Space Seed (S1E22)
Very Good
This Side of Paradise (S1E24)
The Trouble with Tribbles (S2E15)
Wolf In The Fold (S2E14)
Decent
Return of the Archons (S1E21)
Mudd's Women (S1E06)
I Mudd (S2E08)
Journey to Babel (S2E10)
Operation Annihilate (S1E29)
The Menagerie (S1E11+12)
Shore Leave (S1E15)
Court Martial (S1E20)
The Conscience of the King (S1E13)
Where No Man Has Gone Before (S1E03)
The Man Trap (S1E01)
What Are Little Girls Made Of (S1E07)
Dagger of the Mind (S1E09)
Galileo Seven (S1E16)
The Changeling (S2E03)
Catspaw (S2E07)
Errand of Mercy (S1E26)
Tomorrow Is Yesterday (S1E19)
The Apple (S2E05)
The Doomsday Machine (S2E06)
Ho-Hum
The Gamesters of Triskelion (S2E16)
Obsession (S2E13)
The Deadly Years (S2E12)
Who Mourns for Adonais? (S2E02)
Friday's Child (S2E11)
Metamorphosis (S2E09)
Terrible -
The Alternative Factor (S1E27)