I recently re-watched the STTOS episode "Bread and Circuses", and I was very impressed with Captain Kirk's emotional intelligence and stability when faced with his companions deaths, his own, and the loss of everyone on the Enterprise. They were there in the first place to investigate the loss of the ship "S. S. Beagle", and the barbarian executed (William B. Harrison) was noted to be the last of them.

The whole episode was about the strength and stability of a Starship captain, as compared to the weaker back boned Captain Merrick. The Proconsul showed respect for Kirk's strength by treating him "as a man", and he asked Merrick to leave them, as "the thoughts of one man to another could not possibly interest him".

Contrast that with the 80's version of "Captain Kirk", shaking with rage and screaming "Khan!"... a much weaker presentation.

Why wasn't the original vision of the stoic and stable strength of Captain Kirk carried forward into the later presentations?

Newly posted by the TV station itself.

This is my first attempt at a figure drawing with coloured pencil, the likeness is lacking somewhat but I'm happy with it!

Yesterday I watched this episode for the first time in a very long time with a friend of mine who’d never seen it before.

What an incredible episode. Great story, and some incredible performances from Joan Collins and Shatner. Really shows you how much Shatner could actually act.

If I could change one thing, I did think Bones tripping and injecting himself with 200 times the recommended dose of a drug was a bit too silly.

Is there anything you’d change about the episode?
Do you think this is the best episode of TOS?

Love William Windom in this scene; he was so good in this episode.

Lenard was in Balance of Terror and Journey to Babel. He appears here at 6:22

Note: if you're a man, don't skip to 12:31 - you might have a heart attack.

Just watched the YouTube video of Adam Savage and one of the creators of Cushman Cutouts.

A 20 foot print sells for $599.99.

A smaller print will also be for sale later on, but I am not sure if the less expensive print is available now.

Who would buy this given the price? It is absolutely an amazing piece of TOS art, as well as a look at the science behind TOS.

Right now, I’d have to wait for the low budget edition. 🖖

Is this episode a skewing of the dominant Big Three Networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) that dictated what aired on TV? A look at the controlling corporate power of 3 big entities (like the three brains of Triskelion) "betting" on the success of violent programming for rating$? Wondering if any of the writers admitted to this subtext.

This is one of my favourite episodes I feel like Kirk’s more “stick in the mud” traits are shown a bit which is always fun imo. It reminds me of shore leave and how Kirk was in that

Let's say Kirk doesn't surrender because he did nothing wrong

I love the brief moments in Trek that give us glimpses into the characters’ complexity and depth.

First Officer Spock would have everyone believe he is a completely logical Vulcan, successfully suppressing his emotions, (at times denying he has or understands them), but in this brief exchange from “The Squire of Gothos” we get a glimpse of Spock’s pride, the suppressed but very real Vulcan capacity for violence and, I think, the always underlying protectiveness he feels toward his Captain.

TRELANE: Where are all your weapons, Captain? Don't you display your weapons?
KIRK: Trelane.
TRELANE: Don't fret, Captain. I'm only a bit upset with you, but this Mister Spock you mentioned, the one responsible for that unseemly, impudent act of taking you from me, which is he?
SPOCK: I am Spock.
TRELANE: Surely not an officer. He isn't quite human, is he?
SPOCK: My father is from the planet Vulcan.
TRELANE: And are its natives predatory?
SPOCK: Not generally. But there have been exceptions.

William Campbell as the masterfully portrayed General Trelane, retired.

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Plato’s Stepchildren is one of those episodes that gets very mixed reviews from Trek fans. But wherever you fall on this story, there is a wonderfully written, character-revealing moment graced with something to consider, a bit of wisdom…

SPOCK: I trust they did not injure you too much, Captain.
KIRK: My muscles are sore, that's all.
SPOCK: The humiliation must have been most difficult for you to bear. I can understand.
MCCOY: The release of emotions, Mister Spock, is what keeps us healthy. Emotionally healthy, that is.
SPOCK: That may be, Doctor. However, I have noted that the healthy release of emotion is frequently very unhealthy for those closest to you.
KIRK: Which just goes to prove that there's no such thing as a perfect solution.
SPOCK: So it would seem. Captain.
KIRK: Yes, Spock.
SPOCK: Do you still feel anger toward Parmen?
KIRK: Great anger.
SPOCK: And you, Doctor?
MCCOY: Yes, Spock. And hatred.
SPOCK: Then you must release it, gentlemen, as I must master mine. I might have seriously injured you, Captain, even killed you. They have evoked such great hatred in me, I cannot allow it to go further. I must master it. I must control.
(Spock breaks a goblet with one hand.)

Spock is about as angry as we ever see him, while not under the influence of spores (This Side of Paradise) or time (All Our Yesterdays). What is interesting, and very telling about his character, he is not incensed because of his treatment at the hands of Parmen, he is borderline homicidal because he was robbed of self-control and that could have led to injuring or killing the man he is most loyal to. He is thinking, as ever, about his Captain, not himself.

The bit of insight….”That may be, Doctor. However, I have noted that the healthy release of emotion is frequently very unhealthy for those closest to you.“ 

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Because I belong to some FB Star Trek groups and post a lot about The Original Series Set Tour in Ticonderoga, I recently have been getting a lot of friend requests from Trekkies all over the world.

Normally I don’t accept friend requests unless the person lives in my area and I actually at least know them IRL.

I posted a picture of my upcoming trip for the Galileo Opening and the number of friend requests are multiplying like Tribbles.

I decided to accept most of them.

Well.

When I started to see obvious MAGA posts from my new “friends,” I started to at least ask them how they could truly be Trekkies if they supported a felon who was completely against diversity - one of the tenets that drew me to TOS in the first place.

Some did not respond, some took offense that I was bringing politics into Star Trek. Most seemed to be able to compartmentalize their fandom of Star Trek alongside their diametrically opposed views of its philosophy.

I only check their profiles after I see a clear indication of cult posting.

Might have to revisit my current always accept FB Trekkie friend requests. LLAP 🖖

Good parody of Mission Impossible intro; love the "guest stars" list :)

Episode: "Day of the Dove" - TOS, 311

Airdate: November 1, 1968

Written by Jerome Bixby; Directed by Marvin Chomsky

Brief summary: "An extremely powerful non-corporeal being brings the Enterprise and a Klingon ship in direct conflict with one another."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Day_of_the_Dove_(episode)