The 1960s - a decade that all randy old devils look back on with great pleasure. A decade in which women were nothing more than welcome objects that men could use to make sexist remarks and that could be groped at any time.
And Janice Rand is the unfortunate female victim in nearly every episode, always the target of sexual innuendo or even sexual assault from her male colleagues. This poor woman. The fact that something like that was accepted and seen as "normal" even back then is simply incomprehensible from today's perspective. Yeoman Rand is almost raped by Kirk's doppelganger and only barely manages to free herself from his clutches, but doesn't even see herself as the victim. Since Kirk is captain, she wouldn't have even reported this behavior. Wow.
The story of split personalities isn't bad, but due to the typical dull TOS narration and over- and underacting, there is once again no tension at the end. I'm always fascinated by how relaxed everyone on this Enterprise is. Some crew members are stuck on a planet and are about to freeze to death and Scotty (who has a really greasy hairstyle this season - as if he had smeared a pound of butter in his hair) is standing ALONE in the transporter room, chilling, telling Kirk that they're doing EVERYTHING they can! Oh yeah? Him alone and who else? Scotty doesn't look very stressed or that he's giving it all he's got here.
And then those facepalm scenes in every TOS episode: Scotty clearly shows that the transporter malfunctioned and has duplicated a unicorn dog. When rumors start to circulate that an out-of-control Kirk is causing trouble on the ship, none of those involved even think that maybe something went wrong with Kirk's last transport from the planet, too! Or when the crew is supposed to track down the wrong Kirk. What if good old Kirk had said in his speech to the crew that he himself would stay on the bridge, meaning that any Kirk anywhere else on the ship would definitely be the impostor they're looking for?
And Janice Rand is the unfortunate female victim in nearly every episode, always the target of sexual innuendo or even sexual assault from her male colleagues. This poor woman. The fact that something like that was accepted and seen as "normal" even back then is simply incomprehensible from today's perspective. Yeoman Rand is almost raped by Kirk's doppelganger and only barely manages to free herself from his clutches, but doesn't even see herself as the victim. Since Kirk is captain, she wouldn't have even reported this behavior. Wow.
The story of split personalities isn't bad, but due to the typical dull TOS narration and over- and underacting, there is once again no tension at the end. I'm always fascinated by how relaxed everyone on this Enterprise is. Some crew members are stuck on a planet and are about to freeze to death and Scotty (who has a really greasy hairstyle this season - as if he had smeared a pound of butter in his hair) is standing ALONE in the transporter room, chilling, telling Kirk that they're doing EVERYTHING they can! Oh yeah? Him alone and who else? Scotty doesn't look very stressed or that he's giving it all he's got here.
And then those facepalm scenes in every TOS episode: Scotty clearly shows that the transporter malfunctioned and has duplicated a unicorn dog. When rumors start to circulate that an out-of-control Kirk is causing trouble on the ship, none of those involved even think that maybe something went wrong with Kirk's last transport from the planet, too! Or when the crew is supposed to track down the wrong Kirk. What if good old Kirk had said in his speech to the crew that he himself would stay on the bridge, meaning that any Kirk anywhere else on the ship would definitely be the impostor they're looking for?