[TOS] Season 2, Episode 20 (Netflix: S2 E20): Return to Tomorrow
Rating: 2
This episode is pretty slow, but it has its positives. I like the theme of temptation of power, and exploration. The story involves super advanced aliens that can see and hear things miles away, outside of their planet. But it’s also about one of them trying to betray another, which could be foiled by someone just listening to them in the next room. The capabilities of the aliens makes things a little confusing, but the themes still come across.
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Notes:
Sulu is back
Something named Sargon talks to the ship and turns out their lights
Pulaski!
Sargon takes over Kirks body
They have to decide if they want these beings to take over their bodies for a bit so they can build themselves robot bodies. Kirk gives a speech about exploration and wanting to learn stuff. It convinces everyone
Beings take over Spock and Pulaski’s bodies. The person in Spock is a schemer
Kirk dies for a minute. It doesn’t stick though
Sargon ends up thinking this whole thing was a bad idea because having bodies is too much of a temptation for things as powerful as them
Kirk and Pulaski let the beings take over their bodies one last time to make out. That’s weird
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