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From: cwayne@unm-cvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: worst episodes
Message-ID: <242@unm-cvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 12:44:06 EST
Article-I.D.: unm-cvax.242
Posted: Mon Feb 11 12:44:06 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 16-Feb-85 05:48:32 EST
Reply-To: cwayne@unm-cvax.UUCP (Chris Wayne)
Organization: Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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<you have a talent for understatement>


     What do you mean by worst episode?  Writing, direction, acting, overall, or
what?  I can take just about any one episode and show you what is "worst" with
it, then turn right around and show you what is "best" about it.  Granted, some
are not as good as others, but the good things that are in each episode, I
think, over shadows the bad things.  Ex.
 
                        "Turnabout Intruder"

              good                                        bad
              ----                                        ---

    A study of the dual-self                   Why wasn't the shuttlecraft used
    (evil vs good).                            to get sulu and party.
 

                        "The Omega Glory"

    What might have happened to                Some of the acting.  The likeness
    the USA and China in the aftermath         of "Omega" was too close to 
    of WWIII+.  Patriatism.  Kirk's speach     "Earth".
    at end of story, it was similar to what
    Samuel T. Cogley said in Cml.

                        
                        "City on the Edge of forever"

    Overall story.                             Did not stick too closely with
                                               Harlan Ellison's version.

                        "Alternative Factor"

    The study of alternate universes.          Lazarus-A kept falling down on 
                                               the job (so to speak).  The
                                               relationship between Masters and
                                               Lazarus-B was written out of the
                                               script.
 

etc., etc., etc...........................


So if your going to say that episode such and such is bad, please state why!
And while you do that try to find what might redeem it as a good episode as 
well.


                                       Chris Wayne @ UNM
                                       optimist in training
                                       (only because I can't spell pessimist)