On the first official entry to Star Trek TOS, we get to see how a few of the main characters react to something gone terribly wrong during a routine mission to a Class M planet. Tension builds up slowly as they become aware of the danger they face and the risk it poses to the ship's crew. For the most part, it's a pretty solid episode with very decent acting. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu and Uhura already display some of the most recognizable personality traits that would later define them and for which they would be known for in years to come. It's also noteworthy that, in their search for new life and new civilizations, they would have had to make a choice between the preservation of the last member of a supposedly extinct alien species and their own survival. It does make you think about the buffalo...
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On the first official entry to Star Trek TOS, we get to see how a few of the main characters react to something gone terribly wrong during a routine mission to a Class M planet. Tension builds up slowly as they become aware of the danger they face and the risk it poses to the ship's crew. For the most part, it's a pretty solid episode with very decent acting. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu and Uhura already display some of the most recognizable personality traits that would later define them and for which they would be known for in years to come. It's also noteworthy that, in their search for new life and new civilizations, they would have had to make a choice between the preservation of the last member of a supposedly extinct alien species and their own survival. It does make you think about the buffalo...