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[Yank]

And so it's come to this:

The nadir of all things Trek.

 

[Joe P]

Yank,

Who’s next? Bumheads, Gary Mitchell, or Nancy, the salt monster?

First pilot, second pilot or first episode aired.

Joe

 

[Yank]

I haven't looked at the schedule, but apart from holding out "Cat's Paw" for Halloween, they've been following original air sequence. So they should show "The Man Trap" tomorrow night, then "Charlie X" and then "Where No Man Has Gone Before". I will not be commemorating it with stills.

 

[Jezzer]

 

[Yank]

Two of those things don't belong.

 

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

What's Chief O'Brien doing there?

 

[Joe P]

Yank,

I suggest charades for round two.

[ draws a rectangle ]

[ holds up three fingers ]

[ holds out hands as though they have suction cups then walks slowly towards someone else ]

...

Is it "The Man Trap"?

ding, ding, ding ding

 

[Yank]

What's Chief O'Brien doing there?

He was looking for a tribble for Keiko.

 

[Jezzer]

What's Chief O'Brien doing there?

Well spotted. Chief O’Brien and Dr Bashir in the DS9 episode ‘Trials and Tribble-ations’.

Dax is also in this episode in TOS uniform:

 

[Joe P]

My daughter named the cat Jadzia because she is a fan of Star Trek: Deep Space 9 and Jadzia Dax. The cat's full name is Jadzia Catz.

Joe

 

[Jezzer]

My daughter named the cat Jadzia because she is a fan of Star Trek: Deep Space 9 and Jadzia Dax. The cat's full name is Jadzia Catz.

Joe

That is fantastic

 

[palindrome]

Bugger the Trek; let's have more cat pictures!

John

 

[Joe P]

Oliver doing his Mr. Spock impression (compare)

Oliver doing his Elvis impression (compare)

Joe

 

[palindrome]

Damn close impersonation that, Joe.

And Oliver going for the mind-meld without the finger hold, clever cat.

John

 

[Joe P]

John,

I know everyone knows this, but Mr. Spock can do a limited form of mind-meld from a distance, as he did on Omega IV [ jump to 1:15 ].

Oliver does something similar when he wants to be fed.

Joe

 

[palindrome]

John,

I know everyone knows this, but Mr. Spock can do a limited form of mind-meld from a distance, as he did on Omega IV [ jump to 1:15 ].

Oliver does something similar when he wants to be fed.

Joe

With or without the knife?!

John

 

[Joe P]

John,

Oliver is quite gentle. He has never even once bit or scratched me, so I'm going without the knife.

Joe

 

[Yank]

I see now that I didn't begin posting pictures until S01E05, so we're still four short of a complete set. With apologies...

 

[Joe P]

The thing that bothered me about that episode is that Nancy the salt monster only needed some salt to live, among the most common chemical compounds around. It's not like she metabolized rare NOS Western Electric 300B tubes, mint 15-Ω Rogers LS3/5a in rosewood or dilithium crystals to survive. Just salt — NaCl — the stuff they give away in those little packets when you order fries.

But, for whatever reason, Nancy ends up killing several people because she needs salt, kills them by sucking the salt right out of their face using the suction cups on her fingers. This is absurd. Food replicators are everywhere.

Tea. Earl Grey. Hot could just as easily be Fries. Family Size. Extra Salt. Hold the fries!

I love the show, but some episodes really do stretch credulity.

Joe

 

[Yank]