I think the "giant face messing with the ship" is in season 2. And I liked that one somewhat. That's the one I think where the creature is fascinated with death, and we get some interesting discussions. Also, that's one where the creature keeps sending fake ships at them, and Worf and Riker beam over to it and it's…

Kirk and the quick hottie would have had to make sure they had really gentle sex. Otherwise, Kirk would have aged and died while banging her.

LOST did a similar thing - we see in one finale that people get rescued and then spend a whole season seeing how we get to that point. And they did a good job of still blowing my mind at least on what the fuck happened to get there. I'm not a fan of BSG but I'm sure they could make it interesting.

I still have some of the Blish novelizations somewhere (along with my Star Trek choose-your-own-adventure book! I can't get enough of that). There were usually 3 or 4 to a book I believe. I just remember them being good.

He mentioned there that he would be doing TNG. I don't know if the animated series should get its own column…maybe a one-shot review of the animated series as a whole.

"8 stiffs sitting around a Ramada Inn lobby, being all in touch with their feelings." That's awesome. (The episode "The Royale" - a bit of a knockoff from "Spectre of the Gun" - is literally that, almost.)

Stinkers
These were stinkers for the most part. Wink of an Eye, though, is at least fun. I love the Batman angles. Also, I love how it was made obvious that Kirk had sex with the hot chick. I mean, there's probably been slight implications in other episodes (none come to mind immediately), but I seem to recall…

Oh.

What's that you say?

Goddammit, I'd watch that

I have maybe $1500 in the bank. I am 29.

Well, she's no Rachael, but…

The Pianist was "Battlefield Pianist." I have never been able to figure that one out.

I actually didn't see The Empath until I was an adult; when I was a kid I think I probably loved every episode, not looking at them with the same critical eye I would as a teenager and an adult. So I saw The Empath and…it really pissed me off. You, Jim, seem to have the same reaction to it? I mean, Spock's Brain…

Season Four was the best but it was far from good all around. The lizard people episode sucked shit (supposedly Levar Burton was openly ashamed of having directed the episode). The zombie Vulcan episode wasn't great as I remember. The Soong episodes were good though, as were the Klingon ones. Enterprise for the…

I had always known it as "Mystery in Space: Eating Angry!"

Twinkle Twinkle Killer Kane!

I wonder then why the music stood out to me. Of course you are right. I can't think of Doomsday Machine or Amok Time without thinking of the music, but it seems more…integrated into those episodes? Whereas I noticed the music in season 3 as its own thing. Also, I was drunk, so there's that. (Plato's Stepchildren…

Field recordings, numbers stations
I also have an obsession with found sounds and field recordings. I've fallen asleep many a night to elevator sounds. I have also gone out and attempted to make my own.

Music
I know season 3 is usually looked at as being the worst in many ways, but I've noticed in rewatching these episodes along with these writeups that the music is season 3 is fantastic. I think it is the best this season out of the three. I enjoyed the music in the Tholian episode; the little flourishes when…