And as The Original Series ended with a crappy, unwatchable episode, so does this comment section fittingly end with a crappy, unreadable post.

Nope — nowhere in this episode does it give any kind of indication how often pon farr occurs. And in fact, it would seem to occur only *once* in a Vulcan's life, based on the mythology of this episode. Only in later Star Trek works was this changed.

Yup. Carter easily has the worst batting average of any of the regular contributors. I'm trying to come up with another show where the creator/ostensible "creative genius showrunner" was so consistently outclassed by the rest of the staff; only example I can think of offhand is Star Trek's Gene Roddenberry.

'Someplace Where Love Can't Find Me' was actually written by John Hiatt. After 3 years, for some reason I felt compelled to point that out.

Ugh. Count me among those who found this embarrassingly unwatchable. Too-too clever-clever, with all the performances seemingly dialed up to 11 in a vain attempt to compensate. And I got motion sickness from all the screens zooming around.

Zicree, rather famously, was very lackadaisical when it came to actual research — his book is positively riddled with errors. The CBS show Route 66 had a regular character (Linc Case) who was a returning Vietnam vet, P.O.W. escapee and Purple Heart recipient. Linc first appeared in March, 1963, and his Purple Heart,…

Ron Swanson not only has a refrigerated ceiling, he *built* that refrigerated ceiling. And he made all the chlorofluorocarbons it uses by hand.

Why are you blaming the writers? Both of these were directorial choices. I mean, the writers certainly didn't write "Make sure you shoot this on a sunny day with a clear blue sky, and for heaven's sake don't rent a wind machine or CGI some clouds in or anything." Nor did the writing staff write the specifics of the…