|||[Boldly Going]||| Star Trek: The Original Series—Season Two: Ep. 2.8 “I, Mudd” – (Original air date: Friday, November 3, 1967)

Welcome to my rewatching of the original 79 episodes of the series that launched the franchise. Below are the bulletpointed notes I jotted down while watching “I, Mudd.” On this date in history: The #1 songs are still “To Sir With Love,” by Lulu, in the US, and “Massachusetts,” by the Bee Gees, in the […]

|||[Boldly Going]||| Star Trek: The Original Series—Season Two: Ep. 2.7 “Catspaw” – (Original air date: Friday, October 27, 1967)

Welcome to my rewatching of the original 79 episodes of the series that launched the franchise. Below are the bulletpointed notes I jotted down while watching “Catspaw.” On this date in history: Lulu’s “To Sir With Love” is still burning up the charts in the US, while the Bee Gees’ “Massachusetts” reigns in the UK. […]

|||[Boldly Going]||| Star Trek: The Original Series—Season Two: Ep. 2.6 “The Doomsday Machine” – (Original air date: Friday, October 20, 1967)

Welcome to my rewatching of the original 79 episodes of the series that launched the franchise. Below are the bulletpointed notes I jotted down while watching “The Doomsday Machine.” On this date in history: The #1 song on the US charts this week was Lulu’s “To Sir With Love.” A bit of a tempo change […]

|||[Boldly Going]||| Star Trek: The Original Series—Season Two: Ep. 2.5 “The Apple” – (Original air date: Friday, October 13, 1967)

Welcome to my rewatching of the original 79 episodes of the series that launched the franchise. Below are the bulletpointed notes I jotted down while watching “The Apple.” On this date in history: The #1 song in the US is still “The Letter,” but it’s the last week we’re buying a ticket on that aeroplane. […]

Star Trek: The Animated Series: Seasons 1 & 2 — a review

As part of the still-ongoing Boldly Going project, in which I’m watching every minute of Star Trek television ever produced, I watched Star Trek: The Animated Series as well. TAS, which was originally aired as simply Star Trek or The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek (that just rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?), […]

|||[Boldly Going]||| Star Trek: The Original Series—Season Two: Ep. 2.4 “Mirror, Mirror” – (Original air date: Friday, October 6, 1967)

Welcome to my rewatching of the original 79 episodes of the series that launched the franchise. Below are the bulletpointed notes I jotted down while watching “Mirror, Mirror.” On this date in history: “The Letter” by The Box Tops still rules on US radio; Engelbert Humperdinck is still on top with “The Last Waltz” in […]

|||[Boldly Going]||| Star Trek: The Original Series—Season Two: Ep. 2.3 “The Changeling” – (Original air date: Friday, September 29, 1967)

Welcome to my rewatching of the original 79 episodes of the series that launched the franchise. Below are the bulletpointed notes I jotted down while watching “The Changeling.” On this date in history: Although the movie was released in August, Bonnie and Clyde was still #1 at the box office on this Friday. This movie […]

|||[Boldly Going]||| Star Trek: The Original Series—Season Two: Ep. 2.2 “Who Mourns for Adonais?” – (Original air date: Friday, September 22, 1967)

Welcome to my rewatching of the original 79 episodes of the series that launched the franchise. Below are the bulletpointed notes I jotted down while watching “Who Mourns for Adonais?” On this date in history: The Box Tops knock Bobbie Gentry out of the #1 seat with their hit song, “The Letter.” Written by an […]

|||[Boldly Going]||| Star Trek: The Original Series—Season Two: Ep. 2.1 “Amok Time” – (Original air date: Friday, September 15, 1967)

Welcome to my rewatching of the original 79 episodes of the series that launched the franchise. Below are the bulletpointed notes I jotted down while watching “Amok Time.” On this date in history: Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe” is mercifully finishing up its four-week run at the #1 spot on the Billboard 100. I […]

Star Trek: Voyager: Season 7 — a review

It took a full seven seasons to get there, but Voyager finally won a round against TNG and DS9. This was the best seventh season of Trek . . . so far. Voyager finally took the gold. Neither TNG nor DS9 turned in a particularly strong season. This much is true. But, even if both […]

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