|||[Boldly Going]||| Star Trek: The Original Series—Season Two: Ep. 2.15 “The Trouble with Tribbles” – (Original air date: Friday, December 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 Trouble with Tribbles.” On this date in history, “Hello, Goodbye,” by the Beatles, is the #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is going to ride […]

|||[Boldly Going]||| Star Trek: The Original Series—Season Two: Ep. 2.14 “Wolf in the Fold” – (Original air date: Friday, December 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 “Wolf in the Fold.” On this date in history, the US saw the nationwide release of The Graduate, starring Dustin Hoffman. The movie had premiered the day before in […]

|||[Boldly Going]||| Star Trek: The Original Series—Season Two: Ep. 2.12 “The Deadly Years” – (Original air date: Friday, December 8, 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 Deadly Years.” On this date in history, Operation Yellowstone begins in South Vietnam as the war rages on. This operation saw the deployment of the 2nd and 3rd […]

|||[Boldly Going]||| Star Trek: The Original Series—Season Two: Ep. 2.11 “Friday’s Child” – (Original air date: Friday, December 1, 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 “Friday’s Child.” On this date in history, the #1 song in the UK was Long John Baldry’s “Let the Heartache Begin,” which I’m sure everyone remembers. Over here in […]

|||[Boldly Going]||| Star Trek: The Original Series—Season Two: Ep. 2.9 “Metamorphosis” – (Original air date: Friday, November 10, 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 “Metamorphosis.” On this date in history, the #1 song on the US charts is still “To Sir, With Love” by Lulu. In the UK, the #1 song is “Baby, […]

10-LIST: Essential Star Trek Original Series Episodes

I’ve watched every episode of Trek, to save you from having to do so. No one needs to watch all of the episodes of TOS. In fact, most of Season 3 can be safely skipped. If you’re a Cliffs Notes type of person and just want to get the essence of the series, I’d recommend […]

|||[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. 2.4 “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 […]

firewatersite

Read. Play. Watch. Listen .

TOS