I hate to be harsh on my favorite show of all time, but I am a realist and there were some bad episodes, especially in the later half of season three, as this is an example. OK here are the observations as the plot is discussed by others. Mr Kyle (the bumbling English dude who can do little right except for one episode I saw when he was at the helm and was noted for a citation), has another of his "transporter moments". His most famous one was in "Mirror Mirror" the one where there's an alternate Spock with a goatee, and he is subjected to the "agonizer" by Spock, remember that scene? Well in that alternate universe I predict Kyle is killed for too many transporter "issues", here he is just told to get the hell out of the way so that Scottie can make the damn thing work. The Enterprise is the main set here, again, obviously for the budget's sake. I remember this episode from my youth mainly because of the scene where they discover the dieing technician and because of the totally laughable faces she is making and the weird slow tape noise she is making (that had to be what that was that they used). In finality why does this episode suck so much, its really boring and pointless. Also, Scottie is not going to have a crush on a chick to ignore the ship the way he did, he had love interest's before so that is not going to work. No memorable scenes between McCoy, Spock, Kurt, or Scottie, or any of the other crew (Kyle's repeated transporter malfunctions a slight exception). It just sucks. 3 of 10, places in the bottom 10 maybe bottom 5 or 3 of the worse Trek TOS ever made.
Review of The Lights of Zetar
Mr Kyle Has Another Transporter "Issue", Other than That....? It Sucks.
25 March 2007
Warning: Spoilers