As a rapidly aging 40ish year old this episode hits close to home. My brain used to be a finely tuned engine but now it is running as fast as a 486 computer from the late 90's.
I am a little confused on what the messaging of this episode is. Is there something deeper to it then the exploration of Kirk's blindness to his loss of faculties? Ultimately, it is the old farts that figure out a solution to the problem, in fact it was a compromised Captain Kirk that had the brainstorm --- I am getting some mixed messages over here.
While it is true that some seniors do go senile --- it's not an absolute. Plenty of elderly folk who are as sharp as a knife --- Remember to go for walks, they say it's good for the brain.
I thought it was quite clever to drop in the broken code 2 Kirk mix up early in the episode and then have Kirk use the knowledge that the code was broken for tactical advantage at the climax.
I am a little confused on what the messaging of this episode is. Is there something deeper to it then the exploration of Kirk's blindness to his loss of faculties? Ultimately, it is the old farts that figure out a solution to the problem, in fact it was a compromised Captain Kirk that had the brainstorm --- I am getting some mixed messages over here.
While it is true that some seniors do go senile --- it's not an absolute. Plenty of elderly folk who are as sharp as a knife --- Remember to go for walks, they say it's good for the brain.
I thought it was quite clever to drop in the broken code 2 Kirk mix up early in the episode and then have Kirk use the knowledge that the code was broken for tactical advantage at the climax.