Brian is watching every episode of “Star Trek: The Original Series,” starting with the pilot and pushing through the third season. He will summarize and/or review each episode here.

M-5 just wigs out
There’s no reasoning with it
Daystrom is hubris

Starfleet gets chintzy
M-5 means major layoffs
Kirk talks it to death

Captain Ron Tracy
Made some rather big mistakes
He’s under arrest

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Oh say can you see
This particular “Star Trek”
Gets really hokey

That’s a real pickle
Hijacked, turned to crumbly blocks
Stimulate them, Kirk

The Prime Directive
Is there for a good reason
Things always go wrong

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Hey! Another chance
To use other shows’ costumes
Gotta save money

When you swap bodies
A lot of things can go wrong
Risk was their business

Klingons interfered
Kirk brings balance of power
An arms race begins

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In this episode,
Spock gets shot, McCoy is grazed
And Kirk is poisoned

Four hundred Vulcans
Died and now Kirk must destroy
The space amoeba

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What does the title
Have to do with anything
In this episode?

Two things for certain:
Kirk and Spock look good in suits
Kirk’s a good mob boss

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Come over tonight
Bring Tommy guns and pretzels
We’re playing Fizzbin

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Impressionable
Must watch what you say and do
This planet mimics

This episode is
So gladiatorial
You know Kirk will win

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So who is behind
This trip into slavery?
Three sad gambling brains

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Haven’t you learned, yet?
Don’t doubt Mr. Spock. He knows
His role in the plot