TOS S01E08, S01E09, S01E10

All the Trek I watched today:

Star Trek: The Original Series S01E08: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"
Star Trek: The Original Series S01E09: "Miri"
Star Trek: The Original Series S01E10: "Dagger Of The Mind"

Things:

• Somehow I missed the news that the episodes of TOS on Netflix are the remastered editions with some of the exterior shots of the ships, planets, etc. replaced with modern CGI.  I'm seeing some of these episodes in their remastered form for the first time, and it reminds me what a great job they did with them.
• The "make an X out of the cloth and cover the boobs" thing must be the 23rd Century equivalent of the tube top. 
• Why didn't anyone tell Noonien Soong that all you needed to make an extremely human-like android is a fancy lazy susan?
• Also:  What's with Trek and the name "Noonien"? 
• MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS MR. SPOCK, I'M SICK OF YOUR HALF-BREED INTERFERENCE!
• For anyone who didn't already know, the infamous "Kirk holding a big foam schwanz" picture comes from "What Are Little Girls Made of?".  See? 

  

• I've never cared for "Miri", or really any of the "Oh, it's another Earth!" episodes.  I know they had budgetary restrictions on their production, but those episodes always take me out of the illusion of being in space, in the future--even when that illusion is cardboard-and-posterboard like it is for so much of TOS.
• Speaking of things I don't like about "Miri", Kim Darby is almost as annoying in this episode as she was in True Grit.
• Goofiness of the Earth-like planet cliche aside, the actual plot of "Miri" is fairly original and engaging.  I don't think I ever noticed that before, what with my distaste for the cop-out of writing an episode so that you could film it on the Paramount backlot.
• I don't know what the age of consent is in the Federation, but I'm pretty sure it's not 15 or whatever.  Stop hitting on the jail-bait, Kirk.  And yes, I know she's actually like 300.  It's still creepy.
• I think "Miri" is the first instance of the ever-popular "Everyone is infected/impacted by a disease/crazy-space-particle/whatever, but not our favorite non-human character!"  They would go on to repeat this trope many, many times with Spock, Data, Odo, The Doctor, Dr. Phlox, etc.  They also used the inverse a lot, where the favorite non-human's uniqueness makes them susceptible to something that puts the ship in danger.
• BONK BONK ON THE HEAD.
• "Penology" is a hilarious word.
• It's good to know that in the 23rd Century, the boss still inappropriately nails one of his subordinates at the Christmas party.
• First mind meld = spotted.