TOS S01E23, S01E24

All of the Trek I watched today:

Star Trek: The Original Series, S01E23: "Space Speed"
Star Trek: The Original Series, S01E24: "A Taste Of Armageddon"

Things:

• TOS Season 1 has some pretty silly episodes in it, but it also has some of my favorites.  "Space Seed" is definitely among them, and not just because it sets up my favorite film of all time.
• "Care to join the landing party, Doctor?"  "Well, if you're actually giving me a choice.."  "I'm not."  :TROLLFACE:
• Bones has steel nuts in "Space Seed".
• Here's something I hadn't really noticed before:  Khan is supposed to be charming, if dangerous.  But--and maybe this is just watching "Space Seed" from 40+ years after it was written--his character is almost totally objectionable from the very beginning.  The only people prone to be swayed by such a man would have to be pretty weak-willed to begin with, in my not-so-humble opinion.  His treatment of Lt. McGivers is particularly egregious, and her response particularly pathetic.  I'll just say it--I'm glad she died on Ceti Alpha V :P
• The plot of "A Taste Of Armageddon" is an old story--the society which develops advanced technology coupled with a sense of duty, and all violence becomes sanitized and regimented.  In this case, this process occurs to an extreme--the execution of an interplanetary war by computer.  It's a common science fiction theme, but it still makes for a pretty interesting episode.
• "Sir, there is a multi-legged creature crawling on your shoulder."  I forgot how funny Spock can be.
• In "A Taste Of Armageddon", Scotty states that they can't fire "full phasers" while their defensive screens (which I've always assumed were synonymous with shields) are activated.  This limitation is either overcome at some point after this episode, or--more likely--the writers simply discarded it :)
• "The haggis is in the fire now" <-- Totally stealing this line.