What do you rate this episode!?

"Shut up, Spock! We're rescuing you!" "Why thank you, Captain McCoy." Best lines in the episode.

I'm always happy when someone as young as you can watch old episodes of Star Trek and realize it is about the characters and the dialogue. Not the special effects and not the sets.

I've seen some other reactors accuse McCoy of being racist against Spock. But episodes like this show the deep respect and friendship that exists between them. Love this episode.

DeForest Kelly is absolutely brilliant in this role. He is so subtle and yet, right on target that it's easy to overlook him. The three of them, with a little latitude on the definitions, are almost representing id (Spock), ego (McCoy), and superego (Kirk). Episodes written to that tend to bring out the best in each character and the best from the standpoint of story.

Never ceases to amaze me what makes good Star Trek episodes. You don't need all those special effects and big action sequences. Only requirements are good acting and good stories. A lesson Discovery never discovered.

NO KIDDING! "do you want me to start making up some data?!" you tell him, girl! 😂 great reaction!

Vulcans in fishnets is a fantasy i didnt know i had

This is one of my favorite episodes and they never leave the ship! Your analysis of the Spock/McCoy relationship is terrific. Much is made of the Spock/Kirk connection, and that is definitely there, but McCoy's role often goes underappreciated. McCoy is vital to the show in so many subtle ways.

This was one of those episodes that proves good writing and good characters matters. Whether it's yester-year or today.

Rambling is fine. Your rambling makes more sense than some others deep dive analysis.

McCoy is like my Dad whenever he yells. My Mom would complain about my Dad yelling so much. I had to remind my Mom that he's only happy when he's miserable. My Dad overheard this and started laughing at me. It was an inside joke with my Dad since I was was about 3 years old until he died about 22 years later.

I've loved Star Trek since 1971, they will never top the original series.

This episode is an example of what is rewarding about watching the entire series in order. A person that just one-offed and watched just this episode wouldn't have the same level of appreciation for it. I'm sure it's fun for the actors and writers when they've got their characters established, and they can start writing and acting a show about complex beings that happen to work in outer space.

I like the guy who leapt across the bridge in front of the turbolift doors. I think the best reaction to a big jolt in the whole series.

1. When Spock rocks the galaxy is a better place. 2. The saving for me is the entire episode takes place in space.

Your reaction to Kirk trying to calm Bones down with his "later, later, later" was the most delightful thing I've seen in a long time. 😊

The mole on the sea creature was the cell's nucleus. I love when you tear up - you are so empathetic & tender and invested in these characters!

When you pointed out how much they love each other, it reminds me of how none of them have families of their own. They gradually dedicated their lives to each other because they all share the same devotion to each other and a common moral ground. There are people like that in real life in the military, especially after the last 20 years.

One of my favorite episodes, you definitely see the friendship dynamics of the big 3 here more than anywhere else, especially since the "villain" of the episode has no personality but is a rather generic "big bad space thingie that has to be destroyed."

The character moments between the big three and the believable sincerity from all of them are what make episodes like this some of my favorites. They're all 100% true to their characters, and it hits me every time because you believe that these guys love each other deep down inside no matter how many years they've spent in space together and how much they can annoy one another. It's always wonderful to see how much those same scenes affect you. 🖖

This is one of my favorite episodes due to the great writing, the acting, the mystery, the unwavering loyalty between friends, the competition between McCoy and Spock that masks respect and friendship, the cheese-factor, the drama, humor... This episode has everything in it that makes Star Trek the decades long phenomenon that has inspired multiple movies, TV shows, and books. And, yes, keep in mind this was dreamed up, written and filmed in the late 1960s. Amazing. Simply amazing

I love how McCoy's Georgia accent comes out when he says, "Vahrus."

Spock's comment about human hardness was due to the fact that Spock was emotionally compromised.

Fantastic character material in this episode; always one of Star Trek's greatest strengths! Your reaction is a touching example of how invested we are in these characters!

One of my favorite lines from all episodes Bones: “Shut up Spock, we’re rescuing you” Spock: “ Why thank you Captain McCoy”

It's so nice to see someone moved the way we were when we first saw this years ago.

This was known as a "bottle" show. This was a relatively cheap episode to film. No guest actors. No new sets to build. The only expense was the amoeba effect. Planet episodes are always more expensive whether they go on location or have to make a planet on a sound stage. My favorite lines were when McCoy said, "Shut up Spock, we're rescuing you!" and Spock replies, "Why, thank you, Captain McCoy."

I see your fishnets. Haven't had or worn those since the late 60's, early 70's. Perfect for a 60's episode.

I remember sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of the TV, watching this episode as a little kid the very first time it aired on NBC. Even then, I got the feeling of what a grave situation it was for the crew of the Enterprise, especially when Spock was recording his final message. At that age I didn't follow the more adult plots all that well -- "Lost In Space" was more my speed at the time -- but I still got the sense of how dire their predicament was and appreciated the way "Star Trek" was able to create such intense scenarios better than any other TV series at the time. As an added note, I still remember how sleek and futuristic the show looked when it was brand new.

I love the simple plot. It allowed the acting to really stand out especially their final recordings of commendations. (Bones, always delivers intense emotion to counter Spock) Great reaction!

This is one of the better episodes of the latter half of the three-year run of the original series.

Back in the 60’s, the broadcast standards and practices prohibited the use of hypodermic syringes to inject medications, so they came up with a pressurized delivery system for McCoy’s hypos. They used a modified diesel fuel injector.

I've seen these episodes a million times, but it's such a joy to relive them through your fresh perspective! I love your nervousness as things get more intense, and your genuine relief when it's all resolved. As you say, intellectually we know that the characters will all be fine. But that's the power of drama -- the great writing and acting (and that music!) tricks us into feeling, just for a moment, that the outcome is in doubt. Keep up the good work!

Bunny wearing the blue uniform. Absolutely lovely. Truly amazing.

Funny coincidence, when this episode first aired, I had just begun a biology class in highschool. The next class after the broadcast, the teacher got so many questions he barely had enough time to get in the day's lesson! As the bell rang, concluding the lesson, the teacher told everyone: "See, Biology *is* a useful course!"

It's nice to see how emotional this show affects you. To me , it is obvious that you should have been born in my generation, to witness these episodes first-hand.

I’ll say that Joseph Pevney did a great job directing everyone in this episode.

Speaking as a combat medic myself; we all accept our own mortality, but not others. McCoy is the same way and has no fear of his own death just the death of his crew mates. Remember that McCoy even shocked Khan when a scalpel was held against McCoys throat. McCoy responded with " It would be most effective if you were to sever the Carotid artery just under the left ear". Khan said he was brave and McCoy said he just wanted to avoid an argument. lmao

Any Star Trek fan who saw Star Wars in 1977 thought of the scene at 1:00

The "plot" of this one is fine enough. A big over the top "sci fi" concept that fits the "monster of the week" level for 60's TV. It's how Trek handles character and the way THESE characters are written that takes the spotlight in this episode for me. The McCoy and Spock moments are a masterclass in showing us a relationship in a genre work that has more layers than on first inspection.

They were great at creating this atmosphere, even if we knew that they're main characters, and are going to live, we still got emotional 🥺💯

One of the ongoing themes in Star Trek is that each main character is willing to lay down his or her life for their friends.

It is around the middle of the pact in terms of an all-around epiosde; plot wise, there is not as much as other Trek episodes. However, from a character driven point, this is one of the best Trek episodes.

The hypospray delivers a very narrow high pressure stream of fluid that acts like a needle. They actually have something like that in real life. It's called a jet injector and was used to inoculate large groups of people. Apparently there were some problems that saw it removed from use. Though there is work to adapt it for insulin patients.

This is an awesome episode that I don’t ever hear many people mention. It’s such a good example of the friendship of between Kirk Spock and McCoy. Also, I think the science uniform looks great!

I always thought of that giant black dot as an early rendition of Pac-Man. "Power levels are dead sir, but we saved a little for the lights!" Glad to see the Galileo is back, complete with the NCC-1701/7 registry! They reused the music from "The Doomsday Machine", even playing the theme of the USS Constellation for the Enterprise to rather effectively increase the tension. Sulu took the day off. So Mr. Kyle got a haircut, got out of red shirt duty, and came up from the transporter room to steer the ship. Then when it really mattered, Kirk forgot his name. Bunny rocks in blue!

It's so gratifying to watch young people like yourself reacting almost the same way us older fans did when we first starting watching Star Trek. I've watched several ST reaction videos and yours, I must admit, are the most genuine of all. You easily earned a like and a subscription from me. Love watching you and keep up the good work my dear.

It's awesome to see someone who feels as much for Star Trek as I do. Star Trek fucking rocks! Love it! 🙂

Again great to see the complete episode - some of the “back and forth” character scenes were taken out in syndication.

When stars die various things occur depending on their size. EG the sun will grow into a red giant in 5 billion years, then the outer layers will blow away and it will become a white dwarf. To blow up into a super nova, the star needs to have 8 times the mass of our sun. To become a Blk hole, the star needs 20-25 the mass of our sun (ChatGTP)

THE AREA OF PENETRATION WILL NO DOUBT BE SENSITIVE

I love your reactions, because you always seem to notice things and interpret meanings that I hadn't, even after watching these episodes more than a dozen times each.

I originally didn’t like this episode when I first watched it, but of course I was just a kid back then, but it has since become on of my top favourite episodes , and as always a wonderful reaction and emotional analysis. 🖖

The show always did a great job of creating real menace; as you said, even though you know they're going to be OK, they still reel you in with the "what if?" The organism was terrifying really, when you think about it. Would it eventually have been able to reproduce into a MASSIVE being? Think of how tiny our single cells are, and how MANY of them it would take to make one of us! I had forgotten how great this episode was; wonderful acting and real tension. Also I think the injections are somehow air powered, as if there's a technology that allows the medicine to get under the skin with no needle, thus the "whoosh" sound. It was called a "hypospray." Thanks Bunny!

So glad you enjoyed this one. The acting and dialogue is top-notch and it's written through character rather than just action which the best Star Trek episodes do so well.

The message Kirk receives at about the 1:25 mark is read by Robert (Bob) Johnson, the same voice that was used on the original Mission Impossible TV show to give Briggs or Phelps their mission briefings on tape, record, or other means before self destructing!

Hi Bunny. As always I enjoyed your reaction of this one. Very heartfelt. It's obvious you love the show as much as us early fans do and we appreciate that. When I first saw it as a teen I didn't really get into this episode. It's really grown on me over the years and it is a solid episode. As others have mentioned your blue uniform looks great!

A strong highlight for me of the second season. I don't quite like as much as The Doomsday Machine, but this one is a great example of the tiad of Kirk/Spock/McCoy. It's so sweet and cute to watch bunny get emotional over a 1960s tv show. Most guys wouldn't admit to getting choked up over this. We all felt this way when watching TOS bunny, let me assure you!

The scenes after they penetrated the nucleus were always super trippy.

A kinda campy film version of this sort of plot is “Fantastic Voyage (1966)”. Another that’s a bit scarier is the Michael Crichton novel adaptation “The Andromeda Strain (1971)”. We used to watch them every time they were broadcast. Great reaction as always Bunny.

24:42....Never apologize for "rambling", Bunny. I really enjoy hearing your thoughts and perspective on these episodes. That's just one of the reasons you're my favorite!!! ✌️❤️

Just imagine that organism and the planet killer in the previous episode. What a team

"I always get so nervous when their lives are in danger even knowing that they're going to survive" Good. You're immersed

"There's been a disturbance in the Vulcan Force." You called it! (Thank you for suiting up as a science officer.) On the subject of mourning great losses, I recommend the song Don't Let It Bring You Down. I give this a low B because it feels kind of desperate. It's an absurd monster (where and how did that thing ever get started!?), and this basically repeats how they blew up the Doomsday Machine, but thankfully it does perform beautifully as an excuse for good dialogue and character moments. That is a great strength of the show -- the plot may not make much sense, but out heroes will still get their chance to shine (even inside a zone of darkness).

You have one of the most cute and comfortable presentations on KZfaq. It's a pleasure to watch you 🎉😅

watching you enjoy this so much is beautiful

This is in my top 5 favorite TOS episodes.

Always so fulfilling to see you enjoy what makes Star Trek the best.

They made this episode a "bottle" episode. They didn't build any new sets or have big guest stars... in an effort to save money. Yet... this episode works very, very well. It has an interesting story and problem, and the interactions of Spock & McCoy really make it dramatic. The original effects of this episode even worked pretty well. The giant "Amoeba" is great.

In my top 10. This was my ST as a kid growing up in the 60s and 70s.

Loved seeing your take on this episode. I have watched Star Trek: TOS all my life. I was in third grade when TOS Premiered. My mom and I would stay up to watch it. BTW, the medical hypospray is pneumatic. I actually got innoculated for Asian diseases with a pneumatic tool that used air and no needle. We have this technology now. I was a US Navy Chaplain stationed in Japan in 1987. I visited Hiroshima several times. With regard to Hiroshima, something like 90,000 people were killed by the Atomic Bomb. Your comment is well taken. It's too much to for one person to comprehend! On the other hand, every life is sacred. Every sentient life has value. One of my Dad's favorite quotes follows: ‘No man is an island’ is an idiom taken from a 17th-century sermon by the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral. The Dean happened to be John Donne, a clergyman who now, almost four hundred years later, is regarded as one of the greatest English poets. It is often assumed that ‘no man is an island’ is from one of Donne’s poems: it’s ironic that though he is the author of some of the finest and most memorable verses in English poetry, this phrase, not from a poem, but a sermon, is the most famous quote from him. Here is the full John Done quote from his sermon: “No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as any manner of thy friends or of thine own were; any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind. And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.” nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/famous/no-man-is-an-island/ I rejoice in your new-found love of Star Trek! Please keep doing these installments! ❤

Hi Bunny. It's amazing how emotionally invested we get with these actors isn't it? In addition, these storylines like this and their acting abilities has us completely drawn in, firmly believing that they are out in space confronting whatever they find and we as spectators firmly believing this rollercoaster 🎢 ride, right? I find it most rewarding. Thanks Bunny. That was fun. 😎👍🇺🇸

To answer your needle question Bunny, in the 23rd century of Star Trek, they use a hypospray to deliver drugs instantly through the skin. Because the hypospray is bloodless, it is not contaminated by use. This allows it to be used on many patients until the hypospray is depleted.

I love how much of a fan you have become ...

Great episode. I've seen this episode DOZENS OF TIMES and it's one of many classic Trek TOS episodes.

The dark spot is the cellular nucleus.

Kirk: Are you all right? What's wrong? Spock: I felt a great disturbance in the Vulcan Force...as if hundreds of voices suddenly cried out in astonishment...and were suddenly silenced. 😶😶😶 **Honorable Mention: Those stunt actors on the Bridge. Tumbling, somersaulting....landing HARD.... 😫

Bunny, love your new science officer's uniform! Your red-shirt uniform makes me more nervous when watching. Although Ahura has a red uniform and she seams to not fall into the red-shirt troupe.

These analyses of the episodes at the end by you are the best of Reactions of Star Trek for me,personally. It's more than ," Oh,yeah.Liked it.5 stars.See you next time." It's honest.Heartfelt .It comes across as... you are investing your time and ours to getting the very best you have to say on the episode we're watching.That's the point.And... we get to go along on the ride with you .Keep doing what you are doing....Ramblings,included.lol

Getting pretty far along in Season Two now. I had a science teacher who used this episode in a course, (one of many I bet). Nice to see the science uniform back, Bunny 🐇 by the way.

no redshirts were harmed in this episode

9:41 You know everyone and everything is in trouble when (cue "Doomsday Machine" theme music)....

One thing that would have been a good topper would be to see the Enterprise covered with slimy looking globs when she flys away.

Thank you again....going to miss your tos reactions when you're done watching. Also,( hint,hint) that shuttlectaft model would look good on your shelf in the background.....

❤YES! Here it is. This is not only my favorite episode of Star Trek, but it is also my favorite episode of any television series ever It has incredible science fiction, drama, humor, and the best character moments in the series. The trio's dynamic is incredible. They all truly shine, playing to the best of their strengths. This episode also really brings the music in so well that combined with the writing, it yanks the heartstrings, and I always get emotional. Especially during the greatest scene in Stsr Trek. Corridor] SPOCK: Do not suffer so, Doctor. This is not the first time superior capability has proven more valuable than professional credentials. MCCOY: Nothing has been proven yet, Spock. The DNA code analyser will give you the fundamental structure of the thing. You'll need readings on three light wavelengths from the enzyme recorder. SPOCK: I am familiar with the equipment, Doctor. We're wasting time. The shuttlecraft is ready. MCCOY: You're determined not to let me share in this, aren't you? SPOCK: This is not a competition, Doctor. Whether you understand it or not, grant me my own kind of dignity. MCCOY: Vulcan dignity? How can I grant you what I don't understand? SPOCK: Then employ one of your own superstitions. Wish me luck. (Silence and stares, then McCoy opens the hangar deck door. Spock walks across and into the Galileo. The doors shut.) MCCOY: Good luck, Spock. The performance. The music. The sci-fi. Holy shit is it great. Now, "Shut up, Spock, we're rescuing you!"

You need a hug after this one. 😢

Spock and McCoy are just good friends trash talking. That's just the way guys related to friends in the 60s locker rooms. (Did the same thing many times with Don ---- and it was done to us when we were called "The Dynamic Duo" and sometimes "The Odd Couple" by others.)

If we cared about each person, the human population would be smaller because each person would value each life more. Everyone would be dedicated to the life of each newborn child.

Spock: "Brace yourselves. The area of penetration will no doubt be sensitive.”

Hard choices to be made, in a hurry, that's what makes Trek so good.

You’re so awesome and relatable. Thank you for sharing your journeys with the crew!

As usual a great reaction.

One of my favorite episodes. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

If you can get to Comic Con or a big Star Trek convention go in that uniform!!!!!!!!

I think this is one of the best Character-driven TOS treks there is and played on the McCoy-Spock dynamic great. I liked you uniform too, Blue is a good color for you.

In the opening scene, when Spock made that trumpeting noise, I knew immediately that something was askew.

Love your blue ST tunic. Seeing a woman in a blue tunic does it to me every time. Yes, this was indeed an intense, gripping episode. This encountered the most fascinating form of life to date on the show. They stretched the very limits of scientific possibility in this one. The cell actually fed on energy produced BY matter. The Zone of Darkness was equally on the very edge of scientific possibility. The scene where Spock sensed the death of the Intrepid very likely served as an inspiration for the scene in the first Star Wars movie when Obi Wan Kenobe felt the death of Alderan. This episode aired a year and a half after the Award Winning movie Fantastic Voyage, many similarities here. Note how they reused the music from The Doomsday Machine here. Most stars actually do not go supernova when they die. Instead, they may become white dwarf stars. But if a star is massive enough, then yes, it will go supernova, and then, it'll usually become a nebula. But if it's heavier still, it'll become a neutron star or even a black hole. There are some that will become magnetars, which are highly magnetically charged pulsars. Our sun will likely become a white dwarf star after it dies. We can only speculate what would've happened if this cell had become a multi-cellular life form. Yes, Spock was the most qualified to go on that mission and McCoy knew it. And Spock was also the science officer which added to his list of qualifications. It's important to remember how dangerous these away missions can be. I loved the part where McCoy yells out "Shut up, Spock, we're rescuing you!" That was hilarious.

How many favorite episodes can we have? It's easier to pick out the few episodes I'm not fond of than to name all the good ones.

I just can't help myself...nice fishnets!