Bunny's reaction to Spocks statement: "Women are easier and more deeply terrified." I need that facial expression saved as a picture. :)

Administrator Hengist is played by the great John Fiedler. He was "Juror 2" from "12 Angry Men" and the voice of Piglet in the "Winnie the Pooh" cartoons. He had a strong career in TV and film. Well done, sir! 👍👍 We also get a return of Landru! Charles Macaulay played Landru ("Return of The Archons") as well as Prefect Jaris in this episode.

Btw , Jarvis the constable of Argulius was the projection of Landru of RETURN OF THE ARCHONS

I always enjoy this episode. Mainly because the voice of piglet ends up being Jack the Ripper. His drunken rants of ""die, die, everybody die" is hilarious.

It's funny that you mentioned Scotty's "psychological block" as the writer is named Robert Bloch and he also wrote "Psycho."

This episode was written by horror author Robert Bloch. Jack the Ripper was kind of his thing; he wrote a number of stories involving that character. One of the best was a collaboration he did with Harlan Ellison (the author of "City on the Edge of Forever"), consisting of two stories, "A Toy for Juliette" and "Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World", both of which can be found in the book, "Partners in Wonder". I highly recommend it; the stories will freeze your blood. :)

"You can't really control emotions" Tell that to an entire planet of Vulcans.

Another great reaction. The actor playing Morla, the jealous fiance, is Charles Dierkop, who passed exactly 3 months ago at the age of 87. He was best known playing Detective Royster on Police Woman (1974-78), starring Angie Dickerson.

"You didn't have to shove me Mister Spock. I'd have gotten around to it", is one of my top 5 favorite lines.

Piglet! PUT DOWN THE KNIFE! NO!

From "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan": Bones: Where are we going? Kirk: Where they went. Bones: What if they went nowhere? Kirk: Then this is your chance to get away from it all. Whether by unchecked transporter settings or other insufficient testing, there will be accidents. And our ladies' man Kirk was thwarted in the end. We don't see that often. "The Alternative Factor" also had a dark ending, leaving the guy in limbo for eternity as the price for the safety of two universes. The actress who played Sybo, wife of Jaris, was also the mother of Dean Devlin. He is one of the creators of the "Stargate" and "Independence Day" franchises.

Written by famous horror writer Robert Bloch who was fascinated with Jack the Ripper, and revisited the story several times. He is perhaps best known these days for 'Psycho'.

"Well, it might take up KNITTING; nothing more violent than that...". Probably my favorite McCoy line in the original series. Also loved Hengist giggling : "Die, Die Die, everybody die..."

"The law of Argelius, is love!" What does that mean, exactly? "Death by slow torture, of course!

I am so enjoying Bunny going through TOS, I’d like to see her check out the 1957, 12 Angry Men. One of the most celebrated films in cinematic history.

I always enjoyed drugged-up Sulu. Nice job, Bunny, in pointing out that the goofy sedated crew was used by the writers as a sweetener to counter the darkness of the main story. That never occurred to me before, and I've seen this dozens of times!

Babylon 5 also has a Jack the Ripper Story, which tells why he was never caught.

I always thought that "...compute to the last digit, the value of pi" scene was brilliant.

Hmmm. Anyone else remember the "Whinnie the Pooh" cartoons from the 1960's? John Fiedler (Hengist in this Star Trek episode) did the voice of Piglet. I couldn't help but have childhood flashbacks whenever he talked during this episode.

Really cool episode plus you are in your uniform which always gives me a grin to make my day.

I paused the video to complete a small task, right when the entity said, "die, everyone die". Your smile at that moment is priceless.

After that shot Mr Sulu was feelin' good! 🤣

The applause on Argelius is sort of like cigarette lighters at rock concerts.

Sulu at the end: Hey Cap, I think we're gonna hit a planet. I can hear COLORS! GNARLY!!

Excellent summary and reaction to this episode. You really encapsulated my feelings. I like your revelation of how important the transporter operator is. In all actuality there is hardly any position on a Starship that isn't important with that many lives onboard and depending on everyone to do their jobs well. It really emphasizes the idea of the crew always working together and depending on each other.

Mr. Kyle is the nominal transporter chief operator in a few episodes, including this one.

And we see one of the jurors from "Twelve Angry Men"!

As a kid, I always wondered what an "old Aberdeen pub crawler" was. Didn't even know Aberdeen was a place. Didn't what a pub was. Crawler I knew, and it sounded creepy. 😆

One of my fav, most memorable eposides. No particular reason, it's not due to ranking it high or low, nor because it is innovative. But because the characters are used very, very well.

"You come from Rigel 4." Rigel 4. Almost got attacked and destroyed by the doomsday machine. Rigel 7 too, where Captain Pike was forced into a fight for his life against the Kalar. Huge, heavily cratered moon in the sky. And Rigel 12, where the miners in the Mudd's Women episode had their mining operations. All of these would have been destroyed because we were told the next place the doomsday machine was headed for was Rigel.

That side eye from bunny tails when Spock was talking about women being more prone to fear. 😂

Scotty's my guy.🤩 Mr. Hagist/John Fiedley was stock Hollywood in the 60's and 70s. Most notably known for his unique voice. He voiced Piglet with "Winnie the Pooh".

Great episode!! Jack the Ripper was never caught and remains unidentified to this day. I've always thought the idea of Jack being an evil entity who followed man to the stars to be an interesting premise for a science fiction story. They had some great writers working on Star Trek TOS. Great reaction Bunnytails.

Written by Robert Bloch, who wrote the earlier episodes What Are Little Girls Made Of and Catspaw as well as the book on which Hitchcock's Psycho was based. Jack the Ripper is part of several of Bloch's stories. Most notably Your's Truly, Jack the Ripper.

A crafty use of Jack the Ripper. Written by Robert Bloch who mostly wrote Sci-Fi. But, he also wrote the story for the Hitchcock movie, Psycho.

Robert Bloch also wrote _Psycho._

FASCINATING AMUSEMENT at 15:43 Spock: " ........because women are more easily and more deeply terrified." Time stamp fifteen forty seven we move to a little zoom in on Bunny's face. Lips, lipstick, eyelashes....the whole sequence amazing to me, Bunny. The way you curl your lips ever so slightly into just a little bit more of a smile than the very second before.... And the way you (at about the same time) almost subtly blink your eyelashes..... It was almost as if you were amused and were skeptically thinking, "Oh, suuuure Mr Vulcan man, we women are more easily and more deeply terrified. Sure we are. Whatever you say, Spock." lol amazing

3:03 The investigator (Hengist) was also the voice of Piglet in the original "Winnie the Pooh" productions by Disney.

Hey ... I was just wondering about your next Star Trek reaction...perfect timing!

What an entry, an Agatha Christie like whodunnit mixed with the most famous serial killer in history, packaged in a Exorcist like sci-fi alien entity that migrated with mankind during space colonization. With only our space pioneering heroes can there be a solution to this terrifying extestental threat to all humanity it can reach. That's what made Star Trek so much a positive feeling sci-fi show because they could quickly identify what they were up against(even alien possessing entities!) and find a solution to the problem. You were very good Bunny when you heard the title and said "A wolf in sheeps clothing." That's exactly what the real killer was in the story. Another famous adage mothers would tell their daughters, "It's the wolf that you don't see is the one to look out for."Thanks Bunny for another great observation.

It's a weird one for sure. This and "Catspaw" are the closest things to actual "horror" episodes the show did IMO. But yes, Doohan did a great job of acting and it was nice to see Scotty get highlighted for once. I liked the reveal of Jack the Ripper, personally, it added an element of horror that I kind of thought was unique. Loved Kirk's steadfast defense of Scotty in this; this is the type of guy you really want in your corner! Thanks and Happy Memorial Day!

This is one of my absolute favorites. History, plus evil alien life form, plus pseudo-ghost story.

The ONE and ONLY mention of the "psycho tri-corder "

I believe this is the only episode where a single scene encompasses the entire block of time from one set of commercials to the next.

This is a real good story with some interesting opportunities. Calculating Pi and tranquilizing the crew are probably not in the manual. Sulu's "gloomy" and "supernova" comments are very memorable. DeForest got a chance to loosen up his acting a lot at the end, talking about that big dose he gave everyone. McCoy was twinkling like never before.

My favorite reaction moment is when Sybo is conducting the seance and Bunny says, "I thought she needed the knife? She's just making shit up". Hilarious!!!

11:45 "Why do they have a woman here?" I was waiting for that! Excellent question...

Interesting, how Scotty (Doohan) always hides his right hand to compensate for his WW2 injury and the cameraman is careful to accommodate. Sometimes the loudest in the room is the guiltiest. Please read the BTS notes on this episode, you'll enjoy it! Great job.

Red Jack was also used in an issue of the 1980s DC Comics version of ST:TNG. In short, it didn't die despite being transported into space. A good reaction as usual, of course, B.T.

1:07 For once, Scotty likes being away from his engines and technical journals 15:49 Run, Spock, run!

Kirk . . . "Spock, what's the value of Pi?" Spock . . . "Apple or Blueberry?"

Bunny Day!! You finally reached my favorite single episode!

I enjoyed it when Spock had the computer try to solve pi to the last digit. Nice touch of having a math problem to work on. I always reference this episode on March 14 (PI day)!

I recall when I was very young not understanding 'the value of pie', later understood the value of 'pi', but will never forget that scene of the computer supposedly freaking out.

I just discovered your channel because of Star Trek. Went on a serious binge watching of all your reactions until I got to this one. I have thoroughly enjoyed them. I’m impressed with your remembrance of episodes while discussing other episodes. There are some episodes in particular I can’t wait for you to get to for a couple of reasons. Of course this great series has episodes that are better than others, but none of them are particularly bad. You’re real cute and seem really cool. Excited to finish your Trek journey. I’m not a gamer and don’t care for anime, so I won’t engage with those aspects. But as long as you continue with the Trek universe and movies in general, I’m here for the long haul.

John Fiedler is on my TV right now. He's playing the lawyer Daggett in "True Grit" (1969). 😆😆

Your silent look when Spock, who comes from a VERY patriarchal society, stated women more easily feel fear, spoke volumes. The main thing human women have felt fear about since we HAVE been human is the other half of the human species. Most murderers are...? Most wars are started by...? The numbers speak for themselves... 🤔

I want to be an old Aberdeen pub crawler too.

15:48 You're a class act, Bunnytails.

My favorite line: Sulu: With an arm full of that stuff, I wouldn't be afraid of a supernova!

Your comments on the transporter puts a scene in Galaxy Quest into a new perspective.

Your observations on the Transporter, NOW YOU KNOW WHY McCoy HATES TRANSPORTERS!

Actually, Hengist is no more responsible for the murders than Scotty, as he was also possessed by the entity.

I love trek because they can start out with a situation that is grim and hopeless and by the end everybody is laughing and relieved. it may have been mentioned already but the prefect was same actor who played Landru.

So enjoy your comments at the end.Keep it up.Thanks

theres an interesting comment that Capt Kirk makes reguarding the entitiy known as the Mellitus. Solid at rest, and gasious when moving. Sounds like the creature from the last episode Obsession.

This episode was really frightening to watch as a kid. But I did end up loving horror and sci-fi.

This episode had one of my favorite McCoy lines, "Well, I gave them a pretty big Shot", always had me rolling...as well as Rejack saying "Die, Die, Everybody Die!" as they hauled him off to the transporter room. yeah, this gets especially dark if you think about the possibility of Scotty actually being posessed at the time, and committing the murders with his own hands, unwittingly. 😬 And even one of his own crewmates to boot! Nooo! Baaaeee!! 😭😭😭💔 Kirk and company, and even Picard and crew often laugh it up after horrible things happened...I mean, doesn't make much sense, they have to write letters to the families and reflect on those who died, etc...fortunately, it is just a TV show, no actual women or blue skirts were harmed during the making of this film, so let's keep being the Happiest crew in the fleet! 😅

The writer of this episode wrote the book “ psycho” that Hitchcock turned into a classic movie.

One of the best episodes.

To be fair, the power of pie is my undoing too - usually Apple or Cherry

You just don't get over something like what poor Scotty went through. I'd need a few drinks too. Hingis. " Die...die...everybody diiiiieee!" Lol

This was written by Robert Bloch, the youngest of the legendary H P. Lovecraft's proteges, and a horror author of note. (He wrote two other Trek episodes.) This is an adaptation of one of his best stories, "Yours truly, Jack the Ripper," which was previously dramatized on TV. If you like horror fiction, he's a must-read.

You look fantastic in that costume again, btw!

I also enjoyed WF a lot, however, the briefing room scene was the longest in the entire series and caused WF to drag a bit in the middle. It also lacked formality as I would have preferred to see the officers in dress uniforms for Scotty's hearing as they were for Kirk in "Court Martial" or Spock in "The Menagerie". At that point, have Prefect Jaris as judge, Hengist as prosecutor, Spock as defense attorney and Kirk as witness who would also give a voiceover Captain's log entry about how the entire crew is deeply saddened (as he did in "Conscience of the King"). This was the last of three episodes written by Robert Bloch.

You can't control emotion, unless you're a Vulcan, but you CAN mostly control how you respond to it...

The transporter chief is also the trash disposal person. Got hazardous waste? Tear it down to sub atomic particles so it won't re-materialize.

Since we're on the subject of Jack The Ripper, I have a rock solid movie reaction suggestion for you, one that explored and combines ALL FOUR of the big theories about who he actually was into one cohesive film plot and story. It starts Johnny Depp as the protagonist investogator, and another very well known name in show biz: The iconic Ian Holm! Yes, my little bunny, the one and only Bilbo Baggins is in this movie! But I won't spoil anything for you except to say that if you do decide to react to this movie, then brace yourself-- this is not a movie for lightweight beginners in crime drama, thrillers, horror or dark historical period pieces. Because this film is an ultra-hardcore combo of all four of those categories (the number 4 and the subject of combining things seems to be coming up a lot lately... very strange). lol The film in question came out in the year 2001 and its title is "From Hell. PLEASE react to this movie if you wanna learn a lot of the worst details of what really happened during the Jack the Ripper thing, and get your brain doing that whole thinkintg thing when you see the theoretical scenario offered in this movie. Thank you.

The seance scene in this ep just scared the hell out of me when I was a just a little kid! And in a way it still does even after all these decades! It is great that TOS was able to recruit such high profile and well known writers as Robert Bloch, as well as others, to contribute scripts for TOS. I also really liked his other TOS entry allot too Catspaw! He also wrote another similar story before this one based on a concept very similar to this one where a Scotland Yard detective was inhabited by the same evil spirit who caused the JTR murders. In a very minor funny little screwup in one scene if you watch when Jaris comes into the room just before Lt. Tracy is killed Jaris actually does NOT put the murder weapon where he later claims to have put it!

14:57 That had me LOL, Bunny.🤣

The two people that we always feel best about when operating the transporter are Scotty and Spock.

Excellent reaction yes it’s true. Jack the Ripper was terrible and today he’s the only killer in British history not to be caught most people. He either died or moved to another country and people didn’t know about him back, then escaped because at the height of murders they had extra police. They were police every corner of London one time and at that time he did two murders in one night with all the police watching, so maybe he wasn’t alien I don’t know, but you’re the transporter. It is a dangerous thing to use. There is an emergency way to get back with transporter phrase. Every person who is the transporter in the crew has a transporter trace inside the buffer in the emergency, you can use that to bring them back, the only thing if you bring them back, they’ll forget everything they do on the planet because the trace comes from where they were on the ship before they be down that you’re putting back in a way that person is younger than he was when you be down because that person being down is gone, it’s from the one before they beamed down in the first place the tracesorry didn’t mean to bore you. Thanks for the fun until next time.

Piglet be packin' a BLADE.

Ok episode and to give interesting fact the character who played Jaris the actor played by Charles MaCauley who was in Star Trek episode The Return of the Archons who played role as Landru give you interesting fact.

15:48 Nicely played.

Can you imagine a KLINGON or ROMULAN transporter technician aboard their respective ships?

15:42 Her silence spoke louder than any rebuttal could.

Back in red, thank you for that. If only Spock had been on hand for a mind meld -- but it wasn't his kind of planet. (Your patient calm look at 15:48, right after Spock said women are more easily terrified, was classic.) You raise a creepy story idea I never even considered before, deliberate transporter sabotage or abuse -- yeah, I'm with McCoy, just put me in a shuttle. Looking forward to more fun ahead. Have a good Memorial Day. Cheers!

Recognize the opening music? It was used in “The Cage” when Vena was the Orion slave girl.

This is one episode that actually scared me as a kid. particularly when the ripper takes over the Enterprise

When I was still in the Air Force, I used to play around with the guys I worked with when something lighthearted was going on, and use the line from the leader of planet when he got possessed - "NO! DIE DIE kill you all make you suffer." The goofy voice I did while imitating him was just one of those things that made everyone laugh no matter how many times I did it.

This was a horror episode that scared the hell out of me when I saw it as a kid. Writer Robert Bloch wrote the novel Psycho that was turned into the 1960 movie.

Well said about the need to lighten up the episode, Bunny. 👍 Many adults and especially children watched Star Trek in the 60's. Such a violent and "evil" episode was definitely not for kids.

I was told there would be no math!

I knew Scotty came from Scotland but didn’t know he came from Aberdeen Scotland. Learned something new today.

A Piglet in Wolf's clothing in Sheep's clothing. 15:38 😂I confess I got a real kick out of your "slow blink - I'm holding my tongue" response to Mr. Spock's comment on women being "more easily and more deeply terrified". PS: Speaking of clothing, It's always nice to see your lovely "Ensign BunnyTail" Uniform.

Everybody else's body was sedated; Hengist, being dead, couldn't metabolize a sedative, so he wasn't sedated. Instead, this is why the entity couldn't switch out of him.

John Fiedler - First Star Trek and then later one of Bob Newhart's patients, Emil Peterson. "Time After Time" (1979) is best movie that I have seen that features Jack the Ripper as a villain vs H.G. Wells, the famous writer who wrote "The Time Machine".

HE SURE TALKS GLOOMY.

RE Someone getting assigned as a crew member and causing an issue because of a perceived slight... Lt. Commander Ben Finney did it in the season one episode "Court Marshall"