By that definition, sure. By the wider definition of reusing studio backlots, costumes and props to save money and show other planets who copied Earth in recognizable ways, Season 2 is the king of "parallel Earth" episodes. 
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Using that broad definition, agreed. But I can't fault the producers for trying to save money and being creative because their budget was modest.
It gave us a really fun episode with the mob, and the Roman world is really not as bad as many people say. (The scene with Spock and McCoy alone in the cell justifies the existence of "BREAD AND CIRCUSES". One of the very best of those two together.)
It gave us a really fun episode with the mob, and the Roman world is really not as bad as many people say. (The scene with Spock and McCoy alone in the cell justifies the existence of "BREAD AND CIRCUSES". One of the very best of those two together.)
I think two are legitimately good episodes and the other two are deeply flawed but have redeeming qualities. The lesson of Professor John Gill and then the character of Captain Ron Tracey rescue both episodes in my eyes.
I would also add the horror element of what happened to the Exeter crew is a saving grace. Creepy ending for those people.
Vhs. Still legal.
And if he'd pulled that at his bridge officer exam, he'd still be a lieutenant commander right now.
Not every "greater good" decision has the heart-rending heroism of Spock's final moments. Some of them turn your stomach. Watching Kiefer Sutherland torture people in "24" comes to mind.
Found it. https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/tuvix-episode-revisited.307704/
Some Starfleet Academy cadets give a "test answer" (the one they think the teacher wants), while if they came upon that same scenario IRL, their response would be totally different.
But bu but.... Scientific truth! Historical truth! Personal truth! Truth or dare truth!
"A Piece of the Action" --> Earth in the 1920s where a book about Gangsters is their Bible.
"The Omega Glory" --> Cold War Earth without Cold War Tech.
"Patterns of Force" --> 1940s Nazi Germany has been recreated, thanks to John Gill.
"Bread and Circuses" --> The Roman Empire if it were still around in the 20th Century.
EDITED TO ADD: It's not a Parallel Earth, but in "Assignment: Earth" they actually go back to Earth itself in 1968. So that's a lot of time in Season 2 either on Earth or planets like Earth! These episodes combine to make up 20% of the season.
I know. I was one of the first members.
Ignore the registration date, I've been here since 1999. I left for a while, after I stepped down as a moderator, and re-registered. I know this board inside-out.
I don't think it was a Parallel Earth, it was just a colony.
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A difference that makes no difference is no difference. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. The buildings, the architecture, the clothing, the culture, it all looks like Our Society. A book couldn't have created all that. John Gill couldn't have created all that.
The intent was, "Here's Kirk and Spock going to a Gangster Planet! Here's Kirk and Spock going to a Nazi Planet!" And they came up with bullshit reasons to justify both. The justifications aren't as important as the fact that they ended up on planets that were like Earth in the 1920s or Earth in the 1940s.
Only a handfull of ENT's final season are watchable. The rest...watch at your own risk.
It has been some time since I viewed the entire runs of either, but I have no interest in ever watching them from start to finish ever again.
Much like anyone watching PIC would die of disinterest.
...only in the same, upside-down universe where the Star Wars sequel trilogy is superior to the OT.
In 1999 I was googling for Star Trek pages in Altavista
I miss Altavista.
Kirk Chat, Planet Riker, TrekWeb, Psi Phi, Star Trek News, Nitpicker Central. I was on all those. Brings back the memories. Psi Phi was the one I posted on the most before here. It's too bad TrekBBS is the only one still standing.
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In 1999 I wasn't on the Web regularly period. I got into Pokemon the same year I discovered the Internet (2000), which is why I chose this handle.
Funny you mention that, because 2000 was the first time I ever went online, which is why my aol address has 21 at the end. (I turned 21 in June of 2000.)
Look at my post count. There's not really a year since 2001 when I haven't been on "a LOT." 
My post count is 1701, for some reason.
Wrong... 74205. Then 74656.
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