Wierdest TOS Ep?

[Orcus]

Definitely Plato's Stepchildren, which is something straight out of the mind of a fanfiction writer on Red Bull and a mainline of sugar-crack blend. Let's see:

*Spock tap-dancing, laughing, and sobbing... and that's BEFORE he sings to Christine and Uhura about the importance of protecting their chastity from lusty young men.
* Kirk pretending to be a horse and being ridden by a little person (PC term), having his rear slapped at one point
* Spock, Kirk, Christine, and Uhura dressed in pseudo-Grecian garb and forced to kiss one another for the amusement of skeevy aliens


Weird? That's an understatement. Awesomely hilarious? Only to me, apparently.

Count me in as another Plato's Stepchildren fan...

 

[Tribbles]

Count me in as another Plato's Stepchildren fan...

::::hugs:::: Let's be best friends, Orcus, and devote our lives to defending Plato's Stepchildren as a work of comedic genius.

 

[Orcus]

Count me in as another Plato's Stepchildren fan...

::::hugs:::: Let's be best friends, Orcus, and devote our lives to defending Plato's Stepchildren as a work of comedic genius.

Indeed: this episode deserves more love - forget The Way to Eden and Spock's Brain; this is the one S3 odd-ball that pushes buttons for me...

 

[DevilEyes]

Definitely Plato's Stepchildren, which is something straight out of the mind of a fanfiction writer on Red Bull and a mainline of sugar-crack blend. Let's see:

*Spock tap-dancing, laughing, and sobbing... and that's BEFORE he sings to Christine and Uhura about the importance of protecting their chastity from lusty young men.
* Kirk pretending to be a horse and being ridden by a little person (PC term), having his rear slapped at one point
* Spock, Kirk, Christine, and Uhura dressed in pseudo-Grecian garb and forced to kiss one another for the amusement of skeevy aliens


Weird? That's an understatement. Awesomely hilarious? Only to me, apparently.

Don't forget the S&M moments with the whip and the poke...

*Spock tap-dancing, laughing, and sobbing... and that's BEFORE he sings to Christine and Uhura about the importance of protecting their chastity from lusty young men.

That scene must have soooo felt weird and uncomfortable on many levels... so much subtext there: in-universe, Christine's unrequited love for Spock as well as the interest/attraction Uhura showed for him in season 1, and in real life, the fact that Majel was Roddenberry's current girlfriend/mistress, and Nichelle his ex-mistress.

 

[Red Ranger]

I say it would be The Carbonite Manuever. I say everything about that episode is strange from the floating light cube to the alien that looks like a kid. Another episode I say I think is strange and I think is kind of stupid is The Way To Eden. I also thought Assignment Earth didn't make any sinse either.

"Carbonite"? Was he encased in it? -- RR

 

[Red Ranger]

Definitely Plato's Stepchildren, which is something straight out of the mind of a fanfiction writer on Red Bull and a mainline of sugar-crack blend. Let's see:

*Spock tap-dancing, laughing, and sobbing... and that's BEFORE he sings to Christine and Uhura about the importance of protecting their chastity from lusty young men.
* Kirk pretending to be a horse and being ridden by a little person (PC term), having his rear slapped at one point
* Spock, Kirk, Christine, and Uhura dressed in pseudo-Grecian garb and forced to kiss one another for the amusement of skeevy aliens


Weird? That's an understatement. Awesomely hilarious? Only to me, apparently.

Don't forget the S&M moments with the whip and the poke...

*Spock tap-dancing, laughing, and sobbing... and that's BEFORE he sings to Christine and Uhura about the importance of protecting their chastity from lusty young men.

That scene must have soooo felt weird and uncomfortable on many levels... so much subtext there: in-universe, Christine's unrequited love for Spock as well as the interest/attraction Uhura showed for him in season 1, and in real life, the fact that Majel was Roddenberry's current girlfriend/mistress, and Nichelle his ex-mistress.

My brother and I often sing, "Ohh-oh, bitter dregs!" -- RR

 

[The Castellan]

"The Alternative Factor" gets my vote. The whole endeavor just looks and "feels" odd and disjointed. It creeps me out. Now I'm off to watch it!

Mine, too. I've never been able to figure which Lazarus was which!

Bad Lazarus had the gash on his forehead.

 

[ToddPence]

"The Mark of Gideon"

 

[zackme]

I belive The Way to Eden is the weird episode