A Piece of the Action ("Ending Issue")

[Brobdingnag]

That's the thing with Star Trek, especially the old TOS, sometimes the more you try to make sense of it, the less it does.

 

[Metryq]

That's the thing with Star Trek, especially the old TOS, sometimes the more you try to make sense of it, the less it does.

It's a hobby for some to invent an "in-universe" explanation, or die trying. "Production limitation" or "it's just a TV show" is not an option.

"Never give up, never surrender!"

 

[JonnyQuest037]

That's the thing with Star Trek, especially the old TOS, sometimes the more you try to make sense of it, the less it does.

Watching the show in the context of the time it was made might be a good start.

 

[publiusr]

And yes, the Iotians definitely struck me as smart enough to pull it off. If they can extrapolate an entire society based on just ONE BOOK, they can take apart a communicator and figure out how it works. That'd be totally within their wheelhouse.

The result…they’d waste time staring into communication devices when they could be—-hey…waitaminute

 

[Brobdingnag]

The Iotians are so smart that they thought the best way to run a society was with gangs that'd spend all their time shooting at each other...