Least favorite type of episode

[FormerLurker]

I hate the mugatu and not just because it's so obviously a guy in a slightly changed gorilla suit but because the physical strength and the deadly venom are an aberration. Note that in nature animals that have venom would be helpless without it. Small snake, scorpion, spiders... Who's ever heard of a tiger or a hippopotamus with venom?

We weren't shown all the wildlife of the planet. It's possible the Mugato actually hunted much larger prey, an needed the venom to bring it down. Implausible, as humanoids are present, but you never know. Honestly, for all we know the humanoids were transplanted there by the Preservers.

 

[MAGolding]

I hate the mugatu and not just because it's so obviously a guy in a slightly changed gorilla suit but because the physical strength and the deadly venom are an aberration. Note that in nature animals that have venom would be helpless without it. Small snake, scorpion, spiders... Who's ever heard of a tiger or a hippopotamus with venom?

We weren't shown all the wildlife of the planet. It's possible the Mugato actually hunted much larger prey, an needed the venom to bring it down. Implausible, as humanoids are present, but you never know. Honestly, for all we know the humanoids were transplanted there by the Preservers.

I note that humanoids were present on Earth, co existing with, and sometimes hunting, many species of megafauna, for hundreds of thousands of years before those species became extinct in recent millennia.

The Gila monster, a large lizard of the southwest USA, is venomous.

The venom of a Gila monster is considered to be as toxic as that of a Western diamondback rattlesnake. Milking H. suspectum for its venom it can yield up to 2 ml. The Gila monster's bite is normally not fatal to healthy adult humans.[22] No reports of fatalities have been confirmed after 1930, and the rare fatalities recorded before that time occurred in adults who were intoxicated by alcohol or by mismanagement in the treatment of the bite.[27] The Gila monster can bite quickly e. g. by swinging its head unexpectedly sideways and hold on tenaciously and painfully. If bitten, the victim may need to fully submerge the attacking lizard in water to hopefully break free from its bite or physically yank the lizard free, risking severe lacerations in the process from the lizard's sharp teeth, but much less of venom delivery. Symptoms of the bite include excruciating pain, edema, and weakness associated with a rapid drop in blood pressure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gila_monster#Toxicity

The largest lizard of all, the Komodo Dragon, Varanus Komodoensis, reaches average weights of 70 kilograms or 150 pounds, but is probably venomous.

In late 2005, researchers at the University of Melbourne speculated the perentie (Varanus giganteus), other species of monitors, and agamids may be somewhat venomous. The team believes the immediate effects of bites from these lizards were caused by mild envenomation. Bites on human digits by a lace monitor (V. varius), a Komodo dragon, and a spotted tree monitor (V. scalaris) all produced similar effects: rapid swelling, localised disruption of blood clotting, and shooting pain up to the elbow, with some symptoms lasting for several hours.[50]

In 2009, the same researchers published further evidence demonstrating Komodo dragons possess a venomous bite. MRI scans of a preserved skull showed the presence of two glands in the lower jaw. The researchers extracted one of these glands from the head of a terminally ill dragon in the Singapore Zoological Gardens, and found it secreted several different toxic proteins. The known functions of these proteins include inhibition of blood clotting, lowering of blood pressure, muscle paralysis, and the induction of hypothermia, leading to shock and loss of consciousness in envenomated prey.[51][52] As a result of the discovery, the previous theory that bacteria were responsible for the deaths of Komodo victims was disputed.[53]

Other scientists have stated that this allegation of venom glands "has had the effect of underestimating the variety of complex roles played by oral secretions in the biology of reptiles, produced a very narrow view of oral secretions and resulted in misinterpretation of reptilian evolution." According to these scientists "reptilian oral secretions contribute to many biological roles other than to quickly dispatch prey." These researchers concluded that, "Calling all in this clade venomous implies an overall potential danger that does not exist, misleads in the assessment of medical risks, and confuses the biological assessment of squamate biochemical systems."[54] Evolutionary biologist Schwenk says that even if the lizards have venom-like proteins in their mouths they may be using them for a different function, and he doubts venom is necessary to explain the effect of a Komodo dragon bite, arguing that shock and blood loss are the primary factors.[55][56]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon#Venom

Jellyfish have venomous stingers in ther tentacles.

The lion's mane jellyfish, Cyanea capillata, was long-cited as the largest jellyfish, and arguably the longest animal in the world, with fine, thread-like tentacles that may extend up to 36.5 m (119 ft 9 in) long (though most are nowhere near that large).[53][54] They have a moderately painful, but rarely fatal, sting.[55] The increasingly common giant Nomura's jellyfish, Nemopilema nomurai, found in some, but not all years in the waters of Japan, Korea and China in summer and autumn is another candidate for "largest jellyfish", in terms of diameter and weight, since the largest Nomura's jellyfish in late autumn can reach 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in bell (body) diameter and about 200 kg (440 lb) in weight, with average specimens frequently reaching 0.9 m (2 ft 11 in) in bell diameter and about 150 kg (330 lb) in weight.[56][57] The large bell mass of the giant Nomura's jellyfish[58] can dwarf a diver and is nearly always much greater than the Lion's Mane, whose bell diameter can reach 1 m (3 ft 3 in).[59]

The rarely encountered deep-sea jellyfish Stygiomedusa gigantea is another candidate for "largest jellyfish", with its thick, massive bell up to 100 cm (3 ft 3 in) wide, and four thick, "strap-like" oral arms extending up to 6 m (20 ft) in length, very different from the typical fine, threadlike tentacles that rim the umbrella of more-typical-looking jellyfish, including the Lion's Mane.[60]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish#Largest_and_smallest

On Earth the only known venomous primates are the Slow Lorises of the genus Ncticbus.

Slow lorises have a toxic bite, a trait rare among mammals and unique among the primates.[5] The toxin is obtained by licking a sweat gland on their arm, and the secretion is activated by mixing with saliva. Their toxic bite, once thought to be primarily a deterrent to predators, has been discovered to be primarily used in disputes within the species.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_loris

So possibly mugatus use their venomous bites in disputes betwen them, and consider humans to be mugatu-like and so attack them in situations where they would attack other mugatus.

 

[Reanok]

Friday's Child doesn't have a Mugatu in the show. It's the one where Doctor McCoy delievers a baby and his mother in the episode is played by Julie Newmar. They name the baby Leonard James Akaar.

 

[Greg Cox]

The Mugato is in "A Private Little War," not "Friday's Child."

 

[Court_Vince]

Romance centric episodes. Esp one-off romances which almost never get brought up again.

 

[FormerLurker]

Friday's Child doesn't have a Mugatu in the show. It's the one where Doctor McCoy delievers a baby and his mother in the episode is played by Julie Newmar. They name the baby Leonard James Akaar.

The Mugato is in "A Private Little War," not "Friday's Child."

Least favorite type of show: Ones where the title is misquoted.

 

[BlueStuff]

Gotta be Romance!Trek

 

[Swedish Borg]

The Mugato is in "A Private Little War," not "Friday's Child."

Yeah, I always get these two mixed up. Friday's child is the one with the stupid Klingon. I mean, what was he trying to accomplish??


Wait a minute! There are also Klingons in the other one, except that they're not AS stupid and they don't get themselves killed in the end.

 

[dupersuper]

In "I, Mudd" Kirk mentions events in "Mudd's Women":





In "By Any Other Name" KIrk mentioned events which happened in the episodes "Where no Man Has Gone Before" and "A Taste of Armageddon"





In "The Trouble With Tribbles" the Organian Peace Treaty is mentioned. which seems to make the episode a sequel to "Errand of Mercy":.





"A Private Little War" might also be a sequel to "Errand of Mercy":



And "Day of the Dove" might also be a sequel to "Errand of Mercy":



"The Deadly Years" might be a sequel to "Balance of Terror":



"Whom Gods Destroy" might also be a sequel to "Balance of Terror":



"That Which Survives" might be a sequel to "The Devil in the Dark":



"Turnabout Intruder" seems to be a sequel to "The Tholian Web" and "The Empath". Kirk in the body of Janice Lester says:

They also mention the death penalty for going to Talos in Turnabout Intruder.

Tos Friday's child and TNG The Wounded

...Are those types of episodes?

 

[Kor]

I generally don't like episodes in which a character becomes a "fish out of water" trying to convince everybody around him of the truth or whatever. That one with Harry Kim back on Earth comes to mind. To me, "The Inner Light" kind of fits the bill too, though I tolerate that one.

Kor

 

[Swedish Borg]

I generally don't like episodes in which a character becomes a "fish out of water" trying to convince everybody around him of the truth or whatever. That one with Harry Kim back on Earth comes to mind. To me, "The Inner Light" kind of fits the bill too, though I tolerate that one.

Kor

How about when Harry gives his "inmates of the world unite" speech in that space-prison and people are throwing things at him?