All Our Yesterdays
Not to be confused with "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" or "Return to Tomorrow."
I always thought favorably of this episode, but watching it this time I liked it more than before.
Let me get my twin complaints out of the way of 1) we really know the exact MINUTE this star is going to nova coupled with 2) do we really need this 3 hour deadline to build the drama? Maybe we do. It certainly builds the drama at the end. And while I'm at it, does it really make sense that everything we see could happen in just three hours? From Kirk miraculously meeting someone from the future to McCoy recovering from extreme exposure so quickly, it's enough to make one believe in some universal intelligence looking out for our heroes.
Atoz. Very clever name. And I never caught it until relatively recently that that's what his name is.
To build the mystery, somehow all of these not-so-helpful Atozes fail to actually come out and say everyone disappeared through time travel, acting like it's so well known on this planet that you wouldn't have to say it.
Atoz hands Kirk a DVD, then goes off to work on Gary 7's computer.
Once again, Kirk benefits from Starfleet's emphasis on teaching fencing at the Academy.
The redhead Kirk meets reminds me of Beverly Crusher. I have no idea what language she's speaking.
From the script:
WENCH: Oh, thank you, man. I thought I'd be limbered sure when that gull caught me cutting his purse.
WENCH: Oh, I took you to be an angler, but you're none of us, are ya? Well, you're a bully fine coe for all of that. What a handsome dish ya served them, the coxcombs.
Okay then.
McCoy: "I was looking over some material about their Ice Age. " Dumbass. When you find yourself in a strange library, look at material about TROPICAL PARADISES.
The mysterious stranger takes of his enormous cloak and...hey! It's a girl!
And so Beverly, who is the reason Kirk is in this mess in the first place, and who minutes earlier was willing to go anywhere with him, now condemns Kirk for a witch.
I wonder how Kirk would get along with Beverly Crusher. Pretty well probably.
Whoa, Zarabeth is really ho....um...ahem. Zarabeth through no fault of her own is condemned to a bleak existence because of some MAN. It's got to be horrible, and I would consider suicide. But does Zarabeth roll over and die? No she does not. She exhibits tremendous strength, courage, determination, and lives her life as she has to day by day. She is not embittered by her experiences but remains a good person. Let us use Zarabeth's example to look at the women in our own lives and recognize the extreme pressures that society places upon them. Let us take this opportunity to recognize the strength, courage, and determination in the women around us. Zarabeth is a true model of the power of women who calls to us to honor women in our lives and everywhere.
(Also, Zarabeth is really hot in that skimpy outfit.

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Is there still the open portal somewhere that Zarabeth came through? Could Zarabeth find it and go back even if it meant dying in the future?
Strange how similar the past that Kirk went to is to Earth's past.
I find these arguments between Spock and McCoy to be extremely compelling. McCoy's being a dick again, Spock must be in command. And yet, McCoy's right this time. Very perceptive, he sizes up what's happening with Spock and between Spock and Zarabeth and uses that famous biting wit of his to reach Spock. And then there's this:
McCoy: "You listen to me, you pointed-eared Vulcan."
Spock: "I don't like that. I don't think I ever did, and now I'm sure."
WOW. All those times McCoy referred to his pointed ears, his green blood, his weird Vulcan anatomy, Spock was hurt by it. What a revelation that is. I just think the acting of De and Leonard here is outstanding, the dialog so on point. What a great little scene here. Just great stuff.
I do think McCoy was a bit hard on Zarabeth. I'm sure she was sincere. She was prepared for the past, she assumed they were too.
And what a great job of acting Mariette Hartley puts in. She really sells someone who's been extremely lonely for so long, so happy to finally have someone to be with only to have to accept them leaving again. What a cruel tease. You can see her heart breaking. Wow again.
Okay, you're that Judge guy. You can pick any time in your planet's history in which to live out your life. Why do you pick that backward time?
Atoz and his replicas are woefully unable to handle Kirk Fu. Don't feel bad, Atoz. Kirk Fu has felled much tougher men.
Atoz knocks Kirk out and he revives just in time to avoid being sent back in time. Since Atoz was trying to send Kirk back in time, does that mean that he "prepared" Kirk for that time? Is Kirk going to die in a few hours because his body can no longer survive in the present?
I never understood anyway why any sort of physiological change should be necessary. It doesn't come up in any other time travel story.
Spock: "Yes, it happened. But that was five thousand years ago. And she is dead now. Dead and buried. Long ago. "





Poor Zarabeth. I wonder how she died.
Say we knew for a fact that the world was going to end in 2020. Say we have time travel technology and you can go back in time to live out your life in any previous era of Earth's history. Where would you go? It's fun to think about going back to some ancient or medieval setting, but really, I wouldn't want to go back too far. In fact, if there's no issue with two of me existing at the same time, I'd probably just go back to the 1970's. I like modern conveniences. Plus I want penicillin to exist so they don't have to cut off a limb if it gets infected.
I like this one. Very compelling drama.
Alien Watch! Sarpeidonians
Season 1
Talosians
That big ugly Rigellian guy Pike fought in illusion
Vina as an Orion girl in illusion
Vina as an Orion's backup band of assorted aliens
Glimpse of other aliens captured by Talosians
Ron Howard's brother
That dog from Enemy Within
Salt monster
That hand plant...Gertrude
Spock (duh)
Charlie's parents (Thasians)*
Romulans!
(Ruk)
Miri's planet kids (bonk bonk)
Giant ape creatures of Taurus II
Shore Leave Caretaker guy
Trelaine and his folks*
Gorn
Metrons*
The Lazerii
The remarkably human-looking aliens of Beta 3. (RotA)
The remarkably human-looking aliens of Emineminar VII (AToA)
The Triffids of Omicron Ceti III (TSoP)
The refreshingly non-human-looking Horta
Organians*
Klingons! (Remarkably human looking).
(The Guardian of Forever)
Flying pancakes
Season 2
Sylvia and Korob
The Companion
The remarkably human looking (though tall) Cappellans.
Native Pollux IV-ians (Apollo and his gang)
Full-blooded Vulcans
The remarkably human looking citizens of Argelius II (WitF)
Redjac
The People of Vaal (Gamma Triangulians)
Crew of the ISS Enterprise
The remarkably human-looking** (except for maybe a dot on their forehead) Halkans
Tribbles (not at all human looking)
The remarkably human-looking citizens of...892-VI. Is that what they call this planet? (The Roman one.)
Tall guys, short guys, Andorians, Tellurites, purple lady, Orion made up like an Andorian. (JtB)
The remarkably human-looking people of Neural. (APLW)
The awesome Mugato!
Shahna, Lars, Tamoon, Kloog, Thrallmaster Galt, and the Providers
The Cloud from the Tycho system.
The BIG FREAKIN' AMEBA!!!!!
The remarkably human-looking Iotians. (Gangsters)
Kelvans! Who really look like big, cool squids but choose to look remarkably human.
Sargon and the gang of not-quite-omnipotent aliens.
Remarkably human looking Zeons of Zeon and Ekosians of Ekos. (PoF)
The remarkably human looking Yangs and Coms of Omega IV.
Isis! Who looks remarkably like a cat until she wants to look remarkably human.
Season 3
The decidedly non-human looking Melkotians.
The remarkably human-looking Elasians and not so human looking Troyians.
Lawyer in a muumuu. Remarkably human-looking but maybe that was on purpose.
The remarkably human-looking Morgs and Eymorgs of Sigma Draconis.
Kollos the Medusan
Gem the Empath (remarkably human looking)
Vians (the OTHER bumpy-headed aliens)
Tholians!
The remarkably human-looking Fabrini of Yo Mama.
The malicious swirly ball of hate (DotD)
The remarkably human-looking Platonians who are douchebags except for Alexander
The fast, but still remarkably human looking Scalosians.
The remarkably human-looking image of Losira.
The Cheron boys, Bele and Lokai
Lackey's of Garth's some of whom are more human-looking than others.
Way too many remarkably human-looking Gideons.
Discorporated Zetarians and some recently departed Federation scholars and researchers of various races.
The remarkably human-looking Ardanians and their amazing midriffs.
Sevrin is Tiburonian, Rad is Catullan. If the others are aliens, they are remarkably human-looking.
Yarnek is Excalbian, Zora is a Tiburonian.
The remarkably human-looking Sarpeidonians.
*Alien Watch sublist: omnipotent aliens!
**By request