while the animated show doesn't quite live up to the live action version, it's a worthy addendum to the franchise. Given the presence of most of the original cast, and the surprising amount of continuity with TOS, this is Trek for fans in the best possible sense: it takes a devotee to get past the roughness, but once you accept that this is never going to be perfect, it's a charming, intelligent reward for everyone who ever wondered just what the hell was going on inside the planet of "Shore Leave," or what Kirk's middle name really was, or what would happen if Kirk and Spock became fish-men.
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What you get out of this series depends on your willingness to put up with these flaws. I'd imagined I wouldn't be able to tolerate them, but while it took me a few episodes to warm to it, I ended as a fan of this version of Star Trek. At its best, it's good writing overcoming shoddy presentation, and at its worst, it's a mediocre children's cartoon. But even then, it's a mediocre children's cartoon with Leonard Nimoy. If that means something to you(and it should), you could do worse.
Like Mress, in TFF we see a cat woman on Nimbus III.
It wraps up the five year mission before the events of TMP.
