Star Trek Rewatch: S1E4 The Naked Time

The first Trek for Trekkies.

See the Star Trek TOS Rewatch Index page for links to all the episodes covered so far.

“THE NAKED TIME” RATING: 7.5/10

“You keep wondering if man was meant to be out here!” moans Lt. Joe Tormolen (Stewart Moss). That’s been a central theme of the first few horror-tinged Star Trek episodes. In this case, though, Tormolen is just over-carbonated. And, in fact, the over-carbonation is the answer to his concerns. Why are we out in space? This is the first Star Trek script which really knows the answer, and that answer is: we’re out in space to see our protagonists overact, damn it.