Star Trek The Original Series Episode Review: "Devil in the Dark"

Accidentally Derivative Studios ^ | 8/26/25 | Possum Rob

[MAGA2017]

When the USS Enterprise crew is called in to investigate a slew of miners getting burned to a crisp by a mysterious creature, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy and the gang run into something they didn't think was even possible! Join Possum Rob as he takes a look at the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Devil in the Dark!"

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: devil; episode; review; startrek

[MAGA2017]

This guy does some amusing reviews of the original Star Trek series.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

"I"m a doctor, not a bricklayer!"

A pretty good episode, as I remember.

[GaltAdonis]

Take good care of those silicon nodules - if you know what’s good for you.
They're more than they appear to be…

[fidelis]

[HighSierra5]

I think the original Star Trek TV show was the best.Shatner/Kirk was iconic. Sort of like Superman, Marshall Dillon and other heroes.

[Kleon]

This is such a classic. New trek is just woke bullshit

[plain talk]

In that episode Spock has an utterly ridiculous scene where he is mind-melding with the creature. Cracks me up every time.

[grey_whiskers]

Ah yes, the Horta. Didn’t it have hydrogen fluoride for blood?

[Leaning Right]

> I think the original Star Trek TV show was the best. <

Totally agree. And it wasn’t just the cast. The scripts were better.

The Next Generation had better special effects. That’s for sure. But I didn’t care for most of the episodes. Too many of them were just plain silly.

By the way, my post is…

[fr_freak]

The Next Generation had better special effects. That’s for sure. But I didn’t care for most of the episodes. Too many of them were just plain silly.

I grew up watching the Star Trek reruns in the 70s and 80s. I was a big fan. When The Next Generation was announced, I was excited, couldn't wait for the first episode. When I finally saw it, I thought it was woke BS, but back in those days we called it "politically correct". I don't think I made it past the 2nd episode. Quite frankly, the whole crew of the new Enterprise seemed like a bunch of slack-jawed faggots. Kirk, now there was a sexual tyrannosaurus.

[Bullish]

As I recall... It kills to save it’s babies. Wouldn’t you?

[Leaning Right]

Speaking of woke, some stations here and in Europe are digitally altering William Shatner’s iconic opening line, “where no man has gone before” to the Next Generation’s “where no one has gone before”.

Shatner found out about this, and he is pissed.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/william-shatner-trek-motto-gender

[know.your.why]

Gene Roddenberry and Rod Serling I bet could have really fed off each others imagination. I wonder if they ever looked to the other guys work for ideas?

[MAGA2017]

Same here. I grew up watching Star Trek reruns in the late 70s/early 80s on WPIX channel 11 in NYC every Saturday at 6 PM.

[clearcarbon]

"In that episode Spock has an utterly ridiculous scene where he is mind-melding with the creature. "

[Mozzafiato]

I’ve never seen a single episode of Star Trek, and I grew up in the 70s and 80s. I remember my cousins watching it, but I just never got into it. I feel nostalgic for the old days and aim to watch the series. I’m not a big SciFi guy (Planet of the Apes was more my thing) but I’m going to give Star Trek a go.

[Nachoman]

Did the new crewman in the red tunic get killed?

[alexander_busek]

I wonder if they ever looked to the other guys work for ideas?

Are you kidding?!

Just look at the Star Trek episode "Requiem for Methusaleh" and the 1956 movie "Forbidden Planet" (which is itself a "re-imagining" of Shakespeare's "The Tempest").

Regards,

[Pocketdoor]

The OG was good, but there are some good spinners off of it. My favorite is “Enterprise”.

[Celtic Conservative]

Roddenberry’s ego would’ve gotten in the way.

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