1) “Everybody knows” that Season 3 wasn’t as good as Seasons 1 & 2. Bet we all thank God for Season 3 ... it’s what put Star Trek into syndication. Star Trek in syndication paved the way for EVERY Science Fiction show that followed (for good or ill). Kids today should be careful what they sneer at.
2) The Space Hippies were hilarious ... and a very pointed satire of real hippies, who were an all too present and obnoxious part of American society at the time.
3) Cracked dot com is a bunch of childish morons.
The hippies got taught a lesson in the end. Spock jamming with them was kinda funny.