Still think this is a cool effect. #TOSSatNight

Lee Mariwether is great in this episode. I loved her in Time Tunnel as well. #TOSSatNight

I don’t want to hear that Vulcan’s never lie. #TOSSatNight

McCoy is really talking smack to Spock in this episode. #TOSSatNight

It took 28 year old Mike Minor 3-4 months to rotoscope the Tholian web frame by frame at the Van der Veer Optical Company. His original effect looks better than the remastered CGI. #TOSSatNight

I love the original crinkled aluminum foil backdrop. #TOSSatNight

The multiverse is an old idea. #TOSSatNight

Because these freakin’ space suites were not ready for the start of the day’s shooting due to the production manager’s error, Ralph Senensky started out 1/2 day behind schedule on this episode. #TOSSatNight

This is not a good look! #TOSSatNight

The movie PRESSURE premiers in theaters today. It’s a story of the D-Day landing and the decision Eisenhower had to make to proceed or not given the severe weather forecast. The drama played out at Southwick House near Portsmouth. I visited Southwick House two weeks ago and took some photos.

The Galileo has landed.

I live in LA and enjoy tracking down filming locations from some of my favorite movies. Here is the location of the liquor store where officer Bud White (Russell Crowe) first meets Lynn Bracken (Kim Basinger) in LA CONFIDENTIAL.

I do love the cheek of Spock instructing McCoy on how to reconnect his brain. It’s great! #TOSSatNight

Yet another civilization left to their own devices after destruction of their infrastructure. There is a dark side to many of the TOS episodes. #TOSSatNight

Loved seeing “The Teacher” up close at the Greg Jein auction in 2023. It reminds me of the Krell “brain booster” from Forbidden Planet, which was probably its inspiration. #TOSSatNight

Here is the arm band controller the women are using. #TOSSatNight

Sulu in command! #TOSSatNight

There is a lot of falling down in this episode. #TOSSatNight

Love the musical stings in the score. Composer Fred Steiner recorded it on Aug 26, 1968. So sad these disappeared in later series. #TOSSatNight

Directors Marc Daniels always wanted to do a shot where actors walked in front of the display screen. He did it in this episode. #TOSSatNight

Gene Coon wrote this episode for the third season under his pseudonym Lee Cronin because he was under an exclusive contract with Universal Television. This is the teaser from his revised outline delivered on April 22, 1968. #TOSSatNight

I love Spock’s Brain. There, I’ve said it. #TOSSatNight

The cryo-stasis chambers from Lost In Space made their way from 20th Century Fox to Paramount for this episode. #TOSSatNight

I wonder if Kathryn Hays got paid standard union scale given that she had a non-speaking part. #TOSSatNight

How is it that Spock is so well versed in Romulan regulations? And why would the Romulan Commander jump into the transporter beam to the Enterprise and become a captive of the Federation? #TOSSatNight

This episode is a great illustration of just how fine an actor James Doohan was. #TOSSatNight

Costumes were great too. #TOSSatNight

Can’t admire enough the marvelous colored lighting by Jerry Finnerman. Tthe craftsmanship is superb: cinematography, writing, acting, directing, music…. The original series glitters with talent. #TOSSatNight

Another fine sneering performance by James Doohan as Engineer Scott in command of the Enterprise. #TOSSatNight

The Romulan Commander is a cool character with grand ambitions and sly methods. “We can appreciate the Vulcans, our distant brothers.” #TOSSatNight.

I am going to make it tonight after all, and can celebrate the great Joanne Linville. #TOSSatNight

I may not make this excellent episode tonight, but I do dig the Romulan Commander’s chair and would still like to know how Star Fleet never seemed to master the cloaking technology for themselves. #TOSSatNight

Had a chance to speak to Rod Roddenberry at Yuri’s Night at Griffith Observatory last weekend. Had not seen him since the Emmy Award ceremony where his father was honored for Star Trek. We talked about the 3-ft Enterprise studio model adventure, which will hopefully come to a close soon.

Just spoke to Ed Dwight, American’s 1st black astronaut candidate in 1962. Ed was the inspiration for Victor Glover to become a pilot and astronaut, who just just completed a voyage to the moon on Artemis II. Congratulations to Victor, who carries Ed Dwight’s legacy to ever greater achievements.

Gonna miss this one. At Yuri’s Night LA. But I have to say, this is not my favorite episode. #TOSSatNight

Ralph Senensky told me that he did not prefer Shatner’s performance in his famous “Risk is Our Business” speech in this episode. He would have preferred a less dramatic performance, like what he delivered in another episode Ralph directed: Metamorphosis. #TOSSatNight

James Doohan was so versatile doing voices for characters in Star Trek episodes. Here he’s the voice of Sargon. I discovered what a fine actor he is when I was a cameraman on a film he acted in. He was splendid. It was 1980 shortly after the premiere of Star Trek the motion picture. #TOSSatNight

What a pleasure to see my friend’s name on the screen as director of this episode. How I miss conversation with Ralph Senensky, who we lost last year at age 102. #TOSSatNight

Edison International boosted the pay of its top executives last year despite their responsibility for the safety of the company’s power lines before the devastating Eaton fire, which destroyed a wide swath of Altadena and killed 19 people. Pedro Pizarro received $16.6, up 20%.

Damn good episode! #TOSSatNight

This is the best example in the entire series of Kirk talking a computer into self-destruction. Even better than Nomad. It’s just great writing. #TOSSatNight

I love how Daystrom talks to the M-5 like a protege to a student. It’s deeply personal conversation between a man and his creation about ethical questions. #TOSSatNight

What we appreciate today, but apparently Daystrom does not fully understand in this episode, is that AI systems gain capability by learning, their capabilities are not strictly “programmed.” #TOSSatNight

I usually point out how lax security is on the Enterprise. This time I have to point out how lax safety is. How in the world could such an energy beam not even have orange cones around it? #TOSSatNight

I like John Meredyth Lucas’ direction of this episode. He was a very versatile producer/writer/director. #TOSSatNight

I’ve learned to recognize Doohan’s voice used so frequently in TOS episodes for aliens and other characters. Here he voices the M-5 computer. #TOSSatNight

Given that we have self-driving cars on the roads today, the idea of a computer controlling a Starship seems surprisingly novel in the 23rd century. Here is an idea where Star Trek underestimated the progress of technology. Usually they overestimate it. #TOSSatNight