Please God I have one moment in my life as cool as Kirk has when a dying spy says, I must have miscalculated, and Kirk looks at the wreckage of a ship he just destroyed and says, So did they. #TOSSatNight

The beads of sweat on Kirk’s face are a really nice touch. #TOSSatNight

The only thing this episode is missing is… what’s this? Starship combat! Woo hoo! #TOSSatNight

Kirk gets stabbed, Spock gets slapped, an Andorian loses an antenna. This episode is cray! #TOSSatNight

The smash cut to Kirk having a knife fight in a corridor is my favorite cut in all of Trek history. #TOSSatNight

What other Vulcans are aboard? Why don’t we ever see them?!?! #TOSSatNight

One side effect of my condition is that I instinctively murder Tellarites, but like I said, I’ve been taking my medication, so that should clear me. #TOSSatNight

Private meditation is code for sneaking out for a cigarette, right? #TOSSatNight

The thing about this episode is… it’s awesome. #TOSSatNight

I love that Kirk is bored of giving the tour — just like in Wrath of Khan — and just wants to gossip with Amanda about Spock. #TOSSatNight

Sarek has his aides; and some of them… are Vulcans. #TOSSatNight

I say send Cyrano to the Tantalus Colony. Doctor Adams has done fine work rehabilitating tribble smugglers. #TOSSatNight

How this episode somehow kept its narrative integrity and didn’t dissolve into goofiness is beyond me. Utter tonal mastery and unflinching confidence. #TOSSatNight

Too much of anything, even love, isn’t necessarily a good thing. Happy Valentine’s Day, TOS friends! #TOSSatNight

Arguably Trek’s most lavish, exciting action set piece in 60 years. #TOSSatNight

Even I get mad when the Klingon starts trash talking the Enterprise. #TOSSatNight

Bar fight scene coming in hot! Woo hoo!!! #TOSSatNight

So there are half-credits. The more you know! #TOSSatNight

Nils Barris is very nearly another in a long line of wet sock characters in Hollywood history unkindly named Neil. #TOSSatNight

I’m already smiling. What a great episode. #TOSSatNight

Elaan, twenty-five years later: ADMIRAL Kirk never bothered to check on my progress… #TOSSatNight

I want you to have this knife as a personal memento. Remember when I threw it at your head and it stuck in the wall? <breaks down sobbing> #TOSSatNight

Spock heads down to engineering during a battle. Why am I tearing up? #TOSSatNight

Elaan is on the bridge again! Who does she think she is, McCoy? #TOSSatNight

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but the remastered effects really shine in this episode. #TOSSatNight

Close up Trek! #TOSSatNight

We’re jumping ahead to season three! This is where stardate order gets really wacky, I suppose. #TOSSatNight

And then Kirk and Spock do a 360 walk around the bridge. The episode is just showing off at this point. #TOSSatNight

Best climax of any Trek episode. #TOSSatNight

When Decker cheats, it’s really reprehensible. When Kirk cheats, it’s a sign of original thinking and deserves a commendation. #TOSSatNight

Thank God we’re not watching with commercials. The tension of some of these cliffhangers would kill me. #TOSSatNight

No one has ever slouched in a command chair like Decker. He was one of one. #TOSSatNight

Decker’s five o’clock shadow deserved its own Emmy. #TOSSatNight

I will never not notice that glance between Spock and Decker at the helm. #TOSSatNight

Kirk’s decision to stay behind on the Constellation was cosmically stupid and probably saved the lives of about a hundred trillion people. That guy just couldn’t put a foot wrong. #TOSSatNight

Not one of those bullsh$& non-pure anti-proton beams. The real thing! #TOSSatNight

Windom’s decision to just go for it with this performance has given me so much joy over the years. Best guest performance ever, in my opinion. #TOSSatNight

I remember taping these on VHS and feeling a thrill run through me when I saw Yeoman Landon at the communications station. Could it be? It is! It is! #TOSSatNight

Doomsday Machine is one of my top two favorites, along with Mirror Mirror. I can’t pick between them, but they are my all-timers. #TOSSatNight

Throw that mattress, McCoy! #TOSSatNight

Terror must be maintained or the Empire is doomed. #TOSSatNight

This episode is oddly lifeless considering we’re watching gladiatorial combat. The pacing is slow and the guest stars are not charismatic. #TOSSatNight

This is not fair to the Romans, who were famously cosmopolitan and deeply “contaminated” by foreign customs. #TOSSatNight

Star System 892. We’re not even coming up with names for the Star systems tonight. #TOSSatNight

Classic episode. #TOSSatNight

The Orion attacker is whizzing past us like the Enterprise during the opening credits. Whoosh! #TOSSatNight

Kirk play-acting healthy on the bridge and then staying to deal with the crisis is one of his most heroic actions ever. #TOSSatNight

The cut from Spock giving McCoy a guilt trip to Kirk in mid-fight with the Andorian is my favorite cut in all of Trek. #TOSSatNight

Spock’s parents and a shirtless Kirk all in the first twenty minutes! #TOSSatNight

No, Sarek! Don’t mix Saurian brandy and your heart medication! #TOSSatNight