Repetition of Elements and Goofs
One thing I found a little disheartening when rewatching these episodes is the repetition of some elements in the episodes. Good example of what I mean...
In episode #9, production #22017, "Once Upon A Planet," at one point toward the end of the episode, Kirk decides that they should feign an injury in order to gain entrance into the Pleasure Planet's central core to save Uhura. The only thing is that they forgot that the Pleasure Planet master computer READS MINDS!!!! So it would have already known what they wanted to do. The computer constantly reads people's minds in order to reproduce their thoughts and fantasies.
Then in episode #15, production #22016, "Eye of the Beholder," toward the end of the episode, Kirk or Spock decides that the best way to escape their telepathic captors is to feign an injury and when someone comes in to check on them, they can escape. Once again, they forgot that their captors are telepathic!
Compound this with the fact that the episodes were produced back to back and it makes it even more ridiculous. Surely they could have thought of another idea before dipping back into the well so soon. Surely!
Two things I wanted to note about "Beyond the Farthest Star,"
the first-aired episode. At one point when the Enterprise phasers fire, Sulu says that he tried the "mutual override" but it didn't work. Wouldn't "mutual override" mean that both Sulu AND the phasers were trying to turn the phasers off? I think it would have made more sense if he said "manual override"? This kind of strange grammar litters most of the episodes.
Also, at the very beginning of "Beyond the Farthest Star," the Enterprise is on an outbound course beyond the fringe of the galaxy (according to Kirk's monologue). Then at the end of the episode, Kirk says, "Resuming outward course beyond the farthest star of our galaxy. Mission: starcharting." I wonder... how can you chart stars when you are going away from them? What, are they going to starchart in the next galaxy over or what? Also, I wonder if their course is taking them toward the galactic barrier that surrounds our galaxy, as seen in "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (TOS) whereat people attained God-like powers.
Just some comments after rewatching TAS. Despite these items and others of their kind, it was enjoyable watching TAS.