First episode so beautifully captures the "morality play" aspects of TOS

Impressive. I hope younger viewers will consider the goals of this series before complaining about acting styles or production values. Everybody involved in the production appeared to work hard at recreating the "feel" of the original series.

It is easy to critique the individual actors in their emulating the delivery and quirks of the originals. Yet, I'm glad that they didn't just try to be comic impersonators as soon many would be apt to do. The Kirk actor in particular could have had great fun doing an over-the-top William Shatner performance. I might wish that his voice register was a bit lower (some voice coaching might help some). Nevertheless, the longer I watching him, the more I forgot Shatner and the more I accepted the plot and the wonderful integration of sets, music, and even lightning. So delightfully 1960's and Desilu Productions!

It is hard to believe that this outstanding quality could be done on such a small budget. I'm not Trekkie, but I thoroughly enjoyed this.

Getting Michael Forrest to do such a professional portrayal of a fascinating character was an amazing way to set the tone of this reboot. And I loved the final scene. A lesser director might have panned the camera back and simply shown Apollo lifting the broken wagon to fix it. Instead, it gave us close-ups to capture the wonder and gratitude in the peasants reactions to Apollo's act of assistance. As they express their appreciation, we applaud Apollo for discovering that admiration won by virtue beats worship demanded of subjects who have no choice in the matter. Yes, that is too "schmaltzy" for today, but it is perfectly appropriate TOS and 1960's TV morality play denouement.

Please. Don't get hung up on the acting of some of the untrained amateurs. (And nobody is loafing or doing a bad job. Clearly, they are doing their best and it should be appreciated.) Don't obsess on mistakes in the accents or some minor timing issues. Instead, enjoy the overall ambience, the nostalgia, the excellent writing--and perhaps most of all, enjoy the kinds of morality plays that we once demanded of television but now can only be found here and there. These episodes leave the audience with something to ponder, just as classic literature does for the reader.

Congratulations, STC, on a job well done.