It’s 50 years since the first season of the original Star Trek TV series, so I’m rewatching some of those
ancient episodes when I need a break from anything that actually requires
mental activity.
Part of it
is curiosity. I’ve been on a “memory” kick lately, as readers of this blog will be well aware, thinking about what we retain and
how and why we retain it. So I’m interested in seeing if those episodes are anything
like what I remember them to be. I was eleven or so when Star Trek blew my
adolescent mind.
That’s
neither here nor there. But this one little bit of typical Star Trek dialogue
stuck with me, from an episode written by multiple Hugo-award-winner (and
legendary curmudgeon) Harlan Ellison.