Problems
None

Factoids
None

Remarkable Scenes
- Spock convincing McCoy to abandon the search to divert the asteroid.
- Kirk giving the drowning boy CPR and the natives thinking he's a god because of it.
- Spock attempting to destroy the asteroid.
- Scotty bemoaning about Spock's heavy demands on the ship's systems.
- McCoy getting angry at Spock for failing to destroy the asteroid and putting the ship into risk as well as Kirk and the planet.
- Weeks later, Spock continually ignoring McCoy's advice, trying to decipher the symbols on the alien monument.
- Spock deciphering the symbols on the alien monument.
- Spock's mild meld with Kirk.
- The death of Kirk's wife.

My Review
An original plot. Kirk gets amnesia, which is fun to watch. The asteroid threatening the planet is also a cool new plot idea. Additionally, I love the idea that the ancient race "The Preservers" are one of the reasons there are so many humanoids in the galaxy. Indeed, it goes a long way toward explaining why the aliens on this world look exactly like humans, and perhaps why so many others encountered in the various Star Trek series look exactly like humans. The only thing that brings down this otherwise great original series episode is the death of Kirk's newfound wife (and subsequently the unborn child). Granted the scene is moving, and a good end to a good episode, it would have been an even better end if she had lived and Kirk had begun raising a child aboard the Enterprise. It's always good to make characters more faceted and to make episodes have long lasting consequences. Unfortunately, TOS had a nasty habit of forcing all the characters to return to their status quo at the end of every episode, making them somewhat too predictable.