"Scotty In Heat".
TLOZ is one of the best episodes of the 3rd season. It seems most Trekkies (a very goofy species) were appalled by the lack of "meaningful, social/political commentary", i.e. there is no analogy with the Vietnam war, hippies, freedom of speech, and any other modern-day (or at least 60s) issues - which, from what I can tell, is what is needed to appease those nerdy liberals (hence the large popularity of the ultra-PC, plastic ST spin-offs, all of which suck big time). TLOZ has a straight-forward sci-fi story, and that's the way it should have always been. In other words, no American Constitution parallels as in the supremely silly (but somewhat fun so-bad-it's-good) "Omega Glory" episode. I prefer ST when it's immersed in the sci-fi genre, where it belongs ("The Alternative Factor", "The Menagerie", "Wink Of An Eye"), while the political/social-analogy, issue-of-the-day-brought-to-outer-space episodes very often failed, coming off as too preachy and naive ("Assignment: Earth", "The Day Of The Dove", or the supremely awful/embarrassing "The Way To Eden").
The only silly aspect of TLOZ is Scotty's exaggeratedly obsessive attachment to Mira, played by Jan Shutan, one of the most beautiful actresses in the series. Scotty is so blinded by "lurve" that he even fails to report Mira's strange observations, nor does he even encourage her to report them! That way he not only forgets about his true love, the Enterprise, but actually endangers Mira's life, as well. In short: Scotty acts like a full-blown in-puberty adolescent moron throughout the episode. The fact that Shutan would probably rather vomit on Doohan than have a relationship with him doesn't help the realism between them either...
I thought it was hilarious that many consider the eye- and sound-effects bad or cheesy. They were quite effective, showing how much can be achieved with a shoe-string budget, with a little imagination. Those who criticize TLOZ's special effects are the same uncritical dolts who probably shake in their boots whenever they watch the Mugatu jump on Kirk in "A Private Little War"! Besides, TLOZ has no annoying switcheroos ("Turnabout Intruder"), no dull, one-dimensional Klingons, and no annoying kids ("Miri").
TLOZ is one of the best episodes of the 3rd season. It seems most Trekkies (a very goofy species) were appalled by the lack of "meaningful, social/political commentary", i.e. there is no analogy with the Vietnam war, hippies, freedom of speech, and any other modern-day (or at least 60s) issues - which, from what I can tell, is what is needed to appease those nerdy liberals (hence the large popularity of the ultra-PC, plastic ST spin-offs, all of which suck big time). TLOZ has a straight-forward sci-fi story, and that's the way it should have always been. In other words, no American Constitution parallels as in the supremely silly (but somewhat fun so-bad-it's-good) "Omega Glory" episode. I prefer ST when it's immersed in the sci-fi genre, where it belongs ("The Alternative Factor", "The Menagerie", "Wink Of An Eye"), while the political/social-analogy, issue-of-the-day-brought-to-outer-space episodes very often failed, coming off as too preachy and naive ("Assignment: Earth", "The Day Of The Dove", or the supremely awful/embarrassing "The Way To Eden").
The only silly aspect of TLOZ is Scotty's exaggeratedly obsessive attachment to Mira, played by Jan Shutan, one of the most beautiful actresses in the series. Scotty is so blinded by "lurve" that he even fails to report Mira's strange observations, nor does he even encourage her to report them! That way he not only forgets about his true love, the Enterprise, but actually endangers Mira's life, as well. In short: Scotty acts like a full-blown in-puberty adolescent moron throughout the episode. The fact that Shutan would probably rather vomit on Doohan than have a relationship with him doesn't help the realism between them either...
I thought it was hilarious that many consider the eye- and sound-effects bad or cheesy. They were quite effective, showing how much can be achieved with a shoe-string budget, with a little imagination. Those who criticize TLOZ's special effects are the same uncritical dolts who probably shake in their boots whenever they watch the Mugatu jump on Kirk in "A Private Little War"! Besides, TLOZ has no annoying switcheroos ("Turnabout Intruder"), no dull, one-dimensional Klingons, and no annoying kids ("Miri").