Plot; Kirk, Chekov and Uhura seemingly vanish just before beaming down for a routine mission, ending up on a far flung world where they're forced to play gladiatorial games for the amusement of unseen masters.
If someone were looking for a "standard" episode of classic Trek, this might be it. It checks off--that's checks off, not Chekov, though he's here too--the requisite boxes for such episodes, neither rising above nor falling below. There's little attempt to explore any themes. Kirk and the members of his away team (or is that a Next Generation term?) find themselves enslaved and there's the requisite back and forth about freedom, but it's more dramatic WD-40 than anything substantive.
To be more specific; If you want an episode where Kirk romances the local scantily clad female, loses his shirt and fights as this plays, "The Gamesters of Triskelion" is for you.
If someone were looking for a "standard" episode of classic Trek, this might be it. It checks off--that's checks off, not Chekov, though he's here too--the requisite boxes for such episodes, neither rising above nor falling below. There's little attempt to explore any themes. Kirk and the members of his away team (or is that a Next Generation term?) find themselves enslaved and there's the requisite back and forth about freedom, but it's more dramatic WD-40 than anything substantive.
To be more specific; If you want an episode where Kirk romances the local scantily clad female, loses his shirt and fights as this plays, "The Gamesters of Triskelion" is for you.