As I said above, kids and good sci-fi don't mix. Think about it. Lost in space with Will Robinson--insipid. Ensign Wesley Crusher on Star Trek The Next Generation--annoying. The stupid little kid on the original Battlestar Galactica whose name I can't recall (nor do I care to). And, of course, the little brats who star in this dreadful episode. To top it off, the guest star is a famous celebrity lawyer and not an actor. All this put together equals a recipe for boredom.
The Enterprise comes to an outpost and finds that all the adults committed suicide (maybe they read the script). All that remains are the kids, who oddly seem quite happy and indifferent to the deaths. So, despite all the warning signs that there is a major problem, the kids are taken back to the ship where they unleash their unholy reign of terror--thanks to a demonic spirit who eventually looks like his head is made of blue cheese. And the solution to all this horror? Yep, Kirk the social worker gets the kids to grieve and realize that the big piece of cheese isn't their friend after all--even though he can help they do cool things with their minds (like make daggers appear in space or women look old and yechy in the mirror).
UPDATE: By the way, it isn't just me who hated this episode. At the 50th anniversary Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, this was voted as one of the 10 worst of all episodes from every Trek franchise! That is some ignoble designation!
The Enterprise comes to an outpost and finds that all the adults committed suicide (maybe they read the script). All that remains are the kids, who oddly seem quite happy and indifferent to the deaths. So, despite all the warning signs that there is a major problem, the kids are taken back to the ship where they unleash their unholy reign of terror--thanks to a demonic spirit who eventually looks like his head is made of blue cheese. And the solution to all this horror? Yep, Kirk the social worker gets the kids to grieve and realize that the big piece of cheese isn't their friend after all--even though he can help they do cool things with their minds (like make daggers appear in space or women look old and yechy in the mirror).
UPDATE: By the way, it isn't just me who hated this episode. At the 50th anniversary Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, this was voted as one of the 10 worst of all episodes from every Trek franchise! That is some ignoble designation!