Rated "8" because of guest star "blond" Julie Newmar as the "plucky" pregnant widow of the tribe's chief, on a savage planet where even the bow and arrow are unknown before Kirk invents them! Marred by the natives wearing cheap rubber tribal costumes with fringe which are scuba "wet suits" with swimmers goggles! Male warriors with pony tails. Yuck! Otherwise, a good storyline with the Klingons playing cat and mouse both on the planet and in outer space. Scotty gets to show his "chops" as a very good Temporary Commander of the Enterprise. Much "banter" between "Bones" and Julie, in a very agreeable guest role, which makes up for the bad costuming. Not a great episode, but not too bad in a very uneven 2nd season of the original series. As usual, a "Redshirt" "bites the dust" before the first station break. Really convincing knife throwing and better hand to hand combat than usual. Nice to see the use of outdoor California Mountains instead of that infernal red studio sky. Spock's Vulcan comments at the end are "priceless".
Review of Friday's Child
