From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: orion@dslnorthwest.net   
   Subject: Re: The Jihad (TAS): my review   
      
   On Oct 9, 5:15apm, "jph...@gmail.com"  wrote:   
   > THE JIHAD: PLOT   
   >   
   > The Vedala, the oldest-known race in the galaxy, call on Kirk and Spock to   
   join an expedition of highly skilled members of disparate alien races on a   
   perilous mission. They will be transported to a world known as "the mad   
   planet," to recover a stolen artifact belonging to the Skorr. If the artifact   
   is not retrieved before its theft is discovered, then it will drive the Skorr   
   to a holy war against the entire galaxy!   
   >   
   > CHARACTERS   
   >   
   > The child-friendly animated series has afforded Kirk very little chance to   
   flirt with "Space Babes." This episode remedies that, as Kirk enjoys some   
   nicely suggestive banter with Lara (Jane Webb), a scout who flatly tells him   
   that she finds him attractive. During the mission, Kirk only allows things to   
   go so far. When Lara suggests they take a rest to make some "green memories,"   
   as she puts it, Kirk declines, telling her that he's already made quite a few   
   such memories... an unusual exchange to find in a Saturday morning cartoon!   
   >   
   > THOUGHTS   
   >   
   > The animated series' first season finale is also one of the series' better   
   episodes, if short of the series' very best. It's an episode that would   
   probably play quite well to gamers, as you have Kirk and Spock teamed with a   
   set of characters who owe more than a little to the heroic fantasy tradition.   
   With their comrades including a thief, a scout, and a warrior, all on a quest   
   to retrieve a precious item, it's practically a Star Trek/Dungeons & Dragons   
   crossover!   
   >   
   > I found it rather fun to watch, though it doesn't have as much of an   
   authentic Trek feel as many of the other animated episodes have had. Trek   
   veteran Stephan Kandel writes a fast-paced story in a reasonably imaginative   
   setting. He moves the characters swiftly from one peril to the next, but   
   doesn't make the mistake of pacing this too frenetically. There are pauses for   
   character exchanges (notably between Kirk and Lara), and the crises are given   
   a couple of minutes each to register before being resolved. A late-in-the-day   
   twist is not too hard to spot, but was probably quite surprising to the child   
   audience of the day.   
   >   
   > On the whole, an energetic, fast-paced 25 minutes, which passes in an   
   eyeblink. Deduct at least one point from my score if you're particularly   
   bothered when TAS episodes just don't feel much like Trek. But otherwise, this   
   is definitely entertaining viewing.   
   >   
   > Rating: 8/10.   
   And yet, nothing about this episode ever gets mentioned again...   
   Ron   
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