From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: epwise@yahoo.com   
   Subject: Re: The Jihad (TAS): my review   
      
   "jphalt@gmail.com"  wrote in   
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   > THE JIHAD: PLOT   
   >    
   > The Vedala, the oldest-known race in the galaxy,   
      
      
   The oldest known space-faring race.   
      
      
   > 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.    
      
      
   Neither did City on the Edge of Forever.   
      
   >But otherwise, this is definitely entertaining viewing.    
   >    
   >    
   > Rating: 8/10.    
      
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