From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: graemecree@aol.com   
   Subject: Re: The Terratin Incident (TAS): my review   
      
   On Aug 24, 12:47apm, Rik P  wrote:   
   > Either that or they're trying to keep their wits and apply their minds   
   > to the problem without freaking out. aOr it's a reflection of the   
   > speed at which TAS plots move, with no time for emotional asides.   
   That's what I think.  And TOS sometimes went too far with that.  Like   
   the scene in Balance of Terror where Kirk is agonizing over "what if   
   I'm wrong?" and McCoy spoon feeds him a homily about the number of   
   stars in the universe.  There really shouldn't be time for that kind   
   of thing in a combat situation.  TAS sometimes went too far the other   
   way.   
   > Nurse Chapel falling in the fish tank was rather silly, though, and   
   > instead of "jumping the shark" one could say it's where this episode   
   > "jumped the halo fish."   
   Except that it didn't.  There are a lot of good episodes after this   
   one.   
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