From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: graemecree@aol.com   
   Subject: Re: The Time Trap (TAS): my review   
      
   But the short answer is that the few who like The Empath like it for   
   what it tried to deliver, and the rest dislike it for what it actually   
   did deliver.   
      
   But it does have one thing going for it that shows like A Night in   
   Sickbay don't.  As awful as Empath is, it does have Kirk, Spock and   
   McCoy in it, who are just interesting characters that people like   
   seeing working together solving problems.  As awful as the script is,   
   there's no massive character assasination like there is for Scotty in   
   The Lights of Zetar.  The Big Three act pretty much like they should   
   act, even in such an idiotic situation, which gives the show some   
   little value.  Not compared with other TOS episodes, but compared to A   
   Night in Sickbay, where the characters themselves are downright   
   unlikable.   
      
   Anyway, nobody can complain about how mean people are any more.   
   Despite the killfile, I can see by the responses that nobody went   
   after the episode this time.  Rather, one of the long-time Empath   
   trolls brought it up out of the blue and practically begged people to   
   attack it, just to shift the discussion away from The Time Trap.  The   
   victim game is over.   
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