From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: epwise@yahoo.com   
   Subject: Re: Friday's Child: my review   
      
   "jphalt@gmail.com"  wrote in news:a1406ce6-4b0d-47ed-   
   bdf2-ee7402b3be47@g22g2000prf.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > On Nov 28, 10:21aam, "Steven L."  wrote:   
   >> jph...@gmail.com wrote:   
   >> > Season 3's supposed to be the crappy one, right? I'm just checking   
   >> > because, thus far, Season Two is so far below the standard of    
   Season   
   >> > One that the difference is staggering. None of the episodes has    
   been   
   >> > actively incompetent yet; and admittedly, I'm still a mere three   
   >> > episodes into Season Two. But so far, it's been one dull, half-   
   written   
   >> > mishmash after another. With the Season One episodes, I approached    
   the   
   >> > DVD set with great confidence, knowing that I would probably see   
   >> > something good, and at the very least get a reliable 50 minutes'   
   >> > entertainment. With Season Two, thus far, I'm half-forcing myself    
   to   
   >> > watch the episodes. I'm hoping for an upturn in quality soon. As of   
   >> > this writing, I'm alternating between both TOS and Enterprise   
   >> > episodes... and for the first time since I started these reviews,    
   TOS   
   >> > is not looking like the better show.   
   >>   
   >> Evidently your DVD is showing the episodes in the order in which they   
   >> were produced, NOT the order in which they were originally broadcast.   
   >>   
   >> The first episode broadcast in Season 2 was "Amok Time," a strong   
   >> episode. aIt was aired in September 1967, at the start of the season.   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> Steven L.   
   >> Email: asdlit...@earthlinkNOSPAM.net   
   >> Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me.   
   >    
   > No, they're in broadcast order on the DVD.  I'm electing to do them in   
   > production order - as I'm fairly sure even this review alluded to,   
   > when I mentioned understanding why these episodes were "buried" in the   
   > broadcast sequence.  Two reasons: (a) in early Season One, at least,   
   > proudction order makes far more sense than broadcast order; and (b) it   
   > gives me a better sense of the show's evolution (which includes,   
   > unfortunately, some very weak first-shot Season Two episodes).   
      
      
   I have never understood the fanatical obsession with the original    
   airdate order which is usually arbitrary. Production order usually makes    
   more sense especially when observing the progress of a show.  The only    
   exception would be if an episode is filmed out of order for some reason    
   (Unification Part 2 before Part 1 or Tasha Yar's appearance after her    
   death).   
      
   BTW, I believe the broadcast of Catspaw was delayed so it could be    
   broadcast the week before Halloween.   
      
         
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