From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
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   Subject: Re: Amok Time: my review   
      
   On Jan 4, 12:25aam, "jph...@gmail.com"  wrote:   
   > AMOK TIME   
   >   
   > Spock gets space-horny, but feels much better after tearing Kirk's   
   > shirt open and wrestling around in the dirt with him for a while.   
   >   
   > THOUGHTS   
   >   
   > Theodore Sturgeon's previous Trek script was Shore Leave, a vaguely   
   > surreal, pleasantly jaunty Season One romp that remains rather a   
   > favorite of mine. Even if I hadn't been aware of Amok Time's   
   > reputation as an iconic episode, the simple fact of another Sturgeon   
   > script would have been enough to have me looking forward to revisiting   
   > this one. This episode doesn't disappoint. Sturgeon has gone for the   
   > opposite extreme of Shore Leave, following up a romp with one of the   
   > most intense episodes of the entire series. All three of the main   
   > characters get some excellent material here, and Kirk and Spock are   
   > both put through the wringer, both emotionally and physically.   
   It begins and ends with the writing, and original Trek was able to get   
   some great writers to write some great episodes.   
   >   
   > Rating: 10/10. Possibly the best episode I've yet reviewed. Definitely   
   > one of the Top Three.   
   Hard to argue. Not my personal favorite, but the performances and the   
   establishment of Vulcan lore make it one of the most important eps.   
   10/10   
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