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Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973-1974)

Episode:101
Beyond the Farthest Star

Jack's Rating:

While exploring on the outermost rim of the galaxy the USS Enterprise is pulled into the orbit of a dead star. Trapped there, the crew discovers that there is an ancient derelict pod ship trapped with them as well.

Features:
Stardate: 5221.3
Air Date: 09/08/73
Director: Hal Sutherland

Episode:102
Yesteryear

Jack's Rating:

Spock must travel to the past to rescue his younger self from danger.

Features:
Stardate: 5373.4
Air Date: 09/15/73
Director: Hal Sutherland

Episode:103
One of Our Planets Is Missing

Jack's Rating:

The Enterprise encounters a giant cloud creature that feeds on the energy of the planets that lie in its path. They determine it is heading for Mantilles, home to a Federation colony governed by former Starfleet officer Bob Wesley (featured in the TOS episode "The Ultimate Computer)".

Features:
Stardate: 5371.3
Air Date: 09/22/73
Director: Hal Sutherland

Episode:104
The Lorelei Signal

Jack's Rating:

Investigating a sector of space where starships have disappeared every 27 years, the Enterprise finds a race of beautiful women living on the planet Taurus II.

Features:
Stardate: 5483.7
Air Date: 09/29/73
Director: Hal Sutherland

Episode:105
More Tribbles, More Troubles

Jack's Rating:

While the USS Enterprise escorts two robot cargo ships carrying quintotriticale, a new seed grain, to famine stricken Sherman's Planet, it encounters a Klingon battlecruiser pursuing a Federation scout ship. When the Enterprise rescues the pilot, the Klingons attack with a new energy weapon and demand that the pilot be handed over to them.

Features:
Stardate: 5392.4
Air Date: 10/06/73
Director: Hal Sutherland

Episode:106
The Survivor

Jack's Rating:

Patrolling near the Romulan Neutral Zone, the USS Enterprise finds a ship manned by Carter Winston, a Federation citizen and philanthropist who has been missing for five years.

Features:
Stardate: 5143.3
Air Date: 10/13/73
Director: Hal Sutherland

Episode:107
The Infinite Vulcan

Jack's Rating:

While visiting the newly discovered planet Phylos, Lieutenant Sulu picks up a walking plant, called a Retlaw, and is poisoned. The alien species that inhabit the planet, who are plantlike beings, approach and save Sulu's life, but kidnap Mr. Spock.

Features:
Stardate: 5554.4
Air Date: 10/20/73
Director: Hal Sutherland

Episode:108
The Magicks of Megas-tu

Jack's Rating:

While exploring near the center of the galaxy, the USS Enterprise is caught inside an energy/matter vortex and all her computer systems fail. A being named Lucien appears on the bridge, repairs the ship's systems and takes the crew to explore his planet, Megas-Tu.

Features:
Stardate: 1254.4
Air Date: 10/27/73
Director: Hal Sutherland

Episode:109
Once Upon a Planet

Jack's Rating:

The Enterprise crew revisits the "amusement park" planet first seen in the Classic Trek episode "Shore Leave" hoping for some rest and relaxation.

Features:
Stardate: 5591.2
Air Date: 11/03/73
Director: Hal Sutherland

Episode:110
Mudd's Passion

Jack's Rating:

The USS Enterprise receives orders to arrest Federation outlaw Harry Mudd, who is accused of selling fake love crystals. Intercepting Harry on the mining colony of Motherlode, they bring him aboard the Enterprise.

Features:
Stardate: 4978.5
Air Date: 11/10/73
Director: Hal Sutherland

Episode:111
The Terratin Incident

Jack's Rating:

While observing a burnt-out supernova, the USS Enterprise picks up a strange message transmitted in a two-hundred-year-old code.

Features:
Stardate: 5577.3
Air Date: 11/17/73
Director: Hal Sutherland

Episode:112
The Time Trap

Jack's Rating:

While exploring the Delta Triangle, where many starships have disappeared, the USS Enterprise is attacked by several Klingon vessels. During the battle, they are caught in an ion storm. The Enterprise and one Klingon battlecruiser are drawn into a spacetime vortex and end up in a timeless dimension.

Features:
Stardate: 5267.2
Air Date: 11/24/73
Director: Hal Sutherland

Episode:113
The Ambergris Element

Jack's Rating:

While exploring the water planet Argo, Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock are transformed into water breathers by the planet's undersea inhabitants, the Aquans. In order to return to their normal selves, they must enlist the help of the Aquans to capture a giant sur-snake, whose venom holds the antidote.

Features:
Stardate: 5499.9
Air Date: 12/01/73
Director: Hal Sutherland

Episode:114
The Slaver Weapon

Jack's Rating:

In the shuttlecraft Copernicus, Mr. Spock, Uhura and Sulu are en route to Starbase 25 to deliver a stasis box—a rare artifact of the Slaver culture when the Kzinti intervene.

Features:
Stardate: 4187.3
Air Date: 12/15/73
Director: Hal Sutherland

Episode:115
The Eye of the Beholder

Jack's Rating:

The disappearance of a scientific team lures the USS Enterprise to investigate near Lactra VII. The starship Ariel is located there, abandoned, with its captain having transported to the planet's surface.

Features:
Stardate: 5501.2
Air Date: 01/05/74
Director: Hal Sutherland

Episode:116
The Jihad

Jack's Rating:

The USS Enterprise arrives at the Vedala asteroid, where Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock have been summoned to learn about a stolen religious artifact, the "Soul of the Skorr", whose theft could ignite a galactic holy war.

Features:
Stardate: 5683.1
Air Date: 01/12/74
Director: Hal Sutherland

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