I hadn't thought about the editing/pacing aspect of it before, but the author's absolutely right.

A great list. I'm passing it on to BassPlayer.

this is the show that turned me onto sci-fi fantasy. i think i'm the only one in my family to have watched it. i used to make my sister laugh when i'd "sing" the closing theme. great article...have to watch "a taste of armageddon" now...

What a lovely walk down memory lane! Thank you! I was lucky, my Mom loved TOS, so I got to watch them all as a kid. One of my boyfriend "tests" has always been whether or not they enjoyed TOS. If they hadn't ever watched, I'd turn it on and watch him watching the show. A bad reaction to the show, Shatner bad acting criticisms aside, meant that relationship was a no-go.