The Mayhem Critic
Aloha, my fellow readers. It is I, the great James Stryker and I am here to bring you another hilarious chapter of The Mayhem Critic. Today, is the last day of Star Trek Month and Sean the Mayhem Critic is going to finish it up by reviewing an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series and pray tell will the young critic review? Well, he'll be reviewing the season three episode Spock's Brain, the worst episode of the series. Does this episode have any redeeming qualities to it, or does it deserve a very painful death like a Red Shirt. So sit back, relax and grab the Romulan ale. Here's the finale of Star Trek Month for The Mayhem Critic. Enjoy.
P.S.: I do not own anything involved in this story. All rights and references belong to their respective sources. Star Trek: The Original Series is owned by Desilu Productions Norway Corporation and Paramount Television.
Star Trek Month Part V: Spock's Brain
(We are shown the Star Trek Month logo for the last time before cutting to Sean the Mayhem Critic sitting on his couch)
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Sean the Mayhem Critic. The critic that rips movies a new one and welcome back to Star Trek Month… in February. And I was supposed to be finished with this celebration in January, but I've been busy with a bunch of stuff. Anyway, since I've finished taking a look at the sequels featuring the cast of the original series, I'd figure I might review an episode from the original series." Sean said.
(The title screen for "Star Trek: The Original Series" is shown, followed by various clips of episodes from the show while the theme music composed by Alexander Courage plays in the background)
Sean: (Narrating) Okay, so I'm more of a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but I happen to enjoy the original series. Sure, the sets look cheap and William Shatner's acting, well…
(A clip from the season one episode The Enemy Within)
Negative Kirk (Played by William Shatner): I'm Captain Kirk. I'M CAPTAIN KIRK!
Sean: (Narrating) Yeah, he overacts the hell out of his role as Captain Kirk and you want to know something? I find it enjoyable. There are also times that the show can be ridiculous and silly and bizarre at sometimes. But when it's silly, the stories are still very creative. You have Shatner's acting that's part of the show's charm and the banter between Kirk, Spock and McCoy is fun to watch as always. And since I've got the complete series on DVD, I find the time to watch some of my favorite episodes.
"So by the time I started the show's third and final season, I came across a little episode simply titled Spock's Brain." Sean said.
Immediately, a woman is heard screaming and Sean reacts in surprise to it.
"Judging by that scream, you all probably know what I'm talking about." Sean said.
(Clips from the episode "Spock's Brain" is shown)
Sean: (Narrating) Aired on September 20th, 1968, Spock's Brain is the first episode of the show's first season. And my God, you could tell that I'm not looking forward to reviewing this one and share my experience with this mess of the episode. Yeah, when I watched the episode, I thought it was going to be good. But when I watched it, my initial reaction was this…
(A clip from the show Felicity is shown)
Noel Crane (Played by Scott Foley): THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!
(More clips from the episode is shown)
Sean: (Narrating) Yeah, there's no way that I'm gonna let this one slide. I was going to end Star Trek Month with The Undiscovered Country, but you know me, I have to finish what I've started.
"Before I start this review, I've gotta have my alcohol to get through this." Sean said as he picks up a bottle of Romulan Ale. "Yes, I've got a bottle of Romulan Ale. Besides, I'm not going to get in trouble and it's illegal. Don't ask me how I got this stuff."
Sean: (V/O) Attention readers: This is not actually Romulan Ale. I've actually made a non-alcoholic version of it, which is Blue Raspberry Lemonade Kool-Aid mixed with Sprite. What? You think I'm crazy enough to get drunk through this review. Come on, I promised my girlfriend that I stopped drinking alcohol. I'm not going to break that promise. And now back to your regularly scheduled review.
"Well, let's begin. This is Spock's Brain." Sean said.
(The episode opens with the crew of the Enterprise spotting a mysterious alien spaceship)
Sean: (Narrating) The episode begins as we see the Enterprise come across a mysterious alien ship. Also, I should like to point out that I am watching the remastered version of this episode since the complete series that I own has all of the episodes remastered. Which means all of the old exterior shots are replaced by new CGI shots. I know that some Trekkies out there would call this blasphemy, but I consider this a good thing because the original version of the episode, the alien ship looked a bit… uh…
(Cut to the original broadcast version of Spock's Brain where we see the original model of the ship, which looks like a rocket-shaped penis)
"Yeah, how should I say this? The ship looks like a huge…." Sean said.
(A clip from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is shown)
Teacher (Played by Jeanette Miller): Penis. The male reproductive organ. Also known as tallywhacker, Schlong, or…
"You get the idea." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Also, don't you just love how it takes an awful long time for anyone to say a word. Wasn't there supposed to be a Captain's Log narration at the start of the episode? Did anyone forget to put it in?
Kirk (Played by William Shatner): What do you read, Mr. Spock?
Spock (Played by Leonard Nimoy): Configuration unidentified.
Sean: (Narrating) About friggin' time you guys started talking. Anyway, they find out that the alien ship is powered by an unidentified ion propulsion that even Scotty has never seen before. They've tried to hail the ship's frequencies and languages, but Uhura is unable to get a response. But Spock detects a humanoid attempting to beam aboard the ship and….
(A beautiful mysterious woman beams onto the bridge of the Enterprise)
"Helloooooooo, Nurse! Set your phasers to stunning." Sean said imitating Yakko from Animaniacs.
Kirk: (To the mysterious woman) I'm Captain James Kirk. This is the Starship Enterprise.
(Two red shirt officers step out of the elevator while the mysterious woman presses a button on her wrist, which makes a low-pitch tone that knocks everyone out)
"Boy, these new Samsung Galaxy watches are getting way out of hand." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) So, the mystery lady knocks everyone out by pressing a button on her bracelet. She examines everyone but she takes a particular interest in Spock and his lovely Will Byers hairstyle. After the opening credits, everybody wakes up after the mystery lady leaves the Enterprise. Everyone is accounted for, except for Spock, who's not on the bridge. Where is Spock? Well, he's in sick bay, somehow, as Dr. McCoy and Nurse Chapel examine him and Kirk and Scotty arrive and he wants to know what's going on.
Kirk: What happened?
McCoy (Played by DeForest Kelley): I don't know.
(Kirk sees that Spock is on life support)
Kirk: You've got him on complete life support. Was he dead?
McCoy: He was worse than dead.
Kirk: What do you mean?
McCoy: Jim…
Kirk: Come on, Bones, what's the mystery?
McCoy: His brain is gone.
(Kirk mouths "What?")
"I'm sorry. What?" Sean asked with a confused look on his face.
McCoy: His brain is gone.
"Again, what?" Sean asked.
McCoy: His brain is gone.
"So, you mean to tell me that this random hot chick beams aboard the Enterprise, knocks everyone out with her bracelet, goes over to Spock and…" Sean said.
(A clip from Starship Troopers is shown)
Jean Rasczak (Played by Michael Ironside): They sucked his brains out.
"Okay, okay, okay. I'm kidding. The alien woman didn't actually suck out his brain. It's been surgically removed and Spock's body was able to survive this procedure and continues to function under life support because of his Vulcan physique.
McCoy: His body lives. The autonomic functions continue… but there is no mind.
"Sounds like the writer who wrote this pile of trash." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) So if Spock's brain is missing, where could it be? Well, maybe go after the alien chick who stole his brain. And while you're at it, you could go search for the brains of the NBC executives who greenlit this episode.
McCoy: Jim… where are you going to look in this whole galaxy? Where are you going to look for Spock's brain? How are you going to find it?
"Uh, yeah. I have an idea. And I feel that I should share it with you. Maybe you should just FOLLOW THE FUCKING SHIP!" Sean yelled out.
Kirk: I'll find it.
McCoy: Even if you do, I can't restore it. I don't have the medical technique.
Kirk: It was taken out. It can be put back in.
McCoy: But I don't know how!
"Dammit, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a magician. I can't just put a brain in wily nilly just like that." Sean said, imitating McCoy as he snaps his fingers.
Sean: (Narrating) So they got 24 hours to find Spock's brain and reintegrate it into his body and the Enterprise tracks down the ion trail, what they've should've done in the first place, and the trail leads them to the Sigma Draconis system that contains three class M planets and none of them seem capable of supporting interstellar flight, and with only eight hours remaining to save their token Vulcan, Kirk has time to visit only one of the planets.
Kirk: Recommendations, Mr. Chekov?
Chekov (Played by Walter Koenig): Sigma Draconis III. It's closest. Heaviest population.
Sulu (Played by George Takei): But a technological rating of only three. They couldn't possibly have put that ship we saw into space.
Chekov: None of these planets could.
Sulu: I say planet four, Captain. At least planet four is ahead of three technologically.
Kirk: But advanced ion propulsion is beyond even our capabilities. It'd be a miracle if they had developed it.
"God, you guys are boring me with your debate on which planet you should go to. You know you've only got eight hours left to save Spock, right?" Sean asked.
Sean: (Narrating) But Uhura finds large, regular energy pulsations coming from one of the three planets and it's the only clue to follow.
Sulu: A hunch, Captain?
Kirk: A hunch, Mr. Sulu.
Chekov: What if you guess wrong, Captain?
Kirk: If I guess wrong, Mr. Spock is dead. Spock will die.
"Uh, Kirk? Better save Spock's death for The Wrath of Khan because you don't want to kill him off right now." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Anyway, Kirk beams down to the planet's surface along with Scotty, Chekov and two security Red Shirt officers. Oh, good. Two Red Shirts who's gonna end up getting killed. So, they start scanning for lifeforms and yet there's no sign of energy being generated, until they come across the cavemen from History of the World Part I.
(The Morgs start throwing rocks and clubs at Kirk and his men)
Sean: (V/O as Morg while making Tim Allen-style grunting noises) Attack man! Must bash man's skull in!
(The Morg charges at Kirk, but Kirk phasers him by stunning him while the others run away. It is followed by a clip from History of the World Part I, where we see a caveman as a stand-up comedian getting eaten by a T-Rex)
(The Morg comes to and sees Kirk and Scotty)
Kirk: We mean you no harm. We're not your enemies. We're your friends. We only wish to talk to you.
Sean: (Narrating) Kirk tells the caveman that they come in peace and what do you know, the caveman speaks English. And he asks Kirk if he and his men are "the Others".
Kirk: Who are the others
Morg Surface-Dweller #1 (Played by James Daris): The givers of pain… and delight.
"Uh, more like dominatrixes?" Sean asked.
Kirk: Do they come for your women as well?
Morg Surface-Dweller #1: Women?
Kirk: The female of your kind.
Morg Surface-Dweller #1: Your words… say nothing.
"Well, I'm not surprised that the dude doesn't even know what a woman looks like. Come on, he has poor hygiene and his fashion sense… no woman is gonna love the way you look, I guarantee it." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Chekov jumps in and tells Kirk that he's found evidence of an underground city with his tricorder, but the caveman freaks out about it and tells them not to go down there and he runs away like a chicken.
Chekov: What could the others do to cause such terror?
Kirk: What was it he said- - pain and delight?
Chekov: A peculiar mixture.
"Well, if you're into that kind of thing, then more power to you." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Kirk, Scotty and Chekov stumble across a cave with food and weapons, but Kirk discovers that the cave is a trap after spotting a sensor. So, Kirk has McCoy beam down to the planet's surface while Chekov and the two Red Shirts stand guard outside the cave.
"And what I'm about to show you is pretty ridiculous. If you think that this episode was pretty ridiculous, then you haven't seen nothing yet. Just wait until you see this." Sean said.
(McCoy beams down to the planet along with Spock, who is seen wearing a remote-controlled device to substitute for his brain)
We cut back to Sean, who breaks down in laughter from seeing Spock's appearance.
"Oh, my God. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Robo-Spock." Sean laughed.
Sean: (Narrating) Jesus Christ on a graham cracker. If you were like me when you watched this episode for the first time, you laughed your ass off from seeing Spock wearing that remote-controlled device on his head. And to top it all off, the dramatic chords playing during that scene made it pretty hilarious. Yeah, McCoy attached this device to Spock's head which had taken over life support functions and allows McCoy to move Spock's body with a remote control.
"God, who is the idiot that wrote that episode?" Sean asked.
(A picture of the episode's writer Gene L. Coon is shown)
Sean: (Narrating) To answer your question, the writer of this episode was Gene L. Coon, who was credited under the pen name Lee Cronin. Coon was the writer and producer for a good chunk of the original series and he was at least partly responsible for the important aspects of the show like the Klingons and the Organian Peace Treaty, father of the warp drive Zefram Cochrane, the Prime Directive, the United Federation of Planets, Starfleet Command and…
We cut back to Sean, where he is seen looking annoyed with his arms crossed.
"No. I'm not playing it. I'm not going to do it. I am getting sick and tired of that joke. Y'know, it was funny at first, but I've tried to kill that joke and it wouldn't die. It keeps coming back over and over and over again. I am never, ever, EVER going to do that joke ag…" Sean said.
Suddenly, the "KHAAAAAAN!" clip from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan tries to push it's way in from the left, but Sean pushes it aside. The clip then tries to push itself in from the right, but Sean pushes it away. The clip tries to push itself in from the bottom, but Sean pushes it away with difficulty.
"HA! It'll take more than that just to stop…" Sean said as the clip drops down from the top and lands on Sean.
Kirk: KHAAAAAAAN!
Sean: (V/O) I fuckin' hate that joke!
Sean: (Narrating) Yeah, Coon had a hand in writing the episode Space Seed, along with other popular episodes like Arena and The Devil in the Dark.
"Let's see. Arena, The Devil in the Dark, Space Seed and Spock's Brain. One of these things is not like the others." Sean sang.
Sean: (Narrating) Look at Kirk. I'm sure that he has some questions. But no, all he says is…
Kirk: All right, Bones, bring him along.
(A clicking noise is heard while Spock is walking)
"Oh, my Chri… why the hell is he clicking while he walks? You can't be serious here. You just can't. It's just plain old ridiculous. That's what it is." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Kirk and the crew enters the cave and then he sets off the trap, which is actually an elevator taking them to "the Others" while Chekov and the two Red Shirts wait for them for the time being and he takes this time to heat up a nearby rock while sit around and wait for the episode to wait.
"I'm not joking. They just take the remainder of this episode to sit around a nearby rock to heat up their hands. Would it actually lead to something? I don't think so." Sean said.
Spock: Most illogical.
Sean: (Narrating) With Kirk and the others, the elevator stops at their designated location and they come across a beautiful woman wearing the same attire as the mysterious alien lady. But before she presses a button on her SmartWatch of Doom, Kirk stuns her and they attempt to interrogate her.
Luma (Played by Sheila Leighton): You do not belong here. You are not Morg.
Kirk: Take me to the one in charge. I wish to speak to him.
Luma: Him? What is him?
Kirk: What have you done with Spock's brain? Where have you taken it?
Luma: You are not Morg or Eymorg. I know nothing about a brain.
Kirk: You're lying.
McCoy: She's not, Jim. No change in reading. She doesn't know.
"She knows nothing about a brain? If only there's a joke that I would love to make right about now." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) While Kirk tries to get information out of the Eymorg named Luma, played by Sheila Leighton, Scotty picks up a faint signal from his communicator and Kirk hears a familiar voice.
Spock's Voice: Fascinating. Activity without end, but with no volition.
Kirk: Spock, is that you?
Sean: (V/O as Spock) No, dum-dum. It's the Great Gazoo. Who do you think it is?
Kirk: Yes, Spock. Yes.
Spock's Voice: Captain, there is a definite pleasurable experience connected with the hearing of your voice.
"Mwah! Goodnight, everybody!" Sean exclaimed.
Sean: (Narrating) So yeah, wherever Spock's brain is, he is able to communicate with them via the communicator. But he does not know where his brain is being kept. So Kirk and company search the place until they bump into the woman who beamed aboard the Enterprise.
Kirk: (To the mysterious woman) What have you done with Spock's brain?! What have you…?
(The mysterious woman presses a button on her bracelet by stunning them unconscious)
"Man, talk about one stunning beauty." Sean said as a comedic drum riff is heard in the background.
Sean: (Narrating) Kirk and the away team are taken prisoner by the Eymorg and they wake up to see that they're wearing some nice-looking silver belts around their waists. So what are they used for? They are used to inflict pain while the Eymorg presses a button on their wrists.
"I knew! I knew! Dominatrixes! You see? There are some cats who are into this shit." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) The leader of the Eymorgs named Kara, played by Marj Dusay. You know, Alexandra Spaulding from Guiding Light. She wakes them up with her SmartWatch of Doom and questions them.
Kara (Played by Marj Dusay): Who are you? Why are you here? You have something to speak?
Kirk: What have you done with Spock's brain?
Kara: We do not know Spock.
Kirk: This is Spock. You saw him on the ship. You have his brain. It must be restored to him immediately. What have you done with it?
"Okay, we get it. Are you trying to bore us? You are not Morg. You are not Eymorg. We know nothing about a brain that you speak of." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) This is the episode's biggest problem. It is boring as hell. Yeah, it has some of it's entertaining and laughably bad moments but my God, there's a whole lot of talking going on throughout the episode and the characters take too long to discuss the problem when the solution is right in front of their face. Also, the dialogue between the Enterprise crew and the Eymorg is exactly the same and it gets pretty old real quick and I'm just waiting for someone to say something stupid. So anyway, McCoy tells Kirk that it's possible that Kara doesn't remember a thing about beaming aboard the Enterprise. Anyway, Kirk asks Kara if they could stay and learn more about the people.
Kirk: I wish to talk to those in charge.
Kara: "In charge"?
Kirk: Yes, the organizers, the managers. The leader of your people.
Kara: I am leader. There is no other.
Scotty: That's impossible. Who built the machines?
McCoy: Who are the doctors? Who operates?
Kirk: Who controls this complex?
Kara: Control. Controller?
Sean: (Narrating) Kara admits that there is a "Controller" that keeps their underground city running perfectly and Kirk demands to speak to the "Controller".
Kara: No. It is not permitted. Never! Controller is alone. Apart. We serve Controller. No other is permitted.
Kirk: We intend no harm.
Kara: You have come to destroy us.
Kirk: No, no, no, I promise you.
McCoy: We just want to talk to somebody about Spock's brain, that's all.
Kara: Brain and brain… what is brain?!
"Wow! That's the dumbest thing that I've ever heard in my life." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Kirk and company learn that Spock's brain controls their expansive underground dwelling and Kirk literally gets down on his knees and begs to be allowed to speak to him.
Kara: You lie. You know me; you have said that. You came to take back the Controller.
Kirk: He is our friend. You must take us to him. We beg you. Soon it will be too late.
Luma: Do not take them, Kara! Do not take them to the Controller!
Kara: They will be prevented.
Kirk: You must take us.
(Kara presses the button on her bracelet, causing immense pain to Kirk, McCoy and Scotty from the belts they're wearing. Kirk falls to the floor in an over-dramatic fashion)
Sean then breaks down in laughter from seeing William Shatner's overacting.
"Oh, God! Oh, God bless Willam Shatner. You know, it's a good thing that my mom met him at the Comic Expo last year. But man, was that overdramatic of him." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) The back arch, raised fists and then three whole rolls. Perfection! Did people get parts on Star Trek based on how overdramatically they could fall. Anyway, the Eymorg leave Kirk, McCoy, Scotty and Robo-Spock alone with two of the Morg slaves. They see their equipment conveniently sitting on a table, but the guards won't let them get to 'em that easily.
Kirk: (After getting stopped by the Morg guard) This fellow is keeping us from our property.
Scotty: Well, isn't there a way to correct that situation?
Kirk: I certainly think that science might provide an answer.
McCoy: (Smiles) It does, Captain.
Kirk: Agreed, Doctor.
"In other words, we will solve this problem with science… the science of pain!" Sean exclaimed, imitating Randy "Macho Man" Savage.
Sean: (Narrating) Kirk, McCoy and Scotty beat the crap out of the two Morg guards and they take their equipment. Kirk contacts Spock and McCoy tells him that he's a disembodied brain with Spock speaking in science dribble drabble, but Kirk tells him that they don't have time for this crap and that they brought his body along to restore his brain into his body. And with 5 hours and 48 minutes left, they need to get to Spock's brain as quickly as possible. They get Spock to send out a signal and follow it right to him with more dialogue and moving slowly… very slowly. God, I should be writing Mileven smut right about now instead of being bored to death by this! They trace the signal to the control room, but Kara is there waiting for them just to give them their dose of pain.
(Kara presses the button on her bracelet to deliver more pain to Kirk, McCoy and Scotty)
Sean: (V/O as Kirk) I love it! I love it! I love it!
McCoy: Jim. Spock… no pain.
Sean: (Narrating) Kirk grabs the remote control device to control Spock's body to grab Kara's bracelet to deactivate the pain belt since Spock's body is unaffected by this.
Kara: We will die. You must not take the Controller away. We will all die! The Controller is young and-and powerful– perfect.
Spock's Voice: How very flattering.
"Who says Vulcans don't get sarcasm?" Sean asked with a smirk on his face.
Sean: (Narrating) So with our heroes getting the upper hand, Kirk learns that Spock's brain is currently powering the underground city. Apparently, the Eymorg took Spock's brain after the old one died, so Kirk demands Kara to put Spock's brain back in his body, but Kara claims that she doesn't even know how to put Spock's brain back in his body or how she removed it in the first place. Hell, she only had that knowledge from "the teacher". What is "the teacher"? It is that ugly helmet. So, they place it over her head and she has the knowledge and that knowledge involves her knowing how to use a phaser.
Kirk: We are not the first to bring you the knowledge of killing. If you continue, you'll kill Spock.
Kara: The Controller die? The Controller will live for 10,000 years and we shall give him all our devotion.
Kirk: But Spock will be dead. His body is dying this minute.
"Dammit, woman! Don't you know that he's the most marketable one in the franchise?" Sean asked, imitating Kirk.
Sean: (Narrating) Well, then Kirk. How are you going to get out of this jam?
(Scotty pretends to faint and distracts Kara while Kirk snatches the phaser from out of her hand)
"Or that works too." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Anyway, Kara's new knowledge is only temporary and it would only last for three hours, but she refuses because she will not betray her people. But McCoy volunteers to use "the teacher" on himself and Spock warns him that Eymorg brains work differently than human brains and it could cause irreparable damage to his brain. But McCoy chooses the danger and puts on the "the teacher" and he survives the download and gains the knowledge.
McCoy: Of course… of course. A child could do it! A child could do it!
"Jim, go out there and find me a child to perform the surgery." Sean said, imitating McCoy.
Sean: (Narrating) McCoy begins to restore Spock's brain, but they do not know how long his surgical knowledge would stay with him while Kara proceeds to act like a big crybaby about how her people will die without the Controller, but Kirk assures her that the Federation will help them survive on the surface. But Spock's survival isn't going so well and McCoy's knowledge is temporary and he starts to forget before the surgery is complete.
McCoy: All the ganglia, the nerves, there are a million of them. What am I supposed to do?! What am I supposed to do?
Kirk: Bones, you can't stop now.
McCoy: I'm trying to thread a needle with a sledgehammer. What am I supposed to do? I can't remember. I don't remember…
"Take it easy, DeForest Kelley. No need to outshatner Shatner. Leave the Shatnering to himself." Sean said.
Sean: (Narrating) Luckily, McCoy manages to reconnect Spock's vocal chords, and now that he's able to speak and I'm not kidding on this one, Spock starts directing his own surgery. Yeah, how bizarre is that?
McCoy: Right forefinger.
(Spock moves his forefinger)
Spock: Correct.
McCoy: Right… wrist…
(Spock moves his wrist)
Spock: Correct…
McCoy: Right elbow…
Spock: Correct. Very good, Doctor.
"Oh, come on! He's a science officer, not a goddamn surgeon. How the hell does he know how to do this stuff?" Sean asked.
Sean: (Narrating) And with that, the surgery is a success and Spock's brain is back into his body and he starts talking about the history of this planet, which annoys McCoy.
Spock: And it all began thousands of years ago when a glacial age reoccurred. You see, this underground complex was developed for the women. The men remained above. And a male-female schism took place. A fascinating cultural development of a kind…
McCoy: I knew it was wrong. I shouldn't have done it.
Kirk: What's that?
McCoy: I should have never reconnected his mouth.
(Spock raises an eyebrow)
Kirk: Well, we took the risk, Doctor.
Spock: As I was saying, a fascinating cultural development of the kind which hasn't been seen in ages…
(Scotty laughs)
"Okay, that was pretty funny. It's a shame that I had to sit through the entire episode just to watch that one funny scene. And that was Spock's Brain and boy that episode was dumb." Sean said.
(Clips from the episode is shown)
Sean: (Narrating) Yes, it is the worst episode mostly because the NBC executives reduced the show's budget and placed it in to a crappy timeslot. And because of it's ridiculous premise, the episode was pretty much doomed from the start. It can be dull at times and it has some enjoyable moments that were pretty laughable. And it was the season three premiere, Why did they have to air this episode first? Nice job, NBC. If you're a completionist or if you're just a casual watcher, skip this one. The script is too boring and the story is too silly. Spock's Brain comes in at two brains out of five.
"And that is all for Star Trek Month. Thank God that I'm finished with Star Trek Month. Now I can go back to reviewing other films. Besides, what are you guys going to do, make me do Star Trek Month: The Next Generation for next year. Like that's going to happen. I'm Sean the Mayhem Critic and live long and suck it." Sean said as he does the Vulcan salute.
Mayhem Critic Tagline- Brain and brain… what is brain?!
And that is all for Star Trek Month for The Mayhem Critic. I hope that you all enjoyed it. So which review was your favorite for Star Trek Month or any review of the Star Trek movies is your favorite? Next time on The Mayhem Critic, Sean reviews the 1997 action-thriller Air Force One to see how well it holds up. Then after the review of Air Force One, Sean takes a look at Kids WB and sees what Saturday mornings had to offer up. Make sure you review this story, add it to your favorites and follow it for future updates. Also, if you would like to review the Kids WB chapter with me and you remember any of the shows that aired on Kids WB, then feel free to PM me if you're interested. I'll see you guys next time. Till next time, my fellow readers.