Spoilers ahead.....
Just my opinion. I loved "Who Mourns For Adonais?" because of the story and because it involved the entire ensemble. It gave everyone something to do, showed the hierarchy of the command, as well as the camaraderie of the crew.
I enjoyed Leslie Parrish and Michael Forest as a guest stars and the concept of Apollo and the Greek Gods being real beings was very intriguing to me.
The idea that Lt. Palomas would be captivated meeting a man of her dreams and vocation was realistic and the frightful rape scene was groundbreaking on TV. And the concept that her dream man would seek such retribution on one whom adores him was intense.
Then there's the dichotomy of the Trek crew and ship being trapped by these beings and trying to respect their different culture, but ultimately destroying the last of the alien's kind was riveting. The episode had great special effects, involvement of ship and crew plus the "monster" plus a classy story that made the viewer think. There was something - so Trek - about the lighting, the colors, etc that also was captivating.
The lines of dialog throughout were really choice and so well represented the established characters. The sorrow of Apollo was so great and well acted. And lastly, the line from Kirk of "Would it have hurt us, I wonder, to have gathered just a few laurel leaves? Fabulous.
Just my opinion. I loved "Who Mourns For Adonais?" because of the story and because it involved the entire ensemble. It gave everyone something to do, showed the hierarchy of the command, as well as the camaraderie of the crew.
I enjoyed Leslie Parrish and Michael Forest as a guest stars and the concept of Apollo and the Greek Gods being real beings was very intriguing to me.
The idea that Lt. Palomas would be captivated meeting a man of her dreams and vocation was realistic and the frightful rape scene was groundbreaking on TV. And the concept that her dream man would seek such retribution on one whom adores him was intense.
Then there's the dichotomy of the Trek crew and ship being trapped by these beings and trying to respect their different culture, but ultimately destroying the last of the alien's kind was riveting. The episode had great special effects, involvement of ship and crew plus the "monster" plus a classy story that made the viewer think. There was something - so Trek - about the lighting, the colors, etc that also was captivating.
The lines of dialog throughout were really choice and so well represented the established characters. The sorrow of Apollo was so great and well acted. And lastly, the line from Kirk of "Would it have hurt us, I wonder, to have gathered just a few laurel leaves? Fabulous.