Wolf in the Fold // Star Trek: The Original Series Reaction // Season 2

[@leftcoaster67]

Bunny's reaction to Spocks statement: "Women are easier and more deeply terrified." I need that facial expression saved as a picture. :)

[@ortizmo]

If I'm not mistaken, it's the very thumbnail for the post.

[@DavidTateVA]

Can't upvote this one enough 🙂

[@Asher8328]

That line has not aged very well, especially for such a progressive show.

[@ninjabearpress2574]

That line baffled me, because I looked up at Mum and saw the most fearless woman I'd ever met. Then I saw my older sisters flip out over a spider in the bathtub so...yeah.

[@AlleyKatPr0]

I have slightly impaired hearing to this day because of Women screaming because they saw a mouse, of thought a butterfly was an angry moth of some kind. It is just their maternal instinct to be on alert mode more. I say this with absolute respect and dignity to Women, but I am saying it to Men mostly; house alarm systems are a waste of money, just get married to a Women and have a few kids, as they will wake you up if a mouse farts in the fields, two miles away :) Women have heightened senses, whereas Men can sleep through a force ten hurricane, wake up, see the devastation and say 'so, what's for breakfast?' Men are easy to please, and impossible to impress. Women are easy to impress, yet impossible to please. It's a healthy balance ♥

[@Stogie2112]

Administrator Hengist is played by the great John Fiedler. He was "Juror 2" from "12 Angry Men" and the voice of Piglet in the "Winnie the Pooh" cartoons. He had a strong career in TV and film. Well done, sir! 👍👍 We also get a return of Landru! Charles Macaulay played Landru ("Return of The Archons") as well as Prefect Jaris in this episode.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

I can’t believe I did not recognize Piglet’s voice!

[@Stogie2112]

@@bunnytailsREACTS … “Oh, dear! D-d-d-dear, dear!” 😉😉

[@Serai3]

He also had a great recurring role on "The Bob Newhart Show", as a mousy little neurotic patient of Bob's.

[@starmnsixty1209]

He was also a semi-regular on the TV series version of Kochak- the Night Stalker.

[@wiggywan1832]

Yes! That's right! I love Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

[@MrGadfly772]

I always enjoy this episode. Mainly because the voice of piglet ends up being Jack the Ripper. His drunken rants of ""die, die, everybody die" is hilarious.

[@Serai3]

This episode was written by horror author Robert Bloch. Jack the Ripper was kind of his thing; he wrote a number of stories involving that character. One of the best was a collaboration he did with Harlan Ellison (the author of "City on the Edge of Forever"), consisting of two stories, "A Toy for Juliette" and "Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World", both of which can be found in the book, "Partners in Wonder". I highly recommend it; the stories will freeze your blood. :)

[@leftcoaster67]

He also wrote a short story, Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper. It's also an episode of Karloff's Thriller. It was on KZbin.

[@allanmanaged5285]

Both of those stories are also in Harlan Ellison's anthology "Dangerous Visions"

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

They sound utterly fascinating.

[@mmattson8947]

Bloch had HP Lovecraft as a mentor, so not surprng that he gravitated to horror and mystery stories. He also wrote "Psycho", which was adapted into the Hitchcock movie.

[@user-mg5mv2tn8q]

Bloch and Lovecraft were pen pals -- quite a number of authors who wrote Lovecraftian-style stories in those days were in regular correspondence with him. After Bloch wrote a story, "The Shambler from the Stars", in which he quite gruesomely killed off a character modeled on Lovecraft, Lovecraft was happy to return the favor by writing a story, " The Haunter of the Dark", in which he killed off a character modeled on Bloch.

[@sirequinox4874]

It's funny that you mentioned Scotty's "psychological block" as the writer is named Robert Bloch and he also wrote "Psycho."

[@treetopjones737]

Tangent "Psycho" was inspired by real life killer Ed Gein.

[@Caseytify]

Bloch was a well known horror writer.

[@johnclawed]

And he wrote Catspaw.

[@xander66644]

Btw , Jarvis the constable of Argulius was the projection of Landru of RETURN OF THE ARCHONS

[@markplott4820]

nice , catch.

[@bettyleeist]

Maybe,this will get me to read;Robert Bloch?Who know’s?I’ll have to decide about this,of course!I’ve seen this episode many time’s(Wolf in the Fold),and,of course,have alway’s enjoyed it!Malcolm McDowell played a man who went back in time in;The Time Machine,I believe,it was?I think 🤔 the movie 🍿 was;Time after Time in;1979?Of course,Star Trek was also about;having a good future,and enjoying it as much as possiable.Some people don’t think 🤔 we have a good 👍 future as thing’s are going,now.Of course,everyone has an opinion as to what kind of future they perceive.

[@mem1701movies]

At least he looks different enough. I hate when actors are reused yet look the same

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Quite true.

[@Cre80s]

@@mem1701movies It's not so big a deal, some of the greatest actors portrayed multiples of the greatest characters in the greatest shows. To me, it suggests the actor and the crew had a great rapport and they were called back. David Warner played several Trek characters, Mark Lenard played several, all were great. The same sort of thing would happen on Twilight Zone like crazy; Jack Klugman seems like he came back for a new character 100 times. But each time turned out great anyway. I thought I read somewhere (maybe it was buried somewhere in one of William Shatner’s 2 Trek Memories books) that there was some generalized policy to not use an actor for 2 different parts any more frequently than some specific number of episodes that I can't recall.

[@paulsander5433]

From "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan": Bones: Where are we going? Kirk: Where they went. Bones: What if they went nowhere? Kirk: Then this is your chance to get away from it all. Whether by unchecked transporter settings or other insufficient testing, there will be accidents. And our ladies' man Kirk was thwarted in the end. We don't see that often. "The Alternative Factor" also had a dark ending, leaving the guy in limbo for eternity as the price for the safety of two universes. The actress who played Sybo, wife of Jaris, was also the mother of Dean Devlin. He is one of the creators of the "Stargate" and "Independence Day" franchises.

[@SciTrekMan]

John Fiedler was also a semi-regular guest as one of Dr. Bob Hartley’s patients on The Bob Newhart Show!

[@libertubey2199]

Another great reaction. The actor playing Morla, the jealous fiance, is Charles Dierkop, who passed exactly 3 months ago at the age of 87. He was best known playing Detective Royster on Police Woman (1974-78), starring Angie Dickerson.

[@portland-182]

Written by famous horror writer Robert Bloch who was fascinated with Jack the Ripper, and revisited the story several times. He is perhaps best known these days for 'Psycho'.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Very true.

[@treetopjones737]

The movie was an adaptation of the novel.

[@vincentpuccio3689]

Piglet! PUT DOWN THE KNIFE! NO!

[@steelers6titles]

lol

[@andrewlau4963]

it took me a minute to understand wtf you were talking about....LOL

[@SlamminGraham]

"You can't really control emotions" Tell that to an entire planet of Vulcans.

[@stevetheduck1425]

Vulcans famously DO have emotions. They control them, rather than permit them to control themselves. A fine distinction, but precise.

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

@@stevetheduck1425 Still, Captain Sean Archer from the spinoff series 'Star Trek Enterprise did make a good point after various troublesome Vulcan encounter episodes, when he said "Trust me, Vulcans can lie cheat and steal with the best of them."

[@johnclawed]

"You didn't have to shove me Mister Spock. I'd have gotten around to it", is one of my top 5 favorite lines.

[@denisjones6616]

The way he says it, like a scolded British school boy, just kills me 😆

[@comet52]

Your agonizer please, Mr. Kyle.

[@ninjabearpress2574]

Kyle's best line for sure.

[@anorthosite]

@@ninjabearpress2574 And in "Tomorrow Is Yesterday", when they accidentally beam up the Air Base Guard, who (sarcastically) asks for Chicken Soup: "It...ISS !!" Kyle just, nonchalantly, Nods

[@ninjabearpress2574]

@@anorthosite Mr. Kyle didn't get a lot of scenes, but they're all gems.

[@kevinlewallen4778]

I always enjoyed drugged-up Sulu. Nice job, Bunny, in pointing out that the goofy sedated crew was used by the writers as a sweetener to counter the darkness of the main story. That never occurred to me before, and I've seen this dozens of times!

[@ninjabearpress2574]

"With an arm full of this stuff, I wouldn't be afraid of a supernova." That cracked me up too.

[@anorthosite]

"Well, it might take up KNITTING; nothing more violent than that...". Probably my favorite McCoy line in the original series. Also loved Hengist giggling : "Die, Die Die, everybody die..."

[@edgarcia4794]

What always brings a smile to my face hearing that line is the actor was also the voice of Piglet from the Winnie the Pooh cartoons.

[@ortizmo]

@@edgarcia4794 Okay that's just a meme waiting to happen. Pooh: What shall we do today/? Piglet: "Die, Die Die, everybody die..."

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Those are great lines.

[@steelers6titles]

@@ortizmo Silly old bear. LOL

[@steelers6titles]

@@ortizmo The revenge of PIGLET. Rated R.

[@JohnTWilliamsFilms]

My favorite reaction moment is when Sybo is conducting the seance and Bunny says, "I thought she needed the knife? She's just making shit up". Hilarious!!!

[@Charmolution]

"The law of Argelius, is love!" What does that mean, exactly? "Death by slow torture, of course!

[@MichaelJShaffer]

Excellent summary and reaction to this episode. You really encapsulated my feelings. I like your revelation of how important the transporter operator is. In all actuality there is hardly any position on a Starship that isn't important with that many lives onboard and depending on everyone to do their jobs well. It really emphasizes the idea of the crew always working together and depending on each other.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Yes, you’re so right!

[@kenglasson2920]

Really cool episode plus you are in your uniform which always gives me a grin to make my day.

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

15:42 Her silence spoke louder than any rebuttal could.

[@countzer0408]

That side eye from bunny tails when Spock was talking about women being more prone to fear. 😂

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

You just know that Bunny was fighting the urge to physically reach through the screen and pimp-slap Spock for that. lol

[@cajunsushi]

I am so enjoying Bunny going through TOS, I’d like to see her check out the 1957, 12 Angry Men. One of the most celebrated films in cinematic history.

[@ChrisReise]

3:03 The investigator (Hengist) was also the voice of Piglet in the original "Winnie the Pooh" productions by Disney.

[@mcbeezee2120]

I always thought that "...compute to the last digit, the value of pi" scene was brilliant.

[@VictorBush-cx7sj]

It was, but for Spock to need to explain it to the highly trained crew of an extremely advanced starship is laughable. That was clearly just for the audience😉

[@steelers6titles]

Sulu at the end: Hey Cap, I think we're gonna hit a planet. I can hear COLORS! GNARLY!!

[@ju6340]

After that shot Mr Sulu was feelin' good! 🤣

[@m.e.3862]

CBD oil beats malevolent alien all the time 😅

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

😁

[@Temeraire101]

“Oh my”

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

They might as well have dropped the hanging multicolored chandalier ball from a mount on the ceiling and started playing some Strawberry Alarm Clock albums on the Enterprise bridge. 🤣

[@PhysicalMediaPreventsWea-bx1zm]

They've had several episodes showing Sulu high as a kite! His expressions and dumb smile are priceless!

[@れいq46]

Bunny-chan: "widest possible dispersion" means that the Ripper wasn't rematerialized whole in space (which would have let it survive in its non-corporeal form) ... the molecules of whatever made up that monster were spread so far apart on rematerialization, that it ceased to be alive. Or at least, we hope so. Of course, the transporter is not normally used in such a way, but it can be. The transporter converts matter into energy, and then rematerializes it elsewhere ... usually in the same pattern. In this case, the transporter turned him into unconscious energy and then dispersed that into the vacuum of space, spreading it so far apart that it was no longer a coherent, conscious life form. Good riddance to him ... those poor women. And Scotty!

[@MarineBoyGame]

As a kid, I always wondered what an "old Aberdeen pub crawler" was. Didn't even know Aberdeen was a place. Didn't what a pub was. Crawler I knew, and it sounded creepy. 😆

[@fredklein3829]

Love the image of a young Scotty staggering around Aberdeen, in search of Scotch.

[@MarineBoyGame]

@@fredklein3829 that's a great image, as an adult I can appreciate that!

[@stevetheduck1425]

@@busimagen Scotty: 'Aye, that'll do!'

[@RonnieMcNairney]

Thanks

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Very much appreciated!

[@SKIP-yj3xp]

Babylon 5 also has a Jack the Ripper Story, which tells why he was never caught.

[@iainmulholland2025]

The Vorlons showed him the error of his ways... 😳

[@Temeraire101]

Probably one of the best interpretations of him there has been. When Bunny finishes TOS and maybe wants a bit of a break from ST she could try Babylon 5, though from what I’ve heard the first season is a bit so-so. But overall a glorious series.

[@TroyConvers5000]

It's probably been established who he was, thanks to modern policing methods.

[@danielyeshe]

⁠@@Temeraire101 It is a bit so-so but I wouldn’t say it is actively bad.

[@Temeraire101]

@@danielyeshe Same with a lot of first seasons of TV shows. Especially for me TNG first season was very ropey, then hey presto Rikers beard saved the show😁

[@shelbyxyz]

Hmmm. Anyone else remember the "Whinnie the Pooh" cartoons from the 1960's? John Fiedler (Hengist in this Star Trek episode) did the voice of Piglet. I couldn't help but have childhood flashbacks whenever he talked during this episode.

[@denveradams4909]

I paused the video to complete a small task, right when the entity said, "die, everyone die". Your smile at that moment is priceless.

[@alanr4447a]

Robert Bloch also wrote _Psycho._

[@perrymalcolm3802]

Bunny Day!! You finally reached my favorite single episode!

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Woohoo!

[@xander66644]

Hey ... I was just wondering about your next Star Trek reaction...perfect timing!

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Every Saturday, unless something comes up! 😊

[@steelers6titles]

The applause on Argelius is sort of like cigarette lighters at rock concerts.

[@timothystockman7533]

Mr. Kyle is the nominal transporter chief operator in a few episodes, including this one.

[@lavellhall7650]

Also I remember when he was on mirror mirror when he got buzzed by the evil mister spock

[@rogershore3128]

It took me years to notice he's also in The Wrath of Khan... Same role.....

[@TroyConvers5000]

​@@rogershore3128 Commander Kyle at that point.

[@rogershore3128]

@@TroyConvers5000 That's right...

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

Mr. Kyle is the Chief Obrien of TOS. lol

[@ChrisReise]

2:52 Fun Fact: Writer, Robert Bloch was also the writer for Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho."

[@historybuff66]

Well actually Joseph Stefano was. Though it was based on Bloch’s novel.

[@eschiedler]

One of my fav, most memorable eposides. No particular reason, it's not due to ranking it high or low, nor because it is innovative. But because the characters are used very, very well.

[@jupreindeer]

Aye. I can agree with you on that. The acting is superb.

[@EponymousRex]

11:45 "Why do they have a woman here?" I was waiting for that! Excellent question...

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

Yeah say that about Chief Engineer Belana Torres from Star Trek Voyager or Leutenant Tasha Yarr from Star Trek Next Gen, and see where it goes from there. lol

[@winslowredcross2835]

Great episode!! Jack the Ripper was never caught and remains unidentified to this day. I've always thought the idea of Jack being an evil entity who followed man to the stars to be an interesting premise for a science fiction story. They had some great writers working on Star Trek TOS. Great reaction Bunnytails.

[@steelers6titles]

From the Internet: In 2014, author and amateur sleuth Russell Edwards claimed to have determined the identity of Jack the Ripper by DNA results obtained from a shawl belonging to one of the victims, Catherine Eddowes. Edwards asserted the evidence pointed to Aaron Kosminski, a Polish immigrant and one of the prime suspects in the grisly murders.

[@michaeltodd2012]

A crafty use of Jack the Ripper. Written by Robert Bloch who mostly wrote Sci-Fi. But, he also wrote the story for the Hitchcock movie, Psycho.

[@McMahonHater]

I like the lighting on your shelves, and it's fun watching you watch the show and how invested you are.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

I'm glad :) Hope you've been having fun getting caught back up!

[@McMahonHater]

@bunnytailsREACTS Yep! 😁 I, personally believe Jack The Ripper was actually a woman, and that's why they never caught her. They were always looking for a guy so she was able to slip away.

[@Ravenscroft82]

It's a weird one for sure. This and "Catspaw" are the closest things to actual "horror" episodes the show did IMO. But yes, Doohan did a great job of acting and it was nice to see Scotty get highlighted for once. I liked the reveal of Jack the Ripper, personally, it added an element of horror that I kind of thought was unique. Loved Kirk's steadfast defense of Scotty in this; this is the type of guy you really want in your corner! Thanks and Happy Memorial Day!

[@historybuff66]

For me, “The Lights of Zetar” kind of fit into the horror genre as well as the other two.

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

Just wait till Bunny sees certain episodes from the later seasons of Star Trek Next Gen. A few of those fall into everything from straight horror to deep and bone chilling psychological thrillers.

[@SBatts-vn1bd]

Interesting, how Scotty (Doohan) always hides his right hand to compensate for his WW2 injury and the cameraman is careful to accommodate. Sometimes the loudest in the room is the guiltiest. Please read the BTS notes on this episode, you'll enjoy it! Great job.

[@mcbeezee2120]

They slip up in the episode, "Lights of Zetar". You can freeze-frame a particular scene, and that is very visible.

[@SBatts-vn1bd]

@@mcbeezee2120 Yes when he's in that other tube holding the wrench. Correct!

[@donfoley6946]

​@@mcbeezee2120his hand is also revealed on Catspaw where he holds the phaser

[@treetopjones737]

Like loudly accusing those who prosecute you for your crimes.

[@stevetheduck1425]

'The guilty don't want to be caught, the innocent don't want to be blamed'. Just one of many insights from Babylon 5.

[@richardb6260]

Written by Robert Bloch, who wrote the earlier episodes What Are Little Girls Made Of and Catspaw as well as the book on which Hitchcock's Psycho was based. Jack the Ripper is part of several of Bloch's stories. Most notably Your's Truly, Jack the Ripper.

[@fahooga]

Also wrote the Lefty Feep stories, which I'm sure were an inspiration for Dirk Gently.

[@jamesdamiano8894]

I just discovered your channel because of Star Trek. Went on a serious binge watching of all your reactions until I got to this one. I have thoroughly enjoyed them. I’m impressed with your remembrance of episodes while discussing other episodes. There are some episodes in particular I can’t wait for you to get to for a couple of reasons. Of course this great series has episodes that are better than others, but none of them are particularly bad. You’re real cute and seem really cool. Excited to finish your Trek journey. I’m not a gamer and don’t care for anime, so I won’t engage with those aspects. But as long as you continue with the Trek universe and movies in general, I’m here for the long haul.

[@MGower4465]

1:07 For once, Scotty likes being away from his engines and technical journals 15:49 Run, Spock, run!

[@scottmitchell3641]

FASCINATING AMUSEMENT at 15:43 Spock: " ........because women are more easily and more deeply terrified." Time stamp fifteen forty seven we move to a little zoom in on Bunny's face. Lips, lipstick, eyelashes....the whole sequence amazing to me, Bunny. The way you curl your lips ever so slightly into just a little bit more of a smile than the very second before.... And the way you (at about the same time) almost subtly blink your eyelashes..... It was almost as if you were amused and were skeptically thinking, "Oh, suuuure Mr Vulcan man, we women are more easily and more deeply terrified. Sure we are. Whatever you say, Spock." lol amazing

[@michaelparks6120]

The ONE and ONLY mention of the "psycho tri-corder "

[@williamjones6031]

Scotty's my guy.🤩 Mr. Hagist/John Fiedley was stock Hollywood in the 60's and 70s. Most notably known for his unique voice. He voiced Piglet with "Winnie the Pooh".

[@MGower4465]

I knew that voice was familiar. Thank you.

[@mikejankowski6321]

This is a real good story with some interesting opportunities. Calculating Pi and tranquilizing the crew are probably not in the manual. Sulu's "gloomy" and "supernova" comments are very memorable. DeForest got a chance to loosen up his acting a lot at the end, talking about that big dose he gave everyone. McCoy was twinkling like never before.

[@martensjd]

And we see one of the jurors from "Twelve Angry Men"!

[@BarebonesNetwork-w3s]

And the father was stabbed in the chest... with a knife. Suspicious.

[@martensjd]

@@BarebonesNetwork-w3s Very.

[@stewmott3763]

15:48 You're a class act, Bunnytails.

[@starmnsixty1209]

Red Jack was also used in an issue of the 1980s DC Comics version of ST:TNG. In short, it didn't die despite being transported into space. A good reaction as usual, of course, B.T.

[@indetigersscifireview4360]

I have wondered about that for years. Spock says it will eventually die, but what happens if a ship passes through that region of space before it did? I guess I know now.

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Thank you 😊

[@historybuff66]

I think it’s actually written into the script as “Redjac”.

[@photonicus]

Interesting. It'd be bad news if it took over Data.

[@starmnsixty1209]

​@@historybuff66I think that's correct, but why quibble. Everyone knows what's being referred to.

[@dunringill1747]

A Piglet in Wolf's clothing in Sheep's clothing. 15:38 😂I confess I got a real kick out of your "slow blink - I'm holding my tongue" response to Mr. Spock's comment on women being "more easily and more deeply terrified". PS: Speaking of clothing, It's always nice to see your lovely "Ensign BunnyTail" Uniform.

[@Thunderwing88]

Recognize the opening music? It was used in “The Cage” when Vena was the Orion slave girl.

[@SuperINFINITY181]

It’s fair to say it’d be difficult for her to forget that scene…

[@libertubey2199]

Also, the music played during the seance was first used in the Rigel VII illusion, plus in Return Of The Archons, This Side Of Paradise and The City On The Edge Of Forever. It is reworked here, but still, the same melody and pitch.

[@historybuff66]

@@libertubey2199 Also in another season 2 episode, “A Private Little War” involving Nona and the magical root.

[@libertubey2199]

@@historybuff66 She did not get to that episode yet. That's why I didn't mention it.

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

This episode would've just OWNED HARD if instead the belly dancer was dancing to Strawberry Alarm Clock's "Incense and Peppermint." lol

[@michaelbruno1666]

I recall when I was very young not understanding 'the value of pie', later understood the value of 'pi', but will never forget that scene of the computer supposedly freaking out.

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

Oh come one, everyone understands the value of PIE, bro!

[@JKM395]

This is one of my absolute favorites. History, plus evil alien life form, plus pseudo-ghost story.

[@roberttoews2775]

Kirk . . . "Spock, what's the value of Pi?" Spock . . . "Apple or Blueberry?"

[@williamblakehall5566]

Back in red, thank you for that. If only Spock had been on hand for a mind meld -- but it wasn't his kind of planet. (Your patient calm look at 15:48, right after Spock said women are more easily terrified, was classic.) You raise a creepy story idea I never even considered before, deliberate transporter sabotage or abuse -- yeah, I'm with McCoy, just put me in a shuttle. Looking forward to more fun ahead. Have a good Memorial Day. Cheers!

[@TedinCalgary1952]

Yes, we now have "The Bunny Stare"! I don't want to be the victim of that!

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

@@TedinCalgary1952 I physically felt the pimp slap across my whore mouth from Bunny's stare at that moment. lol

[@christopherconard2831]

Actress finds out she has a guest spot on Star Trek. Shows up for costume fitting. Sees a red dress. "Damnit!"

[@SKIP-yj3xp]

One of the best episodes.

[@johnsavard7583]

Everybody else's body was sedated; Hengist, being dead, couldn't metabolize a sedative, so he wasn't sedated. Instead, this is why the entity couldn't switch out of him.

[@steelers6titles]

So Kirk simply beams a dead body into space, instead of killing someone, right?

[@Stogie2112]

John Fiedler is on my TV right now. He's playing the lawyer Daggett in "True Grit" (1969). 😆😆

[@historybuff66]

I believe this is the only episode where a single scene encompasses the entire block of time from one set of commercials to the next.

[@jaymedina3142]

Nice insight. The concept of this story was brilliant.

[@karidrgn]

Your comments on the transporter puts a scene in Galaxy Quest into a new perspective.

[@jeffrreykoehn7324]

This was written by Robert Bloch, the youngest of the legendary H P. Lovecraft's proteges, and a horror author of note. (He wrote two other Trek episodes.) This is an adaptation of one of his best stories, "Yours truly, Jack the Ripper," which was previously dramatized on TV. If you like horror fiction, he's a must-read.

[@Stogie2112]

Well said about the need to lighten up the episode, Bunny. 👍 Many adults and especially children watched Star Trek in the 60's. Such a violent and "evil" episode was definitely not for kids.

[@robertworrell6287]

So enjoy your comments at the end.Keep it up.Thanks

[@bunnytailsREACTS]

Thanks!

[@johnauten8142]

What an entry, an Agatha Christie like whodunnit mixed with the most famous serial killer in history, packaged in a Exorcist like sci-fi alien entity that migrated with mankind during space colonization. With only our space pioneering heroes can there be a solution to this terrifying extestental threat to all humanity it can reach. That's what made Star Trek so much a positive feeling sci-fi show because they could quickly identify what they were up against(even alien possessing entities!) and find a solution to the problem. You were very good Bunny when you heard the title and said "A wolf in sheeps clothing." That's exactly what the real killer was in the story. Another famous adage mothers would tell their daughters, "It's the wolf that you don't see is the one to look out for."Thanks Bunny for another great observation.

[@jruhnke7670]

I enjoyed it when Spock had the computer try to solve pi to the last digit. Nice touch of having a math problem to work on. I always reference this episode on March 14 (PI day)!

[@michaelbruno1666]

Fun fact: The most decimal places of Pi memorised is 70,000, and was achieved by Rajveer Meena (India) at the VIT University, Vellore, India, on 21 March 2015.

[@miguelbotelho2613]

I love trek because they can start out with a situation that is grim and hopeless and by the end everybody is laughing and relieved. it may have been mentioned already but the prefect was same actor who played Landru.

[@markmarshall2187]

Thank you bunny I love watching your reviews❤

[@reedcockrell8126]

I think Scotty banged his (left) hand on the table because applauding with both hands would have shown the missing finger on James Doohan's right hand.

[@McMahonHater]

One of the best episode. Rip Jack makes a cameo in the Star Trek Novel "The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh vol 1.

[@donfoley6946]

Jimmy Doohan's hand on the verifier in the briefing room was switched in the closeups to an actor because of the injury to his hand. In the wide shots, he has it curled over so you can't see it

[@UnderDriven17]

Great reaction! This is one of my favorites because it scared me when I was twelve. I don't know if it holds up on first view as an adult, though, especially the comments about Scotty resenting women and women being more easily frightened then men. The former was an attempt to set up a 'motive' so that we might think Scotty could be guilty, but it was rather ham-handed. The latter was just 1960's foolishness. The "last digit of Pi" ploy was fun--at least someone realized that calculating the last digit of an irrational number is impossible. I'll also give Robert Bloch credit for imagining a creature that feeds on fear, and blaming it for famous serial killing sprees. Note that Bloch wrote the short story "A Toy for Juliette" which involves Jack the Ripper for Harlan Ellison's science fiction anthology "Dangerous Visions" (Harlan Ellison wrote the TOS episode "The City on the Edge of Forever").

[@stever3832]

Love your reactions Bunny, please keep them coming. I've been a Trek fan for many years, it's great to rewatch the episodes through your eyes.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

15:21 "I point out that Jack the Ripper slew at will, in the heart of the most populous city of old Earth, was never identified." If I remember right, he also planned his strikes carefully, so they happened late at night or in the wee hours of the morning, with few if any witnesses around. That's probably a key part of _why_ he was never identified.

[@ppatocthereturn04]

15:42 Best moment of the video... ^^

[@timmooney7528]

The transporter chief is also the trash disposal person. Got hazardous waste? Tear it down to sub atomic particles so it won't re-materialize.

[@MGower4465]

Or rematerialize it as haggis. Which is also hazardous waste.

[@jupreindeer]

An interesting job, being in charge of the transporters. Stuck in a room... or so we guess... ready to pull out the action stars from the situation when things turn bad. And getting other duties that the spotlight rarely comes close to illuminating. Doesn't even seem to be a chair. And we know that the transporter room has its own food replicator. So they can't even go to the break room??? That must really require a really special kind of person. It must be somewhat like volunteering to go to a jail and get locked up for your whole life... as your job. I wonder if anyone has simulated a fan fiction about the life of a transporter chief.

[@timmooney7528]

@@jupreindeer I get the impression it's a shift thing, where all the folks in engineering are certified to run the transporter, and take turns or are on a rotation schedule. Instead of having to stand there 12 hours a shift, they staff it for 2-3 hours, then someone relieves them while they fill in for Sulu or Chekov on the bridge for a few hours. Junior officers learn how the ship runs by learning everyone's job.

[@MrJonnydanger]

To be fair, the power of pie is my undoing too - usually Apple or Cherry

[@derekfnord]

15:48 - 🤣🤣🤣 That look has got to be the smoothest "F*** you!" I've ever seen! 😂

[@stever3832]

Yeah that stupid line in the script deserved it.

[@jamesbednar8625]

Good reaction!! The administrator, John Fiedler, also plays the LAWYER DAGGETT in John Wayne's version of the western, "True Grit".

[@scottmitchell3641]

"You come from Rigel 4." Rigel 4. Almost got attacked and destroyed by the doomsday machine. Rigel 7 too, where Captain Pike was forced into a fight for his life against the Kalar. Huge, heavily cratered moon in the sky. And Rigel 12, where the miners in the Mudd's Women episode had their mining operations. All of these would have been destroyed because we were told the next place the doomsday machine was headed for was Rigel.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

27:29 "The person who is... controlling the transporter settings, at the time, can very easily just murder somebody with the flip of a switch." And that's the reason _McCoy_ usually opts to avoid the transporter.

[@johnbuchanon7717]

At 15:45, you handled Spock’s comments quite well Bunny. You have a tender heart but given your previous comments and video game play you can be tough minded too. Please forgive them; it was the 60s. Funny how at 15:50 the red yeoman kept a straight face too. Good editing.

[@ericodionneviglione9426]

The Argelian empathic contact ritual was my favourite part 'coz it was supernatural. All the doors are sealed, but it was cozy in there with lots of room, the fire, and pillrs to hide behind (and one could still run away through those windows if anything spooky should happen, so it's still "safe"); and I liked it when Scotty said, "You do mean my neck is going to depend on some spooky mumbo-jumbo?" Spooky fun in the dark, almost like séance. It was creepy when Prefect Jarisist's wife Sybow mentioned names of the supernatural, "terrible evil". Brrr heehee :)

[@jwb932]

15:48 Nicely played.

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

This episode had one of my favorite McCoy lines, "Well, I gave them a pretty big Shot", always had me rolling...as well as Rejack saying "Die, Die, Everybody Die!" as they hauled him off to the transporter room. yeah, this gets especially dark if you think about the possibility of Scotty actually being posessed at the time, and committing the murders with his own hands, unwittingly. 😬 And even one of his own crewmates to boot! Nooo! Baaaeee!! 😭😭😭💔 Kirk and company, and even Picard and crew often laugh it up after horrible things happened...I mean, doesn't make much sense, they have to write letters to the families and reflect on those who died, etc...fortunately, it is just a TV show, no actual women or blue skirts were harmed during the making of this film, so let's keep being the Happiest crew in the fleet! 😅

[@miguelbotelho2613]

theres an interesting comment that Capt Kirk makes reguarding the entitiy known as the Mellitus. Solid at rest, and gasious when moving. Sounds like the creature from the last episode Obsession.

[@Knight_Who_Says_Nee]

It also sounds like me after I eat some chilli.

[@fredklein3829]

I also enjoyed WF a lot, however, the briefing room scene was the longest in the entire series and caused WF to drag a bit in the middle. It also lacked formality as I would have preferred to see the officers in dress uniforms for Scotty's hearing as they were for Kirk in "Court Martial" or Spock in "The Menagerie". At that point, have Prefect Jaris as judge, Hengist as prosecutor, Spock as defense attorney and Kirk as witness who would also give a voiceover Captain's log entry about how the entire crew is deeply saddened (as he did in "Conscience of the King"). This was the last of three episodes written by Robert Bloch.

[@watchmanschannelofdespair]

14:57 That had me LOL, Bunny.🤣

[@jayb8369]

"Now, no one has to tell an old Aberdeen pub crawler how to applaud!" I know you will enjoy the rest of the season and also the next and final season. I promise! Thanks again Bunny! LLAP🖖😊

[@steelers6titles]

HE SURE TALKS GLOOMY.

[@brandonflorida1092]

I enjoyed your reaction, as always. Prefect Jaris was last seen as Landru in "Return of the Archons." BTW, the next episode is a lot of fun.

[@michaelduran-uz3vr]

no red shirts died in the filming of this episode lol

[@jamesmcclain5005]

🎉I have been watching Star Trek for YEARS, and I have never seen this episode! Oh, Pi to the last digit, that sounds familiar.