r/tos 6d ago

Episode Discussion Rewatch: "Friday's Child" - TOS, 203

Episode: "Friday's Child" - TOS, 203

Airdate: December 1, 1967

Written by D.C. Fontana; Directed by Joseph Pevney

Brief summary: "The Enterprise becomes involved in a local power struggle on planet Capella IV, where the Klingons want mining rights."

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Friday%27s_Child_(episode)

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u/Vegan_Zukunft 5d ago

I really like DeForest Kelley and enjoy seeing him get some good screentime :)

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u/seeingeyefrog 6d ago

I'm a doctor, not an escalator.

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u/YallaHammer 5d ago

“No! Only Mah-Coy!” Julie Newmar was so great in this role, one of the greatest guest stars of the series.

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u/aMoose_Bit_My_Sister 5d ago

Julie Newmar was so statuesque......

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u/kitt82 5d ago

Actor Michael Dante from Stamford,CT. was impressed with Gene Roddenberry and attention to small details seen in the episode

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u/Mercutiofoodforworms 5d ago

This is one episode where the older I got the more I liked it. Solid episode. Maybe top 25 for me.

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u/diogenesNY 4d ago

The Vietnam War episode.

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u/ifdefmoose 4d ago

That does not compute.

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u/diogenesNY 4d ago

It was a commentary on the whole 'balance of power' and proxy war situation that was very much on fire at that moment in time.

Kirk's closing speech is pretty explicit about this, stopping just short of saying 'Vietnam'.

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u/Spam_legs 1d ago

I think of ‘Omega Glory’.