@kagan lol yes, "not enough yikes in the world" is a great description.

I was probably the same age as you on first viewing and also loved it (an episode all about kids? AWEsome!)

As an adult, even as a teen, yeaaaaah, no.

@kagan
funny story, it took me years to get my spouse to watch ST:TOS with me because every time he came across it in reruns as a kid/young adult, the episode airing was "Miri."
(An episode he loathes to this day)
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Hm. I wonder how much of my love for Awful Cinema comes from enjoying even the stinker episodes of TOS.