“Brain and brain! What is brain?!!”
Ah, poor “Spock’s Brain.” As I sat to view it I thought “wouldn’t it be wonderful if I could approach this oft-savaged episode from a revisionist point of view?” But I cannot. It is horrible. Why the two insignia score? Well, it may be horrible, but it isn’t boring. It’s actually rather fun to see something just so stupid. I think its biggest sin is trying to do too many things. There is just so much explaining going on and the end zips by with numerous contradictions and flaws in logic. My theory is that this episode exists so far outside the realm of the rest of the Star Trek universe that there is this frequent need to reorient us. It’s as if the writer (who allegedly penned this to get out of a contract) just farted the first idea that came to him (“His brain is gone!!!”) and then had to spend the rest of the episode coming up with rationalities to make this work. And, of course, he fails. Also: we are presented with the most sexist hour of television that I’ve ever seen. (Central premise: society of women living without men will have brains that atrophy to the point that they hardly remember how to breathe — but they will remember to wear tight silver miniskirts.) I could go on, but why do so when their are entire web pages dedicated to the delicious awfulness that is “Spock’s Brain.”
Phish has a song about this episode.
How is it I am just reading this now??? Must find mp3!
How can you even give this 2 insignias? This was terrible writing at best. I have to admit it was unintentionally funny. I laughed through the whole thing and love to make fun of it like I do with bad movies.
It should have gotten a no insignia vote.