Review - Star Trek: The Trouble with Tribbles (1967) & Trials and Tribble-ations (1996)
Hey guys, Chuck here. This year marks the sixty year anniversary of the sci-fi franchise Star Trek . So, I decided to do something fun and discuss two of my favorite episodes of Star Trek : one from The Original Series and one from Deep Space Nine . The episode I want to start with is the 1967 TOS episode The Trouble with Tribbles . In the episode, the Enterprise is summoned on a priority call to Deep Space Station K7, where undersecretary Nilz Baris, who needs Captain James T. Kirk to help protect a shipment of hypergrain being shipped to a Federation colony planet. Annoyed by the wasted use of the priority distress call by Baris, Kirk decides to use the opportunity to allow the crew of the Enterprise some shore leave. It's here where both Ensign Chekov and Lt. Uhura meet a dealer named Cyrano Jones, who is showing off a small furry creature called a tribble. And, of course, Uhura is taken in by how adorable the...