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From: raiche@dartvax.UUCP (George A. Raiche)
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Subject: Honorable Mention
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Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 18:47:57 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 12 18:47:57 1985
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I just watched one of my favorite episodes last night, and realized that
it hasn't seemed to come up at all in the best/worst gunfight.

I nominate "The Ultimate Computer" (as well as COTEOF, Balance of Terror,
and Obsession) as among the best episodes.  Here we have Kirk doing some
real soul-searching about the role of man in space, as well as getting
a deep insight into the friendship and loyalty binding Kirk, Spock, and 
McCoy.  The scene where Kirk recites the line from Kipling(?) ["all I
ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by..."] is, in my humble opinion,
one of the best-acted in the series; it also shows us much about the
character of James T. Kirk.

One drawback to the episode is the ocasionally wooden performance of De
Kelley; there are a couple of lines where he is supposed to be cut off
by Kirk, but it's kind of obvious that he had nothing else to say beyond
what was written in the script.

				George Raiche
				Dept. of Chemistry
				Dartmouth

	"That's...one of your better prescriptions, Doctor."