Court Martial // Star Trek: The Original Series Reaction // Season 1

Spock figuring out that there was a problem with the computer by beating it at chess is the most Spock thing ever

This episode was one of the first of its kind I ever saw that really drove home the importance of remembering and noting who your real friends are. You never know who will vouch for you in times like that,

Watching your reactions is delightful not only for your insights, but also the way it allows me to see these episodes in a whole new light. I've been a fan of TOS since before there were any motion pictures or spin-offs, so having a new perspective on a show I've been watching for decades is truly a gift. Thank you so much, Bunny!

You are to be congratulated, Bunny! Two minutes into the video, and YOU HAD SOLVED THE CASE! Impressive as hell!

Court Martial is my second favorite episode of all time for two reasons: 1. It shows life on a starbase, everyday stuff in starfleet while the Enterprise is being repaired. You are basically hanging out with the crew. 2. The reading of the service records of our heroes. Kirk's was so awesome the prosecution begged the computer to stop. Kirk appears in this episode as a hero, braver than any man in the room wherever he goes, and unwilling to bend to what isn't right, and demanding of justice. My hero.

i grew up in the early 70’s as a kid & used to run home to catch the reruns after school. this was always my favorite series & i still watch today

This is one of the very first moments in television history , in which a black man plays a high ranking officer. Another example of how Gene Roddenberry, used Star Trek to break barriers. Btw the lady in the red uniform was a JAG (Judge Advocate General) lawyer/prosecutor. I enjoy these reactions and your channel. Have a great weekend

"What in the sailor moon is this?"!!!. Ha, good one bunny.

the "Sailor Moon" quip, had me rolling. 🤣

I love your reactions! This is one of my favorite Star Trek episodes. Thank you so much for plugging away while you're sick, and just thank you in general for doing what you do.

Sam Cogley's speech (when Spock has informed him of the computer tampering and Sam must get the trial continued after having closed his case) is one of my favorite Star Trek moments. When Trek is good, it's very good indeed.

If you watch the entire episode there is one moment that's always chilling and that is the single heartbeat moment. Nobody says a word and the music is perfectly eerie. Finally Commodore Stone says...Finey. Great script writing, acting, and directing by the great Marc Daniels. Unforgettable!

Every time I see actor Elisha Cook Jr. (Samuel T. Cogley), I think of the movie House on Haunted Hill. He was a marvelous character actor who has well over 100+ film and TV credits to his name, including The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, Shane, and Rosemary's Baby.

Even now in 2023 a 1966 episode of a TV show shows how solid scripts, great acting and a great story will always survive whatever may come...

That's usually one of the best compliments to a show, when you reach the end of an episode and you say "I want more"

Another fantastic episode of classic Trek and a great reaction video from Bunny! The original Star Trek scripts hold up so well.

This is one of my favorite Kirk's episodes. If it hasn't been established before what a larger than life hero Kirk is, you've figured it out in this episode when they get to the part where they have to literally stop the computer from listing all the medals he's been awarded because it's taking too much time.

Court-Martial is a great episode for worldbuilding - we get to see what some of the rest of Starfleet is like, officers from other crews, hints of other ships from the chart on the wall, and note Commodore Stone is black, the personnel officer is East Asian and Kirk's other superior officers are a multi-ethnic group - consider how groundbreaking this was for sixties America. Also, we are so used now to computers beating people at chess that it's easy to forget that this was a new idea when this episode was made! Same with being able to fake and edit video recordings.

Great reaction as usual, Bunny. All the discussions about books , ebooks, etc., bring up good points. I'm an old guy, and reading online tends to hurt my vision that more than teading paper books, or magazines does.. It's true books take up a lot of space, but paper items can't be messed with by unscrupulous types as someone pointed as one plus in their favor. A fun fact is actor Richard Webb (Finney) was an author himself of what's called paranormal non-fiction today. And was a 1950s TV hero as well, Captain Midnight.

This episode is a salute to the pioneers of TV sci-fi. The actor playing Finney stared as Captain Midnight. First in radio then on the television. Captain Midnight (later rebranded on television as Jet Jackson, Flying Commando) is an American adventure franchise first broadcast as a radio serial from 1938 to 1949. The character's popularity throughout the 1940s and into the mid-1950s extended to serial films (1942), a television show (1954–1956), a syndicated newspaper strip (1942 – late 1940s), and a comic book title (1942–1948).[1]