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Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete Second Season
Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Deforest Kelly, James Doohan, and Nichelle Nichols
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Retail Price (not our price): $69.98
Release Date: 2004-11-02
Theatrical Release Date: 1966-09-08
Studio: Paramount
Run Time: 1307 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Discs: 7


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
The most famous episode in franchise history, "The Trouble with Tribbles," is one of the highlights of the second season of Star Trek: The Original Series. A deserved classic, the humorous story centers on an ever-expanding mass of furry creatures that memorably rain themselves down on top of Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and into the middle of a Federation-Klingon showdown. It inspired one of the most memorable episodes in the spin-off series Deep Space Nine, "Trial and Tribble-ations." Also in the second season, the Vulcan culture of Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) is fleshed out in "Amok Time" (in which Spock is faced with the possibility of killing his captain and friend) and "Journey to Babel" (introducing Spock's father, played by Mark Sarek, in what would turn out to be a long-recurring role). A new character, navigator Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig), was introduced; his Monkees haircut was intended to appeal to the younger audience, but he was also a Russian, which at the height of the cold war reflected Gene Roddenberry's optimistic vision of a more enlightened future. Other social-commentary opportunities presented themselves in "The Omega Glory," "The Doomsday Machine," and "Assignment: Earth," the last also one of those periodic opportunities to scrimp on the budget by time-traveling to an earlier version of Earth. Another example was "A Piece of the Action," a comic episode set in the Roaring Twenties and memorable for, among other things, Kirk's teaching a made-up card game called Fizzbin. In other significant episodes, "I, Mudd" saw the return of the bounder from season 1, "The Changeling" was the original inspiration for the first Trek feature film a decade later, "Wolf in the Fold" (penned by the author of Psycho) provides an example of the series' great writing, and "Mirror, Mirror" introduced the concept of the parallel universe inhabited by vicious, amoral counterparts of the regular crew, another theme later borrowed (more than once, and to good emotional effect) by DS9. Special features are a bit lighter than on the season 1 set, but they do feature such contributors as Shatner, Nimoy, George Takei (Sulu), Koenig, Nichelle Nichols (Uhura), and editor-writer D.C. Fontana. Of chief interest are "To Boldly Go," a 20-minute season recap; " Kirk, Spock & Bones: The Great Trio," discussing the interplay among Kirk, Spock, and Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley); "Star Trek's Divine Diva," shining the spotlight on the development of Nichols's character (she was originally considered to play Spock); and "Writer's Notebook: D.C. Fontana," discussing her various roles in the series (she used her initials to avoid the anti-female bias in science fiction at the time). --David Horiuchi

2) Description
STAR TREK: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON features many exciting adventures with the Enterprise crew, including Spock experiencing the Vulcan mating drive, the crew being captured by a powerful alien once worshipped on Earth as the Greek god Apollo, the return of an ancient space probe launched centuries ago, aging at an incredible rate after exposure to an unknown form of radiation, and other episodes.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) The REAL Star Trek (instead of soap operas)   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
It's nice to be able to watch the original Star Trek series. The "Second Generation" bored me to death. It was like a science fiction soap opera. The original series had far more variety, action, and clever innovative plots. It also had a good bit of humor. The Second Generation seemed to be all about "inner space" (What's going on inside your head? How do you FEEL about something, etc.) It seemed to be pitched to the interests of women. (I can feel the feminists coming off the walls already. Oh well - tough!) I find a good face-off with the Klingons far more entertaining than someone's inner conflict. In summary, I found the product enjoyable and I can even see the episodes I missed. I now have all three seasons.

2) Star Trek: Season 2   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Perhaps the best season of the best show ever produced for television, season 2 offers some of the finest episodes of the entire series including: AMOK TIME, A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR, THE CHANGELING, THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE, WOLF IN THE FOLD among many others. A classic show for fans of intelligent television of any age.

3) I never received the item   [Rating: 1 out of 5]
I suppose that TOS (Series II) is a good watch. But, I wouldn't know for sure because I never received the item from the seller. And, he/she said that they would refund my money, but have yet to do so. That was a week ago (Jan 14), well over a month ago when I bought the item (about two weeks before Christmas).Oh well. Let the buyer beware!

4) A great gift for any trekkie fan!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
It is great! Along with the epsodes you also get a great interview with Leonard Nimoy!

5) A treasure of knowledge   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Star Trek shall forever remain a visionary and highly intelligent series. It provides a treasure of knowledge and insight. Would highly recommend acquiring this series, especially if you have a family. We regularly watch the episodes offered and have become... real fans of Star Trek. Would highly recommend acquiring the collection.