Star Trek: TOS episode recommendations

If she's six, The Trouble with Tribbles (season 2) might appeal to her. I remember thinking the tribbles were supper cute when I was a kid.

"Supper" cute? Is that a Freudian slip?

Yeah, the "Tribbles" episode is by far the most humor-filled and young-kid-friendly STTOS episode, probably the most of the whole Empire, uh, Federation, whatever...

I don't really recall them that well - I was ten when TOS started, and I was addicted, not just from the first episode, but from the PROMO featuring the pointy-eared Vulcan, and then watched daily reruns in the early '70's, and only rarely since then.

But they're all documented online, with descriptions, surely reviews, and even transcripts.

There'll be things she doesn't understand, like the returning-from-commercials scene with Kirk and the visiting lovely lady in his quarters, and he's tying up the laces on his boot. Again, I was only ten when I first saw it, and I didn't get it...

benbradley said:

"Supper" cute? Is that a Freudian slip?

Click to expand...

Tribbles: The other white meat.

Depending on her taste (i.e. does she like exciting stories?) your sister might enjoy "Balance of Terror" because it is a fairly straightforward battle tale.

Second "The Trouble With Tribbles" as just plain fun and entertaining.

I remember as a little kid "Where No Man Has Gone Before" really stuck with me--I was fascinated at age six when first watching that one.

"A Piece of the Action' is so played for laughs that it might not matter how much your little sister understands--although if she's reasonably bright she might get most of it pretty easily.

I third the recommendation for "A Piece of the Action." It was always the favorite around my house when I was little; it was my sister's fav as well.

-paphaolmz

Too bad you didn't get Season 3. Only a 6 year old has a prayer of enjoying Spock's Brain

You're a good brother Max...