ST: Tom Cruise's kid

This episode is Miri, which I could have sworn was Tom Cruise's kid's name. Oh, looked it up, it's Suri. So, close. Anyway, this episode is one of those "parallel world" episodes, only they didn't bother with another universe, they just happened to find another planet out there that looked just like Earth Prime. And there was a distress signal, so they beam on down. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Rand and two expendables (in red shirts!). Yada, yada, yada, jump.

This might be the famous "grup" episode. Yeah, this is it. I've seen this one before. Someone unleashed a virus that kills everyone when they hit puberty, so there aren't any grown-ups. I think it was supposed to make people live forever, so it slowed down the ageing process too. Turns out to be a kind of sci-fi Lord of the Flies.

Just like last episode, Kirk's super-sexy powers end up getting one of the girls on his side because she develops a crush on him. Women can't resist how awesome he is. Must be a sore trial.

Oh noes!!1! Kirk has the disease that kills the adults!

I hadn't remembered how shamelessly Kirk uses the girl's affection for him to accomplish his ends.

The set looks an awful lot like the pictures of the towns inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

Yeoman Rand lets it out that she has the hots for Kirk (Kirk's super-sexy powers (KSSP) strikes again!), but! Mary sees them embrace and feels bereft. Now, she works against them! Oh, Kirk, who would have thought that your amazing libido would work against you?!

The odd way the kids chant is strangely reminiscent of some of the episodes of The Prisoner.

The make-up in this episode is particularly good. I find the blue disease they have growing all over them to be quite gruesome.

There's a moment where it looks like we might get a chance to see how many five year-olds Kirk could take in a fight. Though, it doesn't come to that. Also, I have to confess, the other older kid, John, is so irritating that every time he's on the screen I'm wishing I could smack that smarmy smile off his face.

And it all works out in the end. Kirk pulls the old "don't you see you're becoming what you hate" speech and talks all the incredibly rational first-graders into co-operating.