So I've stopped posting every time I watched a Star Trek episode. It was getting boring and a lot of the episodes in the first season are much of a piece. The only ones of any note in the last few were probably the one with Khan (and everybody knows about Khan) and the season-ending episode with the time-travel that was written by Harlan Ellison. (About whom a great deal of what I know comes from his minor spat with the boys at Penny Arcade. Caution: vulgarities abound at those links.)
So, I'm taking a break from Star Trek between seasons and watching the Nero Wolfe mysteries that A&E made starring Timothy Hutton and Maury Chaykin. They're not bad. Perhaps not quite as good as the better Poirot mysteries, but certainly better so far than the later Jeeves and Wooster episodes. (Jeeves' dignity would never allow him to dress in drag and entice "Stilton" Cheesewright!) The only really odd thing is the way they use a set cast of actors and actresses and just recycle them every episode. It's not off-putting really, but it takes a bit of getting used to. There are also, of course, the small changes that are always made, whether necessary or not, when translating a book to the screen. On balance they do stay true to the characters and I'm a huge fan of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe mysteries so they get my seal of approval. For whatever that's worth.
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