TOS - The Omega Glory

The Omega Glory is my personal favorite episode of the original series. The only thing is, I have no idea why. If you look at it form an analytic point of view it is actually an incredibly crappy episode! In fact, the Omega Glory seems to set new records for bad acting and dialogue including lame puns, such as Yangs for Yankees, and Coms for Communists. The ending is ridiculously impossible. Yet, for reasons I cannot determine, I love this episode, mostly because of its far-fetched resolution. The scene where the identity of the Yangs as Americans is unveiled by the entrance of the American flag is one of my personal favorite Trek moments, but I really can offer no explanation as to why, it just is simply an amazing patriotic moment, which in reality is actually very cheesy. An interesting facet of this episode is the chronology mentioned in it. Captain Tracy mentions that some of the Coms live to be “well over a thousand” years old. This would imply that the inhabitants of Omega had their cold war, and subsequent nuclear war, well over a thousand years before the cold war on this planet. From an analytic point of view the Omega glory should be one of Star Trek’s worst. However, I find this episode to be incredibly good; the Original Series’ best. Yes, I like this episode even more than Tribbles, so go figure, I just wish I knew why I like it so much.