What do you do when your best friend turns into a smug, silver-eyed god? Kirk finds out the hard way.

This episode of Boldly Rewatching dives into Star Trek: The Original Series’ second pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before"—the episode that sold the show and gave us a darker, sharper vision of the final frontier. We’re talking ESP experiments, god-complex Gary Mitchell, Spock at his coldest, and Kirk caught between duty and friendship.

I break down the themes, the legacy, and why power without empathy makes for great sci-fi—and terrible friends.

What happens when a teenager with godlike powers doesn’t know how to take “no” for an answer? Welcome to Charlie X.

In this episode of Boldly Rewatching, Ty dives into one of the most unsettling early episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series. We’re talking awkward hormones, vanishing crew members, and some truly uncomfortable butt-slapping. Charlie Evans boards the Enterprise with a dark secret—and the crew learns fast that emotional immaturity plus telekinesis is a bad combo.

We break down what works, what’s weird, and why Kirk absolutely wasn’t bluffing when he threatened to carry Charlie to his quarters. From Uhura’s silenced solo to Spock’s cold two-move checkmate, it’s a tense, thoughtful rewatch with just enough side-eye to keep things grounded.

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Star Trek’s first aired episode isn’t about space battles—it’s about craving something you can’t have.

In the premiere of Boldly Rewatching, I take a fresh look at The Man Trap—the one with the salt-sucking alien and McCoy’s heartbreak. We’ll talk about what makes the creature more tragic than monstrous, why McCoy’s emotional spiral hits hard, and why modern sci-fi could learn something from the clarity and brightness of old-school Trek.

Bright sets, clear dialogue, and a whole lot of salt—welcome to the final frontier.

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