EPISODE
SEASON
Star Trek: The Animated Series - Season 1
The animated series follows the adventures of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and the crew of the Starship Enterprise as they explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.
3 March 1920, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
19 October 1928, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
20 January 1920, Toccoa, Georgia, USA
7 April 1915, New York City, New York, USA
28 December 1932, Robbins, Illinois, USA
13 August 1925, Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 March 1931, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
23 February 1932, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
7 December 1923, Terryville, Connecticut, USA
31 January 1927, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
20 April 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA
October 27, 2017
TAS still feels even stiffer and more self-important than Trek, hard as that may be to believe. But it also feels more thoughtful, and less beholden to the prime-time need for scantily clad space chicks and two-fisted action.
October 27, 2017
Star Trek: The Animated Series isn't exactly the most fondly remembered of the six Star Trek series, but that doesn't mean it didn't have its moments.
October 27, 2017
The pacing is similar to TOS - which means a lot of pregnant pauses, and not just from [William] Shatner, who reprises his role as Captain. But condensed to a 30-minute show, the episodes often flow much more smoothly than on TOS.
October 27, 2017
Apparently, the universe just wants to see as many Spocks as possible.
October 27, 2017
Star Trek is us at our most curious, most tolerant, and most together, and for a show aimed at a Saturday morning kids crowd, The Animated Series gives us all we could hope for.
October 27, 2017
In retrospect this stilted, handmade approach is suffused with a goofy charm, much like that found in the crude action of a Peanuts holiday special.
October 27, 2017
It feels like classic Trek. And if you've never seen it, it literally is like discovering that all this time, there was a fourth season you didn't know about.
October 27, 2017
Star Trek: The Animated Series is awesome.
October 27, 2017
This stricken-from-continuity, barely animated, too-poor-to-hire-Chekov show, is probably best enjoyed when you didn't have to pay for it.
October 27, 2017
It takes a devotee to get past the roughness, but once you accept that this is never going to be perfect, it's a charming, intelligent reward for everyone who ever wondered just what the hell was going on inside the planet of Shore Leave.
