Review of The Man Trap

First of all I was born in the eighties and saw the Star Trek movies first but then a few years ago I bought the original series box set as I wanted to see the original series and see how it compared to the movies. The first episode shown, and the 6th made is The Man Trap. I love this episode very much and really recommend it. The way it begins is a great mystery when Kirk, McCoy and Darnell all see Nancy in a different form and you're like, what the hell is going on? It captures the attention immediately and the story gradually opens up and starts revealing itself and we quickly learn there is no Nancy and it's really a shape shifting creature. The dialogue is very good and the characters of Kirk, McCoy and Spock are quickly established and Alfred Ryder is excellent as Professor Crater, who is very eager for Kirk and friends to leave his planet at once, the reason not entirely obvious at first but we later learn it's because he doesn't want Kirk to find out the truth about the creature, which he nearly killed but now wants to keep around. I really enjoyed this episode and although it is a bit slow in places, I can't really fault it. Glen's rating - 9/10