The Ultimate Computer (TOS S02E24)

February 3, 2018

The Enterprise arrives at a starbase where Commodore Wesley beams aboard to let Kirk know that his crew will be removed onto the starbase. A M5 Multitronic unit will be installed to run a war-game against a whole fleet of starships. The M5 is a computer that helps control a starship and make it very efficient. It will replace Kirk.

Notes

Made in 1968, this episode has a surprisingly foresight about what is happening some 50 years later. The replacement of humans with computers.

"Non-essential personnel."

Kirk and McCoy drink together a lot.

"Fantastic machine the M5, there's no off switch."

Another Red Shirt bites the dust.

It takes 437 people to run a starship.

Daystrom is a genius, yet he's insane.

Another episode in which Kirk outsmarts something. This time he outsmarts M5.