Star Trek: The Original Series is a straight-up fever dream, with episodes featuring ancient aliens, stolen brains, and godlike beings.
The show was brilliant and pioneering, but also completely unhinged, with some episodes crossing the line into "I can’t believe NBC let this air."
it feels like the Enterprise crew beamed into a sci-fi writer’s bad trip
Here are five episodes that feel like genuine hallucinations, ranging from fantastic to so-bad-it’s-good to just plain awful.
Author's summary: Unbelievable Star Trek episodes that are still shocking.