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Star Trek: TOS 'The Menagerie Part II' 60th anniversary (Redshirts retro review)

A broken captain, a forbidden world, and the one time Starfleet let illusion be an act of mercy.
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“The Menagerie, Part II” closes out the Star Trek franchise's first two‑parter by turning a budget patch into a surprisingly moving story about mercy, illusion, and what we owe the people we can’t “fix.”

First aired on November 24, 1966, the TOS episode pays off Mr. Spock’s mutiny with an answer that’s both completely logical and deeply emotional. With that in mind, the following are five reasons "The Menagerie, Part II" is still worth watching today.

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