This episode is notable in that it is the first one of FOUR episodes which James t Kirk himself talks a computer into confused submission 6 months later the prisoner would release a very similar premise episode on the BBC called The general It was in the zeitgeist of the culture, automation

I love voice typing because it calls out the incredible verbal biases I have can you believe all I had to do is think of English television and the phrase on the BBC immediately pops in my head but no I assure you the prisoner was actually an ITV show Brain and Brain what is brain 🧠

The symbolism in this episode is so incredibly paper thin You could use it to print Bible verse on Landru took over about 6,000 years ago Never have I seen a thinner metaphor for the separation of church and state You remember the movie The Purge? fuck you This predates it by decades