| Star Trek Review: MIRI
Director Vincent McEveety's, "MIRI," is a simplistic Sci-Fi
allegory. McEveety directed numerous other classic Trek episodes, as
well as episodes for other television series, such as "Petrocelli".
The episode's Teleplay, written by Adrian Spies, is basically a fable
about growing up. On an odd, alien planet, the transition from childhood
to adulthood is a terrible process, resulting in violence, insanity,
and ultimately death. The show's premise, which seemed "relevant"
at the time of it's original broadcast, now seems heavy-handed and overly
obvious.
Kim Darby ("The People", "True Grit") is good as
Miri, the girl with the crush on Captain Kirk. She is best known for
her role in the Academy Award winning, John Wayne western film, "True
Grit".
This is one of the rare episodes where Yeoman Janice Rand,(Grace Lee
Whitney) revealed her romantic feelings for Captain Kirk. The character
of Yeoman Rand was discontinued before the end of the first season.
She later appeared in several of the "Star Trek" feature films;
I, III, IV, and VI, in small roles.
Film fans will recognize Michael J. Pollard ("Melvin and Howard")
as one of the older youths. A short time later he scored big in a supporting
role in the classic "Bonnie and Clyde". It is not commonly
known that Pollard played the cousin of Beatnik Maynard (Bob Denver)
in one episode of "Dobie Gillis".
"MIRI" should be fairly watchable for most Sci-Fi viewers.
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