“A Taste of Armageddon” from the original Star Trek series is one of my favorites, particularly the minute -long sequence beginning with Scotty’s “I’ll not lower the screens…” (6:00) to “Aye, the haggis is in the fire for sure.” (6:54) But, since no episode was complete without a Shatner fight scene, Captain Kirk getting dragged away in this one is a highlight of the series.

I view the episode as a condemnation not just of computerized war-gaming, but of mutual assured destruction (MAD) itself. But, I’ll refrain from moralizing – Captain Kirk does that enough.

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