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AI/LLM reviews of Star TREk - Turnabout Intruder
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**Star Trek – “Turnabout Intruder”** [Transcript](
http://www.chakoteya.net/StarTrek/79.htm)
**Rating: 52/100**
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**Review:**
“Turnabout Intruder” marks the **final episode**
of *Star Trek: The Original Series*,
and unfortunately, it’s a rather disappointing
note to end on.
The episode centers on **Dr. Janice Lester**,
a former flame of Captain Kirk, who has long resented
the fact that women are not permitted to command
starships in Starfleet. In a bid for power,
she uses an alien body-swapping device to switch
bodies with Kirk, trapping him in her body while
she assumes command of the Enterprise in his.
The plot plays like a mix of **body-swap comedy
and psychological thriller**, but it’s marred
by melodrama and problematic gender politics.
While the idea of a scorned, ambitious scientist
trying to take over the body of a starship
captain has potential, the execution here
is chaotic and uncomfortable.
Shatner’s performance as “Janice-in-Kirk’s-body”
is theatrical to the point of parody — all wild
eyes and melodramatic proclamations. Sandra
Smith, playing “Kirk-in-J