Despite the usual switcheroo and god-like-aliens shticks, this is a fairly atypical episode - at least in the first third. More slow-moving and like a drama, not so much action-filled.
Nevertheless, some problems here too... For example, Sargon existing for half a million years yet unable to detect jealousy from the Spock alien. So allegedly superior is this alien race that they get involved in lethal love-triangle nonsense almost instantly after materializing in the crew's bodies. They don't even WAIT a bit until they start behaving like hormonal teenagers.
The Spock alien is so evil and devious that he doesn't hesitate a second to kill Sargon just so he could have the female. Considering that there are only three of them (?) the decision to murder one of the other two just doesn't seem realistic or logical. Nor does it ring true that the Spock alien is so clever yet the other two are so extremely gullible - and completely oblivious to his true nature, as if they'd only known each other for a short while - which isn't the case. Quite to the contrary, these three had known each other for aeons. Which simply means that the evil alien is an impulsive, intelligent psychopath while the other two are naive morons...
The first and the third acts are good, the middle one not so much, since it mostly features a smirking Spock. (Yet another excuse to have Spock show emotions i.e. Break out of character...) It's a bit of a pity that this at first intriguing sci-fi premise becomes reduced to stereotypical romantic entanglement BS that you can find in your average thriller/crime TV series. Nevertheless, this is more-or-less temporary. Besides, the resolution is quite clever, with several interesting plot-twists.
The only thing I don't quite understand is why Sargon and his woman chose oblivion as opposed to going back inside the balloons. Their own balloons were destroyed by the evil alien, but there were other balloons back on their planet. Perhaps they realized that the temptations to be sadistic jerks were too great?
Nevertheless, some problems here too... For example, Sargon existing for half a million years yet unable to detect jealousy from the Spock alien. So allegedly superior is this alien race that they get involved in lethal love-triangle nonsense almost instantly after materializing in the crew's bodies. They don't even WAIT a bit until they start behaving like hormonal teenagers.
The Spock alien is so evil and devious that he doesn't hesitate a second to kill Sargon just so he could have the female. Considering that there are only three of them (?) the decision to murder one of the other two just doesn't seem realistic or logical. Nor does it ring true that the Spock alien is so clever yet the other two are so extremely gullible - and completely oblivious to his true nature, as if they'd only known each other for a short while - which isn't the case. Quite to the contrary, these three had known each other for aeons. Which simply means that the evil alien is an impulsive, intelligent psychopath while the other two are naive morons...
The first and the third acts are good, the middle one not so much, since it mostly features a smirking Spock. (Yet another excuse to have Spock show emotions i.e. Break out of character...) It's a bit of a pity that this at first intriguing sci-fi premise becomes reduced to stereotypical romantic entanglement BS that you can find in your average thriller/crime TV series. Nevertheless, this is more-or-less temporary. Besides, the resolution is quite clever, with several interesting plot-twists.
The only thing I don't quite understand is why Sargon and his woman chose oblivion as opposed to going back inside the balloons. Their own balloons were destroyed by the evil alien, but there were other balloons back on their planet. Perhaps they realized that the temptations to be sadistic jerks were too great?