Amok Time was written by sci-fi great Theodore Sturgeon, one of the best.
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Star Trek had some great sci fi authors write their episodes. Harlan Ellison wrote “City on the Edge of Forever” and Norman Spinrad wrote “The Doomsday Machine,” although he didn’t care for how it was edited, it was still the best action episode.
Star Trek episodes were like Moody Blues songs. The good ones were really good. The bad ones were awful.
And I can still watch the first ten seconds of the teaser and tell you the title and plot of the episode. You see, when I was 15 and they were showing the reruns, I had no life.