Star Trek’s Cheesiest Episode Debuted 45 Years Ago Today

Star Trek is kind of like pizza. Even when its bad, it's still pretty good. This episode may be the exception. It seemed almost prophetic. Star Trek's third and final series began with the episode most fans consider to Trek at its most pitiful.

"Spock's Brain," was the episode where a hot space chick, a representative of the "Givers of Pain and Delight," comes aboard the Enterprise and steals, you guessed it, Spock's brain.

Some consider the episode a spiteful "tribute" to execs at NBC who cut the show's budget and moved it to a catastrophic time slot. According to Spock actor Leonard Nimoy, "Frankly during the entire shooting of that episode, I was embarrassed - a feeling that overcame me many times during the final season of Star Trek."

Take a look at a condensed version of the episode, followed by some actor flashbacks.