The Original Series is my favorite show of the Trek franchise. I imprinted young when I developed a crush on Captain Kirk at eleven. At it's best it could be amazing, and featured scripts by science fiction talents such as Theodore Sturgeon and Harlan Ellison. This particular DVD contains the two-part episode, "The Menagerie." The show was behind in production and to make up for it, they used the original pilot, which had an almost entirely different cast, and created a "frame" for it. So this gives us a picture of a Star Trek as it could have been--with a female first officer--in pants--on a ship where half the crew was female. And a very different ship's captain. And a much more emotional Spock. It also, with or without the frame, is one of the strongest episodes. ( )