Too young to appreciate how this show was ground-breaking 55 years back. It's certainly interesting to watch the show out of curiosity. There's the nucleus of many topics later discussed in much beloved shows like TNG or DS9. I absolutey love Star Trek. However, judging by my contemporary standards, this show can only be described as a fast-produced, cheap-looking mess with mediocre, overacting actors (Nimoy is great though) and mediocre boring stories. We live in the golden age of television, theirs was bronze colored at best. Most of the time. There are some hidden gems. But too few to call this an enjoyable show. It's certainly not made for binge-watching every episode as we became used to in the age of streaming. Digitalized film looks way better than DS9's or Voyager's tape recordings though. Colors are vibrant; resolution is flawless. I can easily overlook the 60s FX. Some aspects are hard to overlook though: sexism, misogyny, occasional racism and jingoism, lack of character depth, the focus on major characters while all other crew members are neglected, the focus on Kirk's fists and bare-chest, slow pacing of most stories, repetitive story elements (how often can you be imprisoned or captured in one show?).

It's beyond me that they were able to secure a reboot of this franchise a few years later with the movies. I'd probably given up the show after the disappointing third season. Second season is the best season imho. Best episode: *The city on the Edge of Forever*. Worst episode: *Assignment: Earth* (not even the worst plot but I feel betrayed). My guiltiest pleasure: *The Trouble with Tribbles*.

Judged by modern standards the whole show is maybe a 2/10. Worse than the average ratings of all episodes combined since there's no coherent overarching story. The overall show is worse than its average episode. However, that is perhaps not fair. It dates half a century back. Let's be generous: 4/10.