Kid's Guide: TOS Episodes 1-5

Welcome to the first of many posts detailing recommendations for when and if Star Trek episodes are appropriate for kids. I have 5 year-old and 2 year-old sons, and I am very keen on introducing them to Star Trek. I also want to do it before other lesser forms of popular entertainment make inroads that are too deep. With that said, I don't think a sequential watch-through is called for at this point. For one thing, it's too much screen time. But for another, which episodes are appropriate? Which ones are entertaining enough to hold the attention of a youngster?

So I'm going to rate these episodes on a few axes and then spit-ball an age that I think is appropriate for each. The axes will be: Violence and Scariness, Sexual Content, Big Ideas, and Entertainment Value.

So, here goes!

TOS Season 1 Episode 1: The Man Trap

 HI KIDS!!! Want to watch some Star Trek?!?!

The Original Series , Season 1: The Naked Time

The Original Series, Season One
"The Naked Time"
Airdate: September 29, 1966
7 of 80 produced
4 of 80 released
Click here to watch on CBS.com

Introduction

In “The Naked Time,” the Enterprise is in orbit of Psi 2000, a glacial planet in the final throes of disintegration. The Enterprise is to pick up the crew of a research station, but finds that all hands are dead of a strange disease. Unfortunately, the Enterprise crew also catches the disease, which acts to loosen inhibitions and rationality, somewhat like alcohol. Will the crew regain its senses in time to save itself from a fiery death crashing into the planet?

Sulu threatens to impale Kirk upon his glistening, magnificent, thrusting blade...