Star Trek: "A Piece of the Action"

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Title: Star Trek: “A Piece of the Action”
Year: 1968
Network: NBC
Episode: the seventeenth (of twenty-six) from season two; 50 minutes
Creator: Gene Roddenberry
Director: James Komack
Writers: David P. Harmon & Gene L. Coon, story by Harmon
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Anthony Caruso, Vic Tayback
Music: Alexander Courage (theme)
I saw it: on video and TV several times, most recently a couple days ago (have on DVD)
Synopsis: an "immitative" culture has been reshaped around a book about 1920s gangsters

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Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay, ). This episode is basically one big joke, and it's not funny.
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