That said, generally speaking, it was also just a pretty decent episode in general. It wasn't all Cold-War-y, although it could become so in future episodes, if they ever meet the race that made Nomad. Basically, they run into this tiny little thing that is spitting ridiculous amounts of energy at them in an attempt to destroy them. It turns out, it's an old satellite launched by Earth that was initially tasked with finding new lifeforms, but had a bad car wreck with an unknown alien civilization, and got super-powered and tasked with destroying everything that was not perfect.
It think Kirk is its creator, so it assumes Kirk is perfect, and is willing to chill, but then Kirk gets mad and fucks up, and admits to imperfection, at which point, all bets (which were previously on, presumably) are off. If I had to name just one complaint with the episode, the most obvious and heinous flaw would be that it does nothing with Spock. There is room for serious hi-jinks and comedic escapades, when you've got a computer that wants to kill everything that isn't perfectly logical and absolutely efficient, and a Vulcan that thinks it is but isn't. That could have been hilarious.
Alas, they didn't take advantage of the opportunity, but it's still a lot of fun.
Random trivia: one bottle of Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon, one shot of Eagle Rare, and two South Paw Lights, one Bond movie watched previously, too late being how up I am, and one happy continuation of the series.
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