been stronger if it had spent more time focusing on the mystery, and the danger that mystery represented, instead of dropping Kirk down the rabbit hole and spoiling the question so early on." He concludes, "In a stronger season, 'Eye' would've been a low spot, a perfunctory by-the-numbers programmer which, while not embarrassing, wouldn't have made much of an impression. Here, it reminds us that, for a while anyway, competency was the least we could hope to expect from the series." Melissa N. Hayes-Gehrke of the University of Maryland found more problems with the science: StarTrekReviews.com found some praise: "There's no character interaction between our heroes, save for the wonderful moment when Kirk meets Spock in the corridor and simply smiles". Releases This episode was released in Japan on December 21, 1993 as part of the complete season 3 LaserDisc set, Star Trek: Original Series log.3. A trailer for this and the other episodes was also included, and the episode had English and Japanese audio tracks. The cover script was スター・トレック TVサードシーズン This episode was included in TOS Season 3 remastered DVD box set, with the remastered version of this episode. See also "Blink of an Eye" — a Star Trek: Voyager episode involving time acceleration "The New Accelerator", a short story with a similar premise References External links "Wink of an Eye" Screenshot comparisons at TrekMovie.com Star Trek: The Original Series (season 3) episodes 1968 American television episodes Television episodes written by Gene L. Coon Television episodes directed by Jud Taylor