 Jamahl Epsicokhan on his website " Jammer 's Reviews " , gave the episode half a star out of four , describing it as " absolutely terrible " . He thought that it represented a story closer to that of The Original Series saying , " It employs every cliche in the TOS rulebook , including goofy alien customs , a hand @-@ to @-@ hand fight to the death , clever captain trickery , and silly gender roles played stupidly . The fight to the death is particularly inept ; stunt sequences have rarely looked so cheesy . One of Trek 's worst episodes . " 
