Spectre of the Gun - Star Trek Third Season 1968

Hadn't seen this in many many years and was really quite impressed with how good an episode it is. Not only is the set design eerie in a surrealist way but there is also genuine tension and a real sense of danger facing the landing party from the Enterprise.

The third season of the show was hampered by a reduced budget and a mostly awol Executive Producer (Roddenberry) but the limitations imposed on the the show actually helped to get people's creative juices flowing and this episode is a case in point. By not having enough money to create a Western town on the sound stage the Producers and the Production Designer settled on an almost Dali like environment that was unnerving and visually compelling.