JoeJoeTom (aka Eerie Tom)Spoilers ahead!
So, #SpocksBrain. Yeah, the episode gets a lot of flak, though it's not entirely bad. But what occurred to me with this recent re-watching: our heroes have to guess to which of 3 planets the antagonist has gone, before #MrSpock dies. But it would've been easy for them to zip by all 3 planets and beam down away teams to search simultaneously.
Of course there's only so much one can do in a 60-minute episode, especially with a reduced budget. I'm just saying!