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I started watching the series from scratch recently only having ever caught random episodes on DVD or TV and forgot to continue. Now I will!
Where No Man Has Gone Before is clearly the standout here Charlie X has some interesting ideas with the ending that is done better later on in the show
The Man Trap had some nice scenes of just life on the enterprise with Uhura asking someone to come and fix her door which adds a layer of depth lost in later seasons
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Something to keep in mind while watching the early episodes was Kirk was intended to be a Hornblower type captain. That evolved, naturally, but the caricature of Kirk came later.
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It wasn't entirely Hornblower, but said more jokingly. Shatner came from a Shakesperian background too, which is why he can be a bit larger than life.
If you really want to see Star Trek's origins, read Robert Heinlein's "Space Cadet" novel.
"Where No Man Has Gone Before" is definitely an odd duck, especially with the downer ending. Also, its right before the uniform changes from the pilots to the main series, so it sticks out too.
"The Man Trap" also led to the rise of the medical scanner, as the salt shaker props were mistaken as futuristic devices due to their design.
"Charlie X" is an interesting episode. Always found it odd that they were about to celebrate Thanksgiving and the cook was confused by all the turkeys 
Also, Charlie featured the gym for the first and only time, with nifty orange workout clothes. Got to love the 60s.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan
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Your comment that TNG redid the Naked Time episode is correct. They did it for the same reason original Trek did it: it was a good way to get into the heard of the main cast early on. They didn't do as good a job, which given the quality of season 1 TNG shouldn't be surprising. It didn't help that they never knew what to do with Tasha. The writers guide I bought during season 1, which doesn't even have Worf in it yet and has Data built by aliens, says Tasha was to form a close friendship with Weasley. That would have been interesting.
The Mudd episode was the first "comedy" episode. You get one or two a year.
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"Mudd's Women" was played straight. "I, Mudd" in Season Two was the comedy episode.
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Regarding the Menagerie:
One of the reasons that Pike is played the way that he is is because it is actually a different actor in the chair than in the clips. Jeffery Hunter originally played Pike when the first pilot was done and the studio said it was "too cerebral." In other words, they felt the audience couldn't connect with the characters. So, we got "Where No man has gone before," though I believe Corbomite Maneuver either first aired or aired right after.
Yes, to go to Talos IV incurs the death penalty in the Federation, though, when you rewatch "Dagger of the Mind" keep in mind that it occurs in an insane asylum.
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Balance of Terror is a remake of the World War 2 movie "The Enemy Below", which I quite liked. Robert Mitchum stars as a US Destroyer captain who tracks a German sub.
Galileo 7 was written so they could get the money to build the shuttle sets. You'll notice The Enemy Within plot doesn't work if they can just send shuttles down to rescue everyone, but they had no shuttles yet 
(years later, they put the saucer separation in the Next Gen pilot as they knew they'd never be able to justify the cost if they tried to fund it from a regular episode, then only used it once or twice in 7 years. The saucer on the original Enterprise could separate as well)
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