ENT: Two Days and Two Nights and TOS:Shore Leave

Happy coincidence had us watching these back to back. Both carry the same common theme: Shore leave is rarely as relaxing as it is supposed to be. (Of course, if it were, it would not be worthy of an episode and we would simply have a Captain's Log saying, "after an uneventful shore leave, we are on route to excitement".) Shore Leave is one of the classic episodes. It shows the different sides of the crew- we see the romantic in McCoy, and we even see a Spock that is not in control enough of his thoughts to keep himself from thinking of danger when merely doing so causes it to be. Two Days and Two Nights was one of the funniest episodes of Enterprise I have seen so far. It gives us a glimpse into why "what happens on Risa, stays on Risa".