10 Star Trek Episodes That Paid Off WAY Later
5. The Infinite Vulcan
The Animated Series is, quite frankly, the bastard stepchild of Star Trek. It will generally be found at the bottom of many rankings, though this is hardly a fair assessment. There are story ideas as strong as many of The Original Series, while it is the execution of those ideas that probably gives the most pause.
However, Star Trek: Lower Decks has been striving to bring it back into the audience's mind. For example, alien races like the Vendorians and Aurelians, along with characters like Arex and M'Ress, have all made cameos in some form or another. The episode Kayshon, His Eyes Open features the darkest callback in Star Trek: Lower Decks.
The Infinite Vulcan introduces a giant, cloned Spock. He is created by the human Dr. Stavos Keniclius 5, a remnant of the Eugenics Wars, who is attempting to find the perfect specimen. Giant Spock is left on the planet Phylos in an attempt to cure the Phylosians of their sterility. Fast forward to Kayshon, His Eyes Open and that same Giant Spock makes a cameo - as a skeleton, adorned in a ripped uniform, hanging from the ceiling. Grim.