I just saw the second half of this episode Friday at around 1:30 am in the morning. I fell asleep on my couch, and I drifted back, watched this, then went back to sleep again.
Oh, man, you should see the next episode. He offers them some cake and then they eat the cake and enjoy it and he just rolls around on the floor in hysterics for forty minutes. Brilliant television.
The actor who plays Balok is Ron Howard's little brother, Clint. He HATED the "Tronja" otherwise known as grapefruit juice. His father lectured him to be professional and act like he liked it. This is from Star Trek Memories by William Shatner and an interview with Clint Howard I read a few years ago. -MrsBuddy