While all TAS episodes had some kind of moral lesson, S1 E10 was an outright criticism of substance use.
M’Ress and Scotty, unwittingly exposed, end up enamoured then incensed with one another. One is never sure how different that is from a Caitian’s usual romantic style.
Chapel comes off badly in this one. As Spock puts it “A few moments of love, paid for with several hours of hatred.” It’s all the more poignant given SNW’s deepening of their backstory.
Of course Harry Mudd was involved in this.
I only watched TAS once, and I barely remember it now. I should do another watch - I bet it's littered with memeable scenes.
It really is worth the rewatch.
I have the recently published Official Guide by Aaron Harvey and Rich Schepis. It’s really good.
And TrekCore as a full set of BlueRay screencaps just waiting to be memed.
