Commentary
Although its use of a shape-changing alien and a lost love had already been explored in the original series episode "The Man Trap", "The Survivor" is regarded by some entertainment critics to be an intriguing Trek animated episode; while "the shape-changing alien is a familiar genre (and Trekkian trope), the romantic twist in which the Vendorian spy betrays his Romulan masters for love is a nice surprise." Edward Gross, the senior editor of Cinescape Magazine, rates "The Survivor" as "an above-average episode" that "definitely has the feeling of a live-action show."
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