Rich Profiteers vs Poor Hard-Workers
Season 3, episode 21. The Enterprise is on a mission to the planet
Ardana to retrieve the mineral zenite, it is in need to help stop a
plague on Merak II. Kirk wants to speed things up so he and Spock beam
directly to the zenite mines entrance, ignoring the High Adviser
Plasus's request for them to beam to the floating city of Stratos. Kirk
and Spock are the lassoed (captured) by the angry miners, a fight
breaks out and Plasus shows up with some men and the miners easily back
off. Kirk explains that they just wanted to pick up the zenite shipment
that was suppose to be ready and Plasus explains that the Troglytes,
miners, used a trick in order to get hostages to force the counsel to
meet their demands. Kirk and Spock quickly learned then there are 2
classes: the cave-dwelling Troglytes that are the workers/miners who
are very poor and the rich Elite cloud-living city dwellers that profit
off the poor workers. Plasus requests Kirk and Spock to go to the city
of Stratos and they agree. The logical Spock sees how illogical it is
for the hard workers to be the poor ones while the rich ones do nothing
at all but collect fine art and the profits. Kirk deals with the poor
female miner that attacked while Spock deals with the young rich but
naive daughter of Plasus. Kirk and Spock finds themselves in the middle
of their private war and all they needed was the zenite for Merak II
but now the must end the war before they can obtain the much needed
zenite. The botanical plague is quickly spreading on Merak II, time is
running out.
I find an interest in this episode due to class separation (areas they can live), profiteers vs hard-workers and rich vs poor scenario. Another important point is the rich (Plasus) refusing simple health measures - the masks to protect the Troglytes from the gas that is emitted when mining the zenite.
8.5/10
I find an interest in this episode due to class separation (areas they can live), profiteers vs hard-workers and rich vs poor scenario. Another important point is the rich (Plasus) refusing simple health measures - the masks to protect the Troglytes from the gas that is emitted when mining the zenite.
8.5/10
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