Friday, January 13, 2017

"Star Trek" Spectre of the Gun (1968)

The O.K. Corral



Season 3, episode 6. The Enterprise enters the uncharted territory of the Melkot and nearing their planet. An object in the sky translates telepathically to the crew they are to turn back now - one warning only. Kirk, Spock, Scotty, Chekov & Bones beam down to the planet, as Kirk put it "to find out what they are so afraid of". They meet an alien face that tells them they trespassed and passed a sentence on them - to a replica of the 1881 gunfight of the O.K. Corral. It is October 26, 1881 it is the fight of Clanton gang and the Earps. The Earps won and the Clanton's lost - the crew is in the role of the Clanton's and history cannot be changed. Now they have to find a way out of there.

Neat episode, some cute scenes, some gun-slinging and it's a bit different. A great episode? No. A fun episode? Yes.

One thing bothers me, in the beginning of the episode Kirk kept calling Spock "Science Officer" instead of his usually friendly way of saying Spock or Mr. Spock. That is a minor thing but it really bothers me. 

8.5/10 

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