Friday, January 6, 2017

"Star Trek" This Side of Paradise (1967)

Paradise Flower Seed Style

Season 1, episode 24. The Enterprise is under orders to head to Omicron Ceti III and remove the colonist from there due to the Berthold rays, a lethal form of radiation. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu and a small party beam down to the planet only to find everyone on the planet very much alive, happy and in complete health. The odd part is, there are no other signs of life other than the people. Spock runs into  Leila Kalomi, a woman he once knew while on Earth. Leila is very much in love with Mr. Spock but Spock being half Vulcan (and embrasures it) represses all emotions and does not return the love in a way Leila has been wanting for so long. She brings him to a meadow of strange flowers and Spock is sprayed by the spores. The spores leave Spock acting strange, other crew members will encounter the flowers and beam them up to the ship to spread the spores. The only Kirk is not effected by the spores - but why?

A very fun episode - one I can never forget. I have not forgotten seeing Spock smiling, laughing and hanging upside down from a tree... had me laughing as a kid and still brings a smile to my face.

9/10



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