RETURN TO TOMORROW | S.2.E.20
Original air date: February 9, 1968SYNOPSISThe Enterprise is guided to a distant, long-dead world where survivors of an extremely ancient race - existing only as disembodied energy - desiring the…
A PRIVATE LITTLE WAR | S.2.E.19
Original air date: February 2, 1968Captain’s Log, Stardate: 4211.4SYNOPSISPeaceful, primitive peoples get caught up in the struggle between superpowers, with Kirk unhappily trying to restore the balance of power disrupted…
THE IMMUNITY SYNDROME | S.2.E.18
Original Air Date: January 19, 1968Captains Log Stardate 4307.1SYNOPSISThe Enterprise encounters a gigantic energy draining space organism that threatens the galaxy.CANON CONTEXTWhen this episode was filmed, George Takei was filming…
A PIECE OF THE ACTION | S.2.E.17
SYNOPSISThe crew of the Enterprise struggles to cope with a planet of imitative people who have modeled their society on 1920s gangsters.CANON CONTEXTThis was the last Star Trek script credited…
THE GAMESTERS OF TRISKELION | S.2.E.16
Officer’s Log, Stardate 3259.2 made by officer Spock.SYNOPSISKirk, Uhura and Chekov are trapped on a planet where abducted aliens are enslaved and trained to perform as gladiators for the amusement…
THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES | S.2.E.15
Original air date: December 29, 1967SYNOPSISTo protect a space station with a vital grain shipment, Kirk must deal with Federation bureaucrats, a Klingon battle cruiser and a peddler who sells…
WOLF IN THE FOLD | S.2.E.14
[Writer’s Note: I apologize for the many days off I took before resuming these reviews. Needed the time. Should be back to the daily grind tomorrow.]Original air date: December 22,…
OBSESSION | S.2.E.13
Original air date: December 15, 1967Captain’s Log, Stardate 3619.2SYNOPSISCapt. Kirk obsessively hunts for a mysterious cloud creature he encountered in his youth.CANON CONTEXT"Lieutenant Lesley" played by regular Star Trek background…
THE DEADLY YEARS | S.2.E.12
Original air date: December 8, 1967SYNOPSISA landing party from the Enterprise is exposed to strange form of radiation which rapidly ages them.CANON CONTEXTDeForest Kelley (Dr. McCoy) said of the make-up…
FRIDAY'S CHILD | S.2.E.11
Original air date: December 1, 1967SYNOPSISThe Federation clashes with the Klingon Empire over mining rights to Capella IV. A sudden coup between its warrior-minded inhabitants forces Kirk's party to flee…