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#51: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 17 "A Piece of the Action"
Written by David P. Harmon & Gene L. Coon, directed by James Komack.
Stardate unknown (July 2268)
"Astonishing. An entire culture based on this." - Commander Spock
The Enterprise follows a transmission from a Starfleet vessel lost over 100 years ago, the Horizon. to the Sigma Iota system. Because the message was sent using conventional radio instead of subspace, it originated from a time before the Federation's non-interference laws and the crew prepares to meet a culture that has been contaminated by Human contact. Captain Kirk receives instructions to beam down from an odd-sounding person and the away team finds themselves standing in the middle of a city designed to look like Chicago in the early 20th century, surrounded by gun-toting gangsters.
Originally released: 12 January 1968
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