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#60: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 3, episode 4 "And the Children Shall Lead"

Written by Edward J. Lakso, directed by Marvin Chomsky.

Stardates 5029.5 through 5041.1 (October 2268)

"The universe will be mine to command, yours to play in." - Gorgan

The Enterprise responds to a distress call form Triacus. When they beam down, they find the entire research team dead, except for one who appears to be paranoid and unable to recognize people before also dropping dead. They are survived only by their children, who are found playing together as though nothing has happened. Not only can Doctor McCoy not understand the motivation for what appears to be mass suicide on the researchers' part, but he is also confused and concerned by the childrens' inability to accept the reality of the situation. Even during a funeral for their own parents, the children can't sit still for a moment before running off to play again. Once back onboard the ship, Nurse Chapel arranges for the children to be cared for until they can be transferred to a Starbase. But they don't want to do anything but play. As Captain Kirk prepares the Enterprise to leave the planet, himself and other crewmembers start to exhibit the same symptoms as the researchers down on Triacus did before they killed themselves.

Originally released: 11 October 1968

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#59: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 3, episode 2 "The Enterprise Incident"

Written by D.C. Fontana, directed by John Meredyth Lucas.

Stardates 5027.3 through 5027.4 (October 2268)

"It would be illogical to assume that all conditions remain stable." - Commander Spock

Doctor McCoy is becoming increasingly worried that Captain Kirk is being overworked and is beginning to buckle under the stress of command. As Kirk becomes increasingly short with his crew he suddenly orders the ship to enter Romulan space seemingly without orders to do so. The Enterprise is almost immediately surrounded by a small armada of Romulan ships under the control of a female Romulan Commander. Kirk and Spock are taken aboard her flagship and interrogated. But Spock unexpectedly reveals that Kirk's transgression into Romulan space was of his own accord, which causes him to break and try to attack Spock in anger. Thrown into a Romulan prison cell, Kirk is left suffering from a mental breakdown and in a catatonic state while the Commander sets her eyes on Spock to attempt to lure him over to her side in more ways than one.

Originally released: 27 September 1968

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Coming relatively late to the game in 1961, IRELAND's history with the medium of TV is far from being a boring one! Delayed starts, over-investment, terrorist attacks and more! All within the first 25 years of Ireland's main broadcaster, RTÉ being on the air!

The word "INSANE" is overselling it. But considering that Ireland lagged behind, basically started as a cheap copy of British television, and barely had the talent and resources to keep the lights on during the first few decades, RTÉ managed to suffer through all of its growing pains, rose to a few significant challenges that made the world take it seriously, and has a few notable records under its belt.

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#58: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 3, episode 3 "The Paradise Syndrome"

Written by Margaret Armen, directed by Jud Taylor.

Stardates 4842.6 through 4843.6 (September 2268)

"Surely no man has ever attained such happiness." - Kirok

The Enterprise finds a planet within the path of an asteroid that has evolved to almost exactly resemble the ancient Americas on Earth. Additionally, they find a nomadic people who resemble some of the Native American tribes. Only a strange obelisk of unknown design suggests that an advanced people had once been there. Opting to leave the natives alone and focus on the asteroid, Captain Kirk, Commander Spock, and Doctor McCoy prepare to return to the ship. Upon contacting the Enterprise, Kirk accidentally activates an entrance hatch to the obelisk and falls in. Inside, he fumbles around and touches the advanced controls causing his memory to be wiped. Outside, Spock and McCoy, unable to locate the Captain, return to the ship in order to intercept the asteroid in time. Kirk is found by one of the nomadic natives and taken in. He is believed by the elders to be the fulfillment of an ancient prophesy that tells of a god who will appear to the people during a time of great need. As Spock and the crew use all of the Enterprise's strength to keep the asteroid from striking the planet and killing everyone on it, Kirk slowly believes he is the one the prophecy spoke of and begins a new life filled with a simplicity and peace he's never known before.

Originally released: 4 October 1968

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#57: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 21 "Patterns of Force"

Written by John Meredyth Lucas, directed by Vincent McEveety.

Stardate unknown (2268)

"A man who holds that much power, even with the best intentions, just can't resist the urge to play god." - Doctor McCoy

The Federation has lost contact with Professor John Gill (David Brian), a cultural observer who was studying the Ekosian people of Ekos in a system they shared with the Zeon. The Enterprise is sent to reestablish contact with him. Upon arrival in the system, they are met with a nuclear missile launched at the ship from Ekos. But Ekos isn't suppose to have technology that advanced. Captain Kirk and Commander Spock beam down to the planet in disguise and are immediately met with the sight of a Zeon man being chased and beaten by a group of Ekosians dressed exactly as Nazi officers from Earth's 20th century. Seeing a news reel of how the Ekosians have unified the entire planet under a mission of an ethnic cleansing of all Zeons on Ekos and on their own homeworld, and how John Gill himself has been elevated to the position of the Fuhrer of this version of the Nazi Party, Kirk desperately tries to find a way to make contact with Gill to find out why he violated the Prime Directive and chose to recreate one of the darkest pages in Earth's history.

Originally released: 16 February 1968

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