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#33: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 1, episode 24 "This Side of Paradise"

Written by D.C. Fontana & Nathan Butler, directed by Ralph Senensky.

Stardates 3417.3 through 3417.7 (December 2267)

"We've done nothing here. No accomplishments. No progress. Three years wasted." - Elias Sandoval

The Enterprise reluctantly arrives at Omicron Ceti III with the expectation to find all the colonists dead after it's found that the colony planet is being bombarded by Berthold rays - radiation that is deadly to humans and many other forms of life after only a week's exposure. Captain Kirk and a landing party beam down to assess the situation. To their bewilderment, they find all the colonists alive and in perfect health running their township without any technology or mechanical equipment. But the more they examine this little slice of paradise, in addition to not being able to figure out why everyone is still alive after three years, the more things don't add up.

Originally released: 2 March 1967

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It held 52,000 fans, survived a hurricane, and invented the surface under every football field in America. Then the doors were chained shut — and nobody could agree on what to do next. The math behind what happens to a building too expensive to save and too iconic to demolish.

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#32: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 1 "Amok Time"

Written by Theodore Sturgeon, directed by Joseph Pevney.

Stardate 3372.7 (November 2267)

"After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all than wanting." - Commander Spock

The Enterprise is on course for Altair VI to take part in a show of power during an inauguration ceremony that would see the entire region become far more stabilized. En route, Spock begins to behave erratically but refuses to explain why. When Spock is finally convinced to allow Doctor McCoy to examine him, the Doctor emphatically pleads with Captain Kirk to divert the Enterprise to Vulcan ...or else Spock will be dead within a matter of days.

Originally released: 15 September 1967

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Remarkably no one was injured, but both the driver and passengers aboard the plane felt the impact.

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"This should never happen in America." - FOX News anchor

My brother in Christ, I could spend the next five weeks telling you about all the things that should never happen in America that are currently happening in America.

from Operation -- Annihilate!

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#31: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 1, episode 29 "Operation -- Annihilate!"

Written by Steven W. Carabatsos, directed by Herschel Daugherty.

Stardates 3287.2 through 3289.8 (November 2267)

"I did it! It's finally gone! I'm free!" - Denevan pilot

As the Enterprise nears the planet Deneva, they are having trouble establishing communications, making Captain Kirk visibly worried. Commander Spock makes Kirk aware of an alarming pattern of outbreaks of mass hysteria along a single trajectory across the galaxy, pointing out the Deneva would be the next planet this so-called wave of hysteria would hit. The Enterprise reaches Deneva just in time to watch a Denevan deliberately fly their small craft into the planet's sun before they could do anything to stop it. Kirk, now deeply concerned, orbits Deneva and beams down personally with a team to find out what is going on. In a city of over 100,000 people, not a single person can be seen outside. The situation becomes stranger when a group of men wielding blunt instruments appears and charges while also warning the away team to get away from them.

Originally released: 13 April 1967

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For those that don't get the reference:

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Pluribus, episode 2

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#30: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 9 "Metamorphosis"

Written by Gene L. Coon, directed by Ralph Senensky.

Stardates 3219.8 through 3220.3 (October 2267)
The given Stardate has this entire episode occurring entirely within the timeframe of The Gamesters of Triskelion, making it too early. Suggested revised Stardates: 3269.8 through 3270.3 (November 2267).

"Believe me, Captain, immortality consists largely of boredom." - Zefram Cochrane

The shuttlecraft Galileo is carrying Federation Commissioner Nancy Hedford (Elinor Donahue) to Epsilon Canaris III to prevent the outbreak of war. However, she contracted a very rare disease and must be treated aboard the Enterprise first. Before the Galileo can rendezvous with the Enterprise, an unknown entity picks it up and drags it off course all the way to a planetary remnant that, while perfectly hospitable to humanoids, is completely devoid of life. That is, until a lone man flags them down who later reveals himself to be an important historical figure that disappeared 150 years ago.

Originally released: 10 November 1967

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#29: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 16 "The Gamesters of Triskelion"

Written by Margaret Armen, directed by Gene Nelson.

Stardates 3211.7 through 3259.2 (October & November 2267)

"Goodbye, Jim Kirk. I will learn... and watch the lights in the sky... and remember." - Shahna

While attempting to beam down to Gamma II, Captain Kirk, Lieutenant Uhura, and Ensign Chekov spontaneously disappear. No transports, no energy surge or lights, they're just gone. They all come to on an unknown planet in the center of an arena and are suddenly attacked by an assortment of warriors. Just as it seems they will all be killed, the warrior stop and a humanoid called Galt (Joseph Ruskin) informs them that they are now slaves of the Providers and must learn to fight to the death for their masters' entertainment. Spock, now in command of the Enterprise, races to chase the faintest of clues to find out where in the galaxy his shipmates have been taken before it's too late.

Originally released: 5 January 1968

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