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#47: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 3, episode 13 "Elaan of Troyius"

Written and directed by John Meredyth Lucas.

Stardate 4372.5 (June 2268)

"We cannot make peace with people we detest." - Petri

The Enterprise agrees to a top-secret escort for a Troyian Ambassador and the Dohlman of Elas for a marriage of convenience intended to end war between their two planets. However, there is barely-contained chaos on the ship from the moment the Dohlman comes aboard. She demands absolute obedience form everyone aboard, including Captain Kirk and Ambassador Petri. A forced arrangement which becomes harder and harder for both men to endure. To make matters worse, a Klingon ship is detected lurking nearby.

Originally released: 20 December 1968

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Last week’s brutal, damaging storm actually revealed something beautiful at Mount Hope Cemetery. When the storm toppled a tree, it revealed the headstone of a woman who died more than 100 years ago. The marker of Edna Goodman Allen was buried under the roots, but Mother Nature brought her name back.

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#46: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 18 "The Immunity Syndrome"

Written by Robert Sabaroff, directed by Joseph Pevney.

Stardates 4307.1 through 4309.4 (May 2268)

"Tell Doctor McCoy he should have wished me luck." - Commander Spock

The Enterprise is heading towards Starbase 6 for rest and relaxation when a garbled message mentioning the USS Intrepid and a set of coordinates is picked up. Just as this happens, Commander Spock suddenly goes into momentary shock. Spock recomposes himself and claims he just felt the Intrepid and its 400 Vulcan crewmembers die. As Spock is escorted to sickbay, Ensign Chekov scans the Gamma 7A System and confirms it is now completely dead and that the Intrepid is no longer there. Starfleet Command immediately diverts the Enterprise to that system and once they arrive they find what looks like a dark hole in space where the Gamma 7A System used to be.

Originally released: 19 January 1968

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In 2022, a clip of the anime Serial Exeriments Lain that aired after 9/11 went viral online and was described as "bizarre" and "surreal." This is the full story of how that clip came about, from the PBS station KTEH to its upload last year.

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In 2022, a clip of the anime Serial Exeriments Lain that aired after 9/11 went viral online and was described as "bizarre" and "surreal." This is the full story of how that clip came about, from the PBS station KTEH to its upload last year.

Uploaded to YouTube by Dan's Screen Takes.

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#45: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 19 "A Private Little War"

Written by Jud Crucis, directed by Marc Daniels.

Stardate 4211.4 through 4211.8 (May 2268)

"I thought my people would grow tired of killing." - Apella

The Enterprise returns to a planet that was the first away mission Captain Kirk commanded for further scientific research. He reminisces making friends with a local tribe of humanoids and particularly a man named Tyree when he and Commmander Spock hear yelling over the rise. They see a rival tribe of humanoids called Hill People laying an ambush with what look like Earth flintlock weapons, which the people of this planet should be centuries away from inventing. Kirk spots Tyree himself and some of his people simply using bows and arrows slowly walking into the trap and startles the Hill People, giving their position away. In the resulting crossfire, Spock is shot in the back and rushed back to the ship. With Spock fighting for his life under the care of Doctor M'Benga (Booker Bradshaw), and a Klingon ship detected entering the system, Kirk and Doctor McCoy beam down to the planet dressed as locals to figure out how just the Hill People's technology could have leapfrogged and to make sure Tyree's tribe is alright.

Originally released: 2 February 1968

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#44: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 6 "The Doomsday Machine"

Written by Norman Spinrad, directed by Marc Daniels.

Stardate 4202.1 (May 2268)

"They called me. They begged me for help, 400 of them." - Commodore Decker

The Enterprise picks up a garbled distress call that seems to have originated from the USS Constellation. When they trace its origin into a previously surveyed star system they discover that almost all the planets that were there had been destroyed without explanation. Among the planetary fragments they find the Constellation, adrift and almost completely obliterated. When they beam aboard, none of the crew can be located until Commodore Matthew Decker (William Windom), the Constellations's commanding officer, is found collapsed at the auxiliary controls station. When he is brought to he immediately goes into shock and starts rambling about a planet killer, an impossibly-large beast that can devour entire planets... including the one Decker's entire crew had beamed down to when they were forced to abandon ship.

Originally released: 20 October 1967

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Deep Space Nine, season 3, episode 8 "Meridian"

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#43: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 25 "Bread and Circuses"

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

Stardates 4040.7 through 4041.7 (April 2268)

"You're a Roman, Kirk, or you should have been." - Claudius

The Enterprise encounters the remains of the SS Beagle six years after it went missing. The Commander was R.M. Merik (William Smithers), an Academy friend of Captain James Kirk. Commander Spock plots the drift of the debris back to the fourth planet of the unexplored 892 system. When they arrive, they find a very Earth-like planet that followed Hodgkin's Law of parallel development and roughly resembles Earth's own mid 20th-century. Except their version of the Roman Empire never fell, and a planet with radio, television, and automobiles still has gladiators and deathmatches.

Originally released: 15 March 1968

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#42: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 10 "Journey to Babel"

Written by D.C. Fontana, directed by Joseph Pevney.

Stardates 3842.3 through 3843.3 (February 2268)

"Threats are illogical. And payment is usually expensive." - Ambassador Sarek

The Enterprise hosts multiple dignitaries from Federation member worlds to escort them to a conference on the planet Babel. One of those dignitaries is the Vulcan Ambassador Sarek and his human wife Amanda Grayson… who also happen to be Commander Spock's parents. During the voyage, tempers flare over a controversial vote to admit a new world into the Federation. This leads to one of the dignitaries being found murdered shortly afterward and Sarek being the prime suspect.

Originally released: 17 November 1967

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