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Star Trek - Errand of Mercy
episode 1.26
Raumschiff Enterprise - Kampf um Organia
USA 1967
produced by Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry (executive) for Desilu, Norway Corporation/NBC
directed by John Newland
starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, John Abbott, John Colicos, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Peter Brocco, Victor Lundin, David Hillary Hughes, Walt Davis, George Sawaya, Eddie Paskey, Bobby Bass, Gary Combs
written by Gene L. Coon, created by Gene Roddenberry, music by Alexander Courage
TV-series Star Trek, Classic Star Trek, Star Trek (original crew)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Finally it has happened: The Federation and the Klingons have declared
war on each other. Captain Kirk (William Shatner) of the Starship
Enterprise and his first officer Spock (Leonard Nimoy) are sent to
Organia, a neutral planet of strategic importance, to ensure its
cooperation with the Federation before the Klingons can conquer it, but
interestingly enough, the Organians insist there is no danger, even after
the Klingons led by General Kor (John Colicos) invade, take over the
planet and start killing Organians. Eventually it is upon Kirk and Spock
to form a (two man-)resistance, but when they actually want to fight it
out with the Klingons and a giant battle in outer space is imminent ...
all weapons are rendered useless and it's even impossible to engage in
hand-on-hand combat.
As it turns out, the Organians are not actually physical beings but a
sort of higher intelligence with incredible telepathic abilities, who just
won't let this war happen - for the best of everybody involved ...
One thing upfront: It's of course totally commendable that this episode
of Star Trek - a series deeply rooted in the Cold War
- for once carries a strong anti-war message. That said though, the
episode as such is less than satisfying, a conglomeration of
run-or-the-mill story elements with a deus-ex-machina resolution
and little else. Not really worth your time.
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