"Star Trek" That Which Survives (1969)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Herb Wallerstein

Writers:

John Meredyth Lucas (teleplay)
D.C. Fontana (story)

TV Series:

"Star Trek" (1966)

Original Air Date:

24 January 1969 (Season 3, Episode 17)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

After the Enterprise landing party beams down to investigate a geologically interesting planet, their ship is hurled across the galaxy. Kirk and company find a deserted outpost guarded by the deadly image of a beautiful woman.

Plot Keywords:

Federation | Space | Starship | Computer | Vulcan

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 19

1:00 AM

CW

That Which Survives

#3.17

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy
Lee Meriwether	...	Losira
James Doohan	...	Scott
Arthur Batanides	...	D'Amato
George Takei	...	Sulu
Nichelle Nichols	...	Uhura
Naomi Pollack	...	Rahda
Booker Bradshaw	...	Dr. M'Benga
Brad Forrest	...	Ensign
Kenneth Washington	...	John B. Watkins

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Television

Goofs:

Continuity: Losira's projected image at the end of the episode switches viewpoints back and forth a couple of times.

Quotes:

Mr. Spock: Mr. Scott, you have accomplished your task.
Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: You might at least say thank you.
Mr. Spock: For what purpose, Mr. Scott? What is it in you humans that requires an overwhelming display of emotion in a situation such as this?
Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott: [muttering] Never mind.
Mr. Spock: Two men pursue the only reasonable course of action, and yet you feel that something else is necessary.

kinda okay, I guess (wow--what unbridled enthusiasm)

This isn't a bad episode, though it certainly isn't a good one. The problem, though, that makes this such a mediocre episode is the character Lee Merriwether plays--she's robotic in all her ways and this ISN'T conducive to creating a memorable character. I do understand WHY they chose to have her play the part that way, but still, there was just so little life in the show and having SOMETHING exciting occur would have helped. Perhaps Lee could have been seductive or more "real" and then lure the people to their death or perhaps another plot element could have been added. All I know is that the plot was thin and so was the action. While mildly interesting, this isn't a glowing endorsement and this episode is pretty typical of many of the lower quality episodes of season 3.