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"Star Trek" The Way to Eden (1969)


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"Star Trek" (1966): Season 3: Episode 20 -- A charismatic leader and his followers hijack the Enterprise in their search for "Eden"

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5.5/10   281 votes
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Writers:
Arthur Heinemann (teleplay)
D.C. Fontana (story) ...
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Original Air Date:
21 February 1969 (Season 3, Episode 20)
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The Enterprise is ordered to pursue a group of anti-establishment idealists who have stolen a space cruiser and made off for the mythical planet Eden... more | add synopsis
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This episode is cool, funny and campy, The perfect Star Trek episode. more (14 total)

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60 min
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Chekov's friend Irina was originally written as Dr. McCoy's daughter Joanna, but changed before the episode was shot. more
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Miscellaneous: Twice in the show, a shot of Kirk is reversed (presumably to make him face the right side of the screen) The first time he is facing Sulu in a corridor of the Enterprise, the second he is looking where Dr. Severin had just run on the planet Eden. Note the appearance of the Star Fleet emblem on the right side of his shirt, rather than the usual left side. more
Quotes:
Scott: I don't know why a young mind has to be an undisciplined one. They're troublemakers!
Captain James T. Kirk: I used to get into a little trouble when I was that age, Scotty, didn't you?
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Referenced in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) more

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10 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
This episode is cool, funny and campy, The perfect Star Trek episode., 23 June 2008
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Author: chimeraweaver from United States

This show turns Star Trek on top of its head a band of hippies, led by their "space" guru, take over the Enterprise. They bring out the "square" uptight authoritarian in Capt. Kirk and the other high ranking officers while the rest of the ship's crew is gradually seduced by their free spirit attitude and music. Ironically, Spock empathizes the most with ideals of the counter culture rebels and his participation in the "shin dig" concert performance is rib-crackin' hilarious. With Hollywood's stereotypical portrayal of hippies with their "beatific" smiles, bare feet, and corny psychedelic swirl clothing, it's no wonder this episode is probably the most memorable and definitely entertaining.

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