"Star Trek" The Way to Eden (1969)

Director:

David Alexander

Writers:

Arthur Heinemann (teleplay)
D.C. Fontana (story) ...

TV Series:

"Star Trek" (1966)

Original Air Date:

21 February 1969 (Season 3, Episode 20)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Hippie | Federation | Space | Starship | Vulcan

Cast

William Shatner	...	Captain James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy	...	Mr. Spock
DeForest Kelley	...	Dr. McCoy
Skip Homeier	...	Dr. Sevrin
Charles Napier	...	Adam
Mary Linda Rapelye	...	Irina (as Mary-Linda Rapelye)
James Doohan	...	Scott
Walter Koenig	...	Chekov
George Takei	...	Sulu
Majel Barrett	...	Nurse Chapel
Victor Brandt	...	Tongo Rad
Elizabeth Rogers	...	Lt. Palmer
Deborah Downey	...	Girl #1
Phyllis Douglas	...	Girl #2

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:

Norway Corporation

Trivia:

Chekov's friend Irina was originally written as Dr. McCoy's daughter Joanna, but changed before the episode was shot.

Goofs:

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.

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?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

This episode is cool, funny and campy, The perfect Star Trek episode.

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.