And the Children Shall Lead
- Episode aired Oct 11, 1968
- TV-PG
- 51m
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5.2/10
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The Enterprise reaches a Federation colony where the adults have all killed themselves but the children play without care.The Enterprise reaches a Federation colony where the adults have all killed themselves but the children play without care.The Enterprise reaches a Federation colony where the adults have all killed themselves but the children play without care.
Craig Huxley
- Tommy Starnes
- (as Craig Hundley)
Melvin Caesar Belli
- Steve
- (as Caesar Belli)
Louie Elias
- 1st Technician
- (as Lou Elias)
Paul Baxley
- Ensign Freeman
- (uncredited)
Bill Blackburn
- Lieutenant Hadley
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaLeonard Nimoy explained that when he complained about the script to Fred Freiberger, Freiberger said, "This script is going to be what 'Miri' should have been". Nimoy objected, calling Miri (1966) a beautiful, well-acted story, and felt that Freiberger's comments were as much as saying, "'Miri' was a piece of trash".
- GoofsThe transporter was used to send a security detail down to the planet. The red shirt controlling the transporter was not under the control of the children, so he would have noticed that the Enterprise was not in orbit before beaming the two security red shirts in to outer space.
- Quotes
Captain James T. Kirk: Captain's log, supplementary. We have buried the members of the Starnes exploration party. Everyone has been deeply affected by what has happened here - with some important exceptions.
- Alternate versionsSpecial Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinematic Excrement: Spock's Brain (2014)
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A landing party beams down to an outpost to find all the adults dead, seemingly by their own hand, but all of the children alive and well and not at all bothered by the deaths of their parents. The children are taken to the Enterprise where they proceed to control the minds of the crew, the mischievous tykes being commanded by Gorgan, a glowing green man in a dress intent on gathering followers and conquering worlds.
Just a few minutes in the company of the annoying youngsters in this episode and I was longing for Kirk to say 'what the heck' and start blasting them, phaser set to kill! It doesn't matter how good the story is (and it isn't), the little kids acting like obnoxious brats ensures that 'And the Children Shall Lead' is a painful experience from start to finish. After some spectacularly bad acting from Shatner, the problem is resolved by showing the kids a video of the good times they had when their parents were still alive, allowing them to grieve and have a good snivel. This causes the green man to turn mouldy and vanish.
2/10 - One of the worst episodes in TOS.
Just a few minutes in the company of the annoying youngsters in this episode and I was longing for Kirk to say 'what the heck' and start blasting them, phaser set to kill! It doesn't matter how good the story is (and it isn't), the little kids acting like obnoxious brats ensures that 'And the Children Shall Lead' is a painful experience from start to finish. After some spectacularly bad acting from Shatner, the problem is resolved by showing the kids a video of the good times they had when their parents were still alive, allowing them to grieve and have a good snivel. This causes the green man to turn mouldy and vanish.
2/10 - One of the worst episodes in TOS.
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