Episode complete credited cast: | |||
William Shatner | ... | Capt. 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 | |
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Naomi Newman | ... | Rahda (as Naomi Pollack) |
Booker Bradshaw | ... | Dr. M'Benga | |
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Brad Forrest | ... | Ensign |
Kenneth Washington | ... | Watkins |
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.
Spock jumps on every comment that every person says, correcting their calculations with comments like "I wish you'd be more accurate" and saying things like "We're not here to engage in gambling" when someone asks about their odds of survival (how many times has Spock himself spewed out odds of this and that in the past? His own mother had to cut him off at the knees when he did that once). I've always thought that the "folding Lee Meriwhether" effect was cool but I'm not sure the episode really makes any sense. My main problem with this episode is how annoying Spock is because he's my favorite character in this series.