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The Omega Glory

  • Episode aired Mar 1, 1968
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 50m
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6.1/10
2.9K
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Star Trek (1966)
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Responding to a distress signal, Kirk finds Captain Tracey of the U.S.S. Exeter violating the prime directive and interfering with a war between the Yangs and the Kohms to find the secret of... Read allResponding to a distress signal, Kirk finds Captain Tracey of the U.S.S. Exeter violating the prime directive and interfering with a war between the Yangs and the Kohms to find the secret of their longevity.Responding to a distress signal, Kirk finds Captain Tracey of the U.S.S. Exeter violating the prime directive and interfering with a war between the Yangs and the Kohms to find the secret of their longevity.
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  • Director
    • Vincent McEveety
  • Writer
    • Gene Roddenberry
  • Stars
    • William Shatner
    • Leonard Nimoy
    • DeForest Kelley
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  • Director
    • Vincent McEveety
  • Writer
    • Gene Roddenberry
  • Stars
    • William Shatner
    • Leonard Nimoy
    • DeForest Kelley
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    • 45User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, David L. Ross, and Morgan Woodward in Star Trek (1966)
    Star Trek (1966)
    William Shatner and DeForest Kelley in Star Trek (1966)
    Roy Jenson and Irene Kelly in Star Trek (1966)
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    Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek (1966)
    Roy Jenson in Star Trek (1966)
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    George Takei and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek (1966)

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    William Shatner
    William Shatner
    • Capt. Kirkas Capt. Kirk
    Leonard Nimoy
    Leonard Nimoy
    • Mr. Spockas Mr. Spock
    DeForest Kelley
    DeForest Kelley
    • Dr. McCoyas Dr. McCoy
    Morgan Woodward
    Morgan Woodward
    • Capt. Traceyas Capt. Tracey
    Roy Jenson
    Roy Jenson
    • Cloud Williamas Cloud William
    George Takei
    George Takei
    • Suluas Sulu
    Nichelle Nichols
    Nichelle Nichols
    • Uhuraas Uhura
    Irene Kelly
    • Sirahas Sirah
    Morgan Farley
    Morgan Farley
    • Yang Scholaras Yang Scholar
    David L. Ross
    David L. Ross
    • Lt. Gallowayas Lt. Galloway
    Lloyd Kino
    Lloyd Kino
    • Wuas Wu
    Ed McCready
    • Dr. Carteras Dr. Carter
    Frank Atienza
    • Kohn Villageras Kohn Villager
    Bill Blackburn
    • Lt. Hadleyas Lt. Hadley
    • (uncredited)
    Frank da Vinci
    • Security Guardas Security Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Ed Fury
    Ed Fury
    • Guardas Guard
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Paskey
    Eddie Paskey
    • Lt. Leslieas Lt. Leslie
    • (uncredited)
    Adele Yoshioka
    • Kohm Servantas Kohm Servant
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Vincent McEveety
    • Writer
      • Gene Roddenberry
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    • Trivia
      This is the second of three times the Enterprise encounters another Constitution-class star ship with the entire crew dead. The other two were in The Doomsday Machine (1967) and The Tholian Web (1968).
    • Goofs
      When Kirk and Cloud William are twisting the iron bars in their jail cell, they are actually working against one another at times. At certain points one is twisting clockwise while the other is twisting counter-clockwise.
    • Quotes

      Captain James T. Kirk: Among my people, we carry many such words as this from many lands, many worlds. Many are equally good and are as well respected, but wherever we have gone, no words have said this thing of importance in quite this way. Look at these three words written larger than the rest, with a special pride never written before, or since, tall words proudly saying, "We the People". That which you call Ee'd Plebnista, was not written for the chiefs of kings, or the warriors or the rich or the powerful, but for ALL the people! Down the centuries, you have slurred the meaning of the words, "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty, to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution". These words and the words that follow, were not written only for the Yangs, but for the Kohms as well! They must apply to everyone, or they mean nothing!

    • Alternate versions
      Special Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song
    • Connections
      Featured in William Shatner's Star Trek Memories (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme
      Music credited to Alexander Courage

      Sung by Loulie Jean Norman

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    Top review
    7/10
    Kohms, Yangs, Immortality, oh, and the Prime Directive
    Sheesh, lots of concepts, and most not presented very well. This episode rates low with many Trek fans, as it ends up as a ham-handed paean to the concepts of liberty and posterity. These are lofty concepts to aspire to, but, much like "Miri" in the 1st season, the ideas exist within an unbelievable framework, even if it is a sf show. The story doesn't even bother to present a duplicate Earth here, as in "Miri"; this Omega-4 is some other planet in another part of the galaxy which also had Yankees & Communists, the American Flag, the U.S.Constitution and (probably) Declaration of Independence, written in the exact same words. Some sf writers need to distinguish between other planets and other dimensions - this should have been some parallel dimension Earth tale or altered Earth history. However, it's a pretty exciting action episode and has, for me, one of the best villains of the original show.

    Whereas losing his crew in "The Doomsday Machine" drove Commodore Decker over the deep end, here Capt. Tracey (his ship is the Exeter) seems to have become more ruthless, more harsh. If ever there was a dark version of Capt. Kirk, an anti-Kirk, if you will, or an ultimate example of a starship captain gone bad, it's Tracey. He's like Kirk's evil older brother - taller, tougher, and possessed of the same indomitable will - geared towards non-Starfleet-like goals, including casual murder and even attempted genocide. He's somewhat obsessed about immortality for some reason and the economic gain from same, a throwback to yesteryear goals (this idea is revisited a century later in "Star Trek Insurrection" with the TNG crew); maybe he joined Starfleet with such goals in the back of his mind and hid his dark side from his peers all these past years. This is idle speculation and I suppose it's another weakness of the story that his backstory is never explained.

    Most of the episode, until the last couple of scenes, is quite gritty and brutal, what with the elements of bacteriological war and further tension of a village under siege by an army of savages. Kirk and Tracey seem to fight it out in nearly half the episode. But, it's worth a chuckle to Trekkers hearing Kirk's voice-over about how a Starfleet captain should give up his life before violating the Prime Directive. We remember Kirk's approach towards this non-interference directive on past missions - "A Taste of Armageddon" anyone? How about "The Apple"? Uh, "Return of the Archons"? Gee, it gets worse: lets even things out in "A Private Little War"; stop the war in "Patterns of Force." What's Kirk talking about? To top things off, Kirk interferes with things at the very end of this episode, capping off Tracey's transgressions with his little instruction on how to read an important document. Spock hints to him he should have kept his mouth shut and Kirk just shrugs him off. Only one arrest per episode.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 1, 1968 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 31, Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Television
      • Norway Corporation
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    • Runtime
      50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 4:3

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