The Enterprise arrives at a colony expecting the inhabitants to be dead, but instead, they seem quite healthy, although without any animals. Beginning with Spock, the crew soon becomes infected with spores that thrive on the planet's deadly rays, and keep the people healthy. Kirk is strangely unaffected. Kirk realizes that it is because he was angry, angers the others, and of course, all ends happily solved.
I think it would have been more effective to have the love story involve any other crewmen but Spock, but perhaps that's just my opinion. Spock's smile, to me, was not definitive proof of something wrong, since early episodes did tend to let emotion through before it was decided by Roddenberry that Vulcan's didn't allow emotion. This episode did have most of the very minor recurring characters, which was cool. I don't understand how Kirk says he can keep the ship in orbit for months when other episodes, it was mere hours without control. Could it be a power issue? He's smart enough to set a bunch of automatic stuff? Possibly, but seems thin. It was pretty good, but not fantastic, though the Kirk / Spock fight in the transporter room was some great acting. Quick random fact, the shot of Kirk alone on the bridge was used for The Next Generation episode "Relics".
RECURRING CHARACTERS:
DeForrest Kelley as McCoy
George Takei as Sulu
Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
Michael Barrier as DeSalle
Eddie Paskey as Leslie
Grant Woods as Kelowitz
NOTABLE GUEST STARS:
Jill Ireland as Leila Kalomi
Frank Overton as Elias Sandoval
Quote:
"No, I don't think so."
"You don't think so what?"
"I don't think so, sir." ~ Spock and a very angry Kirk.
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