Star Trek : Episodes 17-18 - Shore Leave / The Squire Of Gothos [1967]

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review by: Chicken Hat Theater Improv date: 2004-07-29 rating:
Star Trek visits worlds where the impossible keeps happening
In this pair of episodes from the original "Star Trek" series the Enterprise visits a couple of planets where the impossible happens. First up, the Enterprise decides to have "Shore Leave" at a planet in the Omicron Delta section. Sensors find only plant life below, but when Dr. McCoy arrives for a little R&R he sees the White Rabbit from "Alice in Wonderland" running around. The rest of the crew end encountering Don Juan, a samurai, a tiger, and a knight on horseback who runs McCoy through with a lance. Captain Kirk encounters a couple of people from his past: a beautiful woman named Ruth and an annoying cadet named Finnegan who made his life hell at the Academy. Obviously, there is some sort of rhyme and reason to what is happening on this planet and the only question is whether Kirk and his crew can figure it out in time (The answer is: Yes. I know some of you were getting worried, so I thought I would relieve your minds).

The Enterprise stumbles across another unknown planet where they meet a strange being named Trelane, a.k.a. "The Squire of Gothos." Trelane can do pretty much anything he wants, and what he wants is to use the crew of the Enterprise as play toys. Once again Kirk and Spock have to figure out what is really going on and do something about it. My favorite scene in this one is when Spock offers a nice list of objections he has to Trelane's existence. If you note a lot of similarities between Trelane and Q from STNG--especially since both characters end up putting the captain of the Enterprise on trial--then you are certainly not alone. There is even a Star Trek novel, "Q-Squared" by Peter David, that postulates Trelane was really Q's illegitimate son and that it was the meddling of those two that explained why the various crews of the different Enterprises were always encountering problems involving time travel. Sure makes sense to me. Another thing that both of these episodes have in common is that they both end with a twist. Kirk does not so much solve these mysteries as he does manage to survive until the proper authority shows up and saves the day. This is certainly the most appropriate pair of episodes you are going to encounter in this DVD series.

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