"A shuttle crew from the
Enterprise encounters a castaway (who appears to be Zefram Cochrane, the inventor of warp drive) and his mysterious alien companion"
Not a bad episode at all. It was interesting to use Zefram Cochrane in a plot. He was the inventor of the warp drive and he shot himself into space to die alone a bunch of years ago. He met up with this being called The Companion that has kept him immortal. Meanwhile, Kirk is transporting a delegate named Nancy to the Enterprise for a medical procedure. The shuttlecraft is then forcibly taken.
They find Cochrane living on an asteroid. Long story short, Cochrane leaves the Companion because he's sick of being lonely. Nancy on the other hand merges with the Companion because she is dying. They leave the asteroid and everyone is happy.
Years later, Kirk is the bass player for a cockney punk band. They typically unplug his bass when playing live because he's so drugged out. One night Kirk and Nancy are doing drugs and Kirk kills her. Then he overdoses.
ST TOS COUNTDOWN: 39 down 41 to go
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