The planet where communism never fell. The odd thing about this one is that as far as they know this civilaztion evolved along the same lines as Earth. From having Kohms (communists), Yangs (yankees), Asian people, white people, English language, an American Flag, the Pledge of Allegiance and Decloration of Independence. Sound to close to be possible, Spock thinks the same thing.
BUT SO does the USSR (red china maybe?), they crash on the planet after generations had pass
and in the mean time we have invented Warp so we didnt even need to use generation ships anyway, so everyone forgot about it (or just assumed they all died in the crash).So on the planet they keep the legend of the USA and its war with the Commies but after generations they forgot who they really were."
The deadly virus sub plot is weak and I lost interest in that after about 5 minutes. Also Kirk and Spock repeatedly getting locked upm and escaping over and over again is just dumb. But, the episode is decent overall. It was originally an idea for the Pilot. Anyway, the main plot of stranded starfleet Captain Tracey interfering with the cultural war because he believes that if he stays on the planet than he will never die ... is interesting enough. Cpt Tracey is played by Morgan Woodward who also played the Dr. Van ??? in Dagger of the Mind.
This episode is worth watching if not only for the great ending in which Kirk reads the Constitution to the inhabitants. It's such a great scene.
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Hey I'm captain naps!! Anyways in this episode they really don't explain anything.
Also I should mention this...this episode is referenced in the great Ska song "William shatner" by the group The Scofflaws.
Which was a mix tape mugato gave me in high school!!!
(so romantic)
Haha. I saw that band in 1994, terrible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeU8Hlk3970
Ska was invented by a bunch of guys were like, "Hey, you know that music thing that everybody likes?"
"Yeah."
"Well, let's do something like that, only let's make it awful."
Or something.
Ha ha true. You know Big Band music, let's just completely water it down and sing horribly to it.
Oh, man. This episode has always bugged the hell out of me. Naps's explanation would be fine with me if more time had passed between the present day and when Star Trek happens.
Ya that makes sense...it simply wasn't enough time for the civilization to totally become a mess that it was in this episode for my explanation to work. Unless something on the planet makes everyone stupid...or live their lives at a much faster rate.
also ska...how is it a genre? every song is the same. did we need more than one band doing that sound??? or even more than one song!!?
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