Friday, February 17, 2012

Star Trek TOS: Episode 58 - THE PARADISE SYNDROME

"A mysterious alien device on a planet with a predominantly American Indian culture erases Captain Kirk's memory, and he begins a life with them as a member of their tribe"

This episode is so ludicrous and racist ... i friggin love it. ARE YOU READY TO KIROK!  So there's an asteroid that's going to destroy this planet. Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down to examine. They see that it looks like North American pine forest and they see actual Native Americans (by this I mean white actors playing Native Americans in a very discriminatory way). There is an idea out there that aliens did abduct Native Americans, most notably the Anasazi.

The crew find a huge obelisk, suddenly Kirk falls into it and is zapped. He then gets amnesia and thinks he is an Indian. Just like Lou Diamond Phillips. The Natives see "Kirok" as their savior and choose him to stop the asteroid.  Kirk also takes this smoking hot woman as his wife. The scene that always makes me laugh is when Kirok is trying to open the obelisk but can't, at this point the Indians realize that he is a sham and begin to stone both him and his "wife". It's crazy! In fact the woman ends up dying of internal injuries!! This is how the episode ends, she dies in Kirks arms as the credit role.
ST TOS COUNTDOWN: 59 down 21 to go

2 comments:

Donald said...

I've always loved this episode, but I'll admit, I haven't rewatched it in years.

Mugato said...

I always hated that they used white people to play Native Americans...they actually still exist, I'm sure they can play themselves. Maybe they are all to drunk