The ending of this episode is just so sad. Their entire planet has been destroyed by their hatred. They both beam to the surface to continue their fighting. Uhura asks the captain. "Do you think hate is all they ever had?" Kirk responds, "No. but that is all they have left."
@@julijakeit Thank you kindly. :) And I love you back. There *Is* a majority of decent people in this world and the sooner we recognize it and become the caring community we *could* be, our world will become the paradise it *should* be.
This sequence is outstanding, Frank Gorshin is outstanding but the episode as a whole is a bit heavy handed. Rodennberry was trying to prove a point about racism,which was good,but he laid it on a bit too thick here. Subtlety would have been better.
Too bad they didn't get a chance to use the abort code in Star Trek III. But I guess the end result is better, as they got a new ship to play around in.
Too bad the movies other than IV and VI didn't have social commentary. I felt Kirk at 50 was too young to be feeling old and worn out, but that's what the writers wanted for II. Then they had to undo Spock's death in III and undo the destruction of the Enterprise in IV.
People forget that Star Trek was one of the first TV shows that attacked all types of social injustices practices. The prejudice of racism because of skin color. Two from the same planet that looks identical unless you really pay attention to their faces which actually have the color on the opposite sides. Beautiful! How simple Star Trek reduced racism to silliness.
Imagine that.... Star Trek was "woke" from the beginning, and it's only been within the past year or so that the whole concept of being socially conscious has become controversial... The difference? Look at the media back then. Compare it to now. There's your answer.
@@lancer525 Star Trek didn't teach you to hate those that disagree with you, it's message was, generally, compromise, compassion, and understanding. "Woke" simply tells those who follow it to hate and destroy any who disagree without attempting understanding.
Yes, indeed. But unlike modern times, Star Trek was smart enough to put the blame on both parties. Today, the blame socially is squarely on one - and hence it will never be resolved, especially as we continue to turn a blind eye to reality.
As a teenager I recall the profound reaction I had to this episode when realizing along with Kirk, their only difference was the pigmentation\colorization on either side of the face. I too assumed they were the same. Any Martian or alien who would visit earth would wonder what all the fighting we humans do, is about. The profundity of my realization on that day, has not left me since then. We humans are a family! BIG DEAL if you are white, black, brown green or pink! Big Deal! You are my brothers and sisters! Now, let's get on with life and fight just a little less!
As Mel Brooks once said, "Brought to you in glorious Black and White!....no offense!" I had the same reaction when seeing this on TV and it was great classic Si-Fi writing.
Yes, just like Season 1 had "The Alternative Factor", and Season 2 had "The Omega Glory". I never said Season 3 was perfect, just that it didn't get enough credit.
What is really impressive is the stoicism of the bridge crew, during what (for all they knew) might have been the final seconds of their lives, if Bele hadn't cracked.
They likely took an oath as members of Starfleet, like military has done for years. They knew the dangers of being a member of the Enterprise crew. Some of them may have shown nervousness, but none of them cracked. You could see the command qualities in Spock and Sulu, though--neither showed the slightest consternation while looking death in the face.
This episode is great, it lets us see one of Shatner's great over acting scenes when Bele leaves the bridge. He just utters his name "Bele" then the next scene cuts to Shatner shaking his head saying they have no where to run. Classic Kirk....
I love how the rest of the crew relaxed AFTER Kirk gave the final code, like they figured there was a reasonable chance of him saying "Ah screw it, computer. Full send."
Contrary to pop culture opinion and barring the odd moment of ham due to the script, Shatner has proven over a lifetime of work that he is a seriously good actor. Much overlooked for many a casting due to being typecast as Kirk, these days typecasting seems to be less apparent for many actors.
@@Nine-Signs Agreed, Bill could overdo it sometimes but he did have his share of great scenes in Star Trek OS. My personal favourite was in City on the Edge of Forever when he had to let Edith Keeler (Joan Collins) get run over. I still enjoy that episode a lot. PS- Does anybody remember Shatner doing a TV movie for NBC during the Original Series run? He portrayed Alexander the Great! Not sure how I remember that, but I do.
That show was a direct black/white comment on race relations. Both originated from a similar genetic stock. But, (down the line) they split into reverse genetic coding. The final scene is both fighting (forever) in space. The Enterprise continued on its mission. Yet, a multi-cultural crew continued on their mission of exploration (not fighting against each other - but helping each other to perform a single duty). That was the point of this episode.
I met a very engaging Frank Gorshin and told him, aside from my Batman gushing comments, that I saw a blooper reel of him doing Cagney in the transporter chamber. He laughed and told me he didn't think they were filming when he did that.
@@brianstark2219 Loved watching him on Ed Sullivan when he did Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas. The man was a great actor AND a great person to talk to. He took time with his fans.
Frank Gorshin was excellent as Bele, the ingratiating Commissioner from Cheron. He met his match when he tried to outmaneuver Kirk at every possible turn. Only after he forced his willpower over the Enterprise to reach Cheron did Bele (and Lokai) realize their 50,000 racial war totally destroyed the inhabitants. It was a great episode about the stupidity and destructiveness of racism.
I was 10 when I saw this scene for the first time. It affected me for months-my mom even took me to a psychologist. He was ahead of his time; he diagnosed me with autism and a photographic, not eidetic, memory. I can still picture our black-and-white television with that scene playing to this day. It also helped shape my mind to learn mindful balance in good, bad, and terrible situations; from family conflicts between my seven siblings to study discipline through grad school, during the time one of my nephews took his life to being a responsible dad, this scene has been with me even now. All the other scenes pale in comparison in my mind.
To be fair, this was long before Gene redid the warp speed charts making Warp 10 the point of being everywhere simultaneously. He didn't establish that until a year or two into Next Generation.
Even when he redid the Warp charts for Next Generation he shouldn't have made the TOS episodes inconsistent when these episode had the Enterprise reaching speeds of Warp 10 and above as several episodes did in extreme circumstances? Roddenberry should've made Warp 12 the limit of the universe i reckon.
Nurse Chapel, thank you again for the voice of the computer. I guess being the beautiful wife that you were to Gene Roddenberry, you had something to say in this episode. The computer words that you hear in this episode were the same as the person who played No. 1 in the original pilot series at her best as Captain Pike's first officer. The rest is Star Trek history. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, you don't know your Star Trek lore.
Summer of 2023. Status unchanged. Even with aliens from other worlds, it still hasn't stopped. Someone update this thread in 2024, let us know if this Star Trek episode is still relevant.
Frank Gorshin was born to play a bad guy Star Trek, Get Christie Love, Charlie's Angels, but he will forever be known as The Riddler in the 60's Version of Batman God Rest His Soul
I like how the computer is intelligent enough to halt the countdown when Bele says "I agree" like as though the Enterprise realized it was a bluff. It certainly never really showed that ability in the rest of the series it more just analyzed data that was given and relayed information. Unless perhaps a scenario such as this was implanted into the computer beforehand so Kirk could use self destruct as a tool. I doubt that though.
It probably errs on the side of not becoming a hydrogen bomb, if in doubt. A line or two of code would do it, like 5s countdown recycle if interrupted by the Captain.
Gene wasn't in charge at this time. He had resigned as showrunner, disgustef with NBC's handling of the show. Fred Freiberger was brought in as showrunner. He later became showrunner for Space:1999.
This is the first time I can recall any on-screen TV usage of the word "disgusting" as a reference to racial prejudice. Over the many years since then, I've heard many people refer to the word "disgusting" when a derogatory racial reference was made. But this is the first time I've ever heard it on tV. See time sequence 4:00.
Imagine u were a redshirt who had just come within 5 seconds of a self destruct order with no explanation from kirk and then hes just like “alright everyone back to normal”
@@exoplanet11 I loved when they used 0000. Just like the PAL lock system on nuclear weapons. The unlock code was 8 x 0, to they wouldn't be stuck with unlaunchable nukes if the Russians nuked the government. So it was better to have them unlocked and usable.
"The need to resort to violence has long since passed and will not be tolerated aboard this ship." From Kirk?!? Riiiight. File that with the Prime Directive and the "we don't use money" bit.
+John Perkins well in Kirk's era they still did use money in certain parts of the galaxy. By the 24th Century though Earth no longer uses money. The Ferangi do because their entire society revolves around wealth and money. Hence why you still need Gold Pressed Latinum to trade with Quark.
Plus, Kirk told the pergium miners on Janus VI (I think) that when the Horta got to tunneling, they'd all be embarrassingly wealthy. Dunno about them, but it takes a lot of money to embarrass me. Plus there were the lithium miners on Rigel that Mudd wanted to trade with. They were well off. Truth is, back then a series bible was far less comprehensive and writers could do what they liked with anything that wasn't in the series bible. As I'm sure Roddenberry did not work out precisely how much socialism was behind the Federation economy, I doubt the bible said much about it. Plus, Cold War, socialists were enemies.
@@mikahael1 well actually this where continuity problems happen as in Kirk's era they don't use money at least that's what he says in star trek 4 at meal when the bill arrives but obviously this contradicts the points you stated they obviously tried to retcon with 4th film but as.fans are sneaky & we remember! 🤣
I love Star Trek for such moments. despite the "reality" of it, in this show Kirk commands the computer so he commands the ship, not the other way around! so long as The Compter and the Starship answer only to the Captain and his crew, all is well! but the opposite is probably true in real life. Bael would be saving us if he destroyed a ship with an uppity computer.
I think he used 000 destruct 1 in the movie. But I could be mistaken. From what I've read 000 destruct 0 is an instruction to drop the magnetic containment fields allowing a full warp core breach while 000 destruct 1 is supposed to detonate charges to destroy the ship and get it away from an inhabited planet before breaching the core.
Simone G it was destruct 0 but for some reason it didn't drop the containment field and somehow defaulted to Destruct 1. My guess is since the automation center was knocked out by the Bird of Prey, the computer couldn't drop the containment field and defaulted to Destruct 1, thus getting the destruction scene we saw. In Generations, we saw a warp core breach and as such, nothing was left of the Enterprise-D's stardrive section. No debris, no decaying orbit, no nothing.
Warp factor 10 was set as an unattainable maximum of a theoretical infinite speed, at which an object would occupy all points in the universe simultaneously (according to the new scale, reaching or exceeding warp 10 required an infinite amount of energy)
One of the things about TOS that dates it so much is those ridiculous mechanical chugging noises made by any computer operation on the Enterprise. Not even the real computers of the 1960s made noises like that. I much prefer those chugging noises being replaced by the various bleeps made by the TNG Enterprise computer operations.
I loved Frank Gorshin in this role. Up until then, I had only known him as a very good impressionist and comic. With the right role he could have won an Oscar.
Mind blowing for me when i see many of todays younger generations oblivious to the great strides that were fought & won! Yes won. Not completely internalized, but that takes time (and logically 100% is a fantasy) but by and large the VAST MAJORITY of American society as a whole accepts racial equality as a norm. I have seen this positive change in my lifetime. BUT NOW I SEE PEOPLE ACTING LIKE WE'RE BACK AT SQUARE ONE!! ????
Olive Eisner I fear that Liberalism has become the new racism as over the years the conversation has subtly gone from 'these people are victims and need protection from their enemies' to ' these people are innately inferior and have become their own worst enemy and we must take care of them by protecting them from themselves', vis á vis white paternalism. Believe it or not I find more belief in the potential of racial minorities on the Right nowadays then the Left. This was bought out in story when Beale says, " you were a product of our love," to Loki. This is like a parent explaining the Facts of Life to a child. Of course Loki is an adult so this is symbolic of White Paternalism. Beal goes on to say Loki's people were freed hundreds of years ago. Beak responds, "but were free to be men? To be fathers and husbands?" In other words, free to be self- sufficient adults not children clamoring for government handouts to feed their families. Adult males filling the traditional Provider role that is one of the hallmarks of manhood. This was a clever critique of the Liberal agenda of The Great Society Programs of the sixties. Daring for its time!
@Flekk Bone Gnawer From the vantage point of June , 2020 : We may want to be careful about becoming over-confident -- as the events of the last few weeks is throwing into sharp relief. Just a thought. All the best ! Peace. 👍🏿🖖🏿☮️
This episode is another example of why the original Star Trek is and remains the gold standard.
I concur.
Exactly 💯
“I make no deals for control of this ship sir”
This was what made TOS great, we regularly see demonstrations of confident principle
The ending of this episode is just so sad. Their entire planet has been destroyed by their hatred. They both beam to the surface to continue their fighting. Uhura asks the captain. "Do you think hate is all they ever had?" Kirk responds, "No. but that is all they have left."
Yet another warning that *we* as a world, have chosen to ignore....
Ok That wasn't an exact quote. I just watched the episode.
@@daboys1215No worries. You made your point, and an excellent one it is.
@@JustMe-vk4fn I love you, random citizen of earth.
@@julijakeit Thank you kindly. :) And I love you back. There *Is* a majority of decent people in this world and the sooner we recognize it and become the caring community we *could* be, our world will become the paradise it *should* be.
One of the best episodes ever in Star Trek history. Very relevant, even today.
Especially today
One of my favorites too.
It was and is ridiculous garbage
in more ways than one.
@@fucheduck we need to bring this kind of moral character back to tv again
One of the very best episodes, and Frank Gorshin was outstanding.
But not one riddle. /sadface
Was Frank Gershwin the riddler?
This sequence is outstanding, Frank Gorshin is outstanding but the episode as a whole is a bit heavy handed. Rodennberry was trying to prove a point about racism,which was good,but he laid it on a bit too thick here. Subtlety would have been better.
Stanley Hornbeck frank gorshin was the riddler, but for a brief replacement by Askin of the Addams family
@@mackloyd687 Actually it was on, "The Search for Spock", ST 3.
Will Riker was a master at bluffing in poker. Captain Kirk was a master at bluffing in war.
last first
Kirk could bluff, and win, at poker with no cards in his hand.
i'd say riker was alright at bluffing in war, the bluff they pulled to pull picard back from the borg cube was QUITE cunning.
Kirk wasn’t bluffing!
Are you forgetting when riker had his own command of that piece of crap ship pulled the ultimate bluff and beat those Ferengi? Riker can hold his own.
@John Everlasting Except on Tuesday.
They used the exact same code sequence in Star Trek III. Pretty neat how it tied together.
Too bad they didn't get a chance to use the abort code in Star Trek III. But I guess the end result is better, as they got a new ship to play around in.
Now THAT'S continuity!!
@@evknucklehead I knew it was an insurance scam.
@@evknucklehead
And got Mr. Spock back as well. 😊
Too bad the movies other than IV and VI didn't have social commentary. I felt Kirk at 50 was too young to be feeling old and worn out, but that's what the writers wanted for II. Then they had to undo Spock's death in III and undo the destruction of the Enterprise in IV.
He didn’t over-act, this was absolutely priceless 🙌🏼
Excellent poker face at the moment of eminent destruction.
This show's stories were so far ahead it's time. Holds up well 60 years later.
TOS was in its time. The 60s were a time of struggle but also of enlightenment. We've slipped a long way since then.
People forget that Star Trek was one of the first TV shows that attacked all types of social injustices practices. The prejudice of racism because of skin color. Two from the same planet that looks identical unless you really pay attention to their faces which actually have the color on the opposite sides. Beautiful! How simple Star Trek reduced racism to silliness.
Imagine that.... Star Trek was "woke" from the beginning, and it's only been within the past year or so that the whole concept of being socially conscious has become controversial... The difference? Look at the media back then. Compare it to now. There's your answer.
@@lancer525 No star trek was liber not woke from the begining. The woke star trek is the nu trek which is both racist and sexist.
@@lancer525 Star Trek didn't teach you to hate those that disagree with you, it's message was, generally, compromise, compassion, and understanding. "Woke" simply tells those who follow it to hate and destroy any who disagree without attempting understanding.
Star Trek had the first inter-racial kiss on Television. Between Kirk and Uhuru
Yes, indeed. But unlike modern times, Star Trek was smart enough to put the blame on both parties. Today, the blame socially is squarely on one - and hence it will never be resolved, especially as we continue to turn a blind eye to reality.
As a teenager I recall the profound reaction I had to this episode when realizing along with Kirk, their only difference was the pigmentation\colorization on either side of the face. I too assumed they were the same. Any Martian or alien who would visit earth would wonder what all the fighting we humans do, is about. The profundity of my realization on that day, has not left me since then. We humans are a family! BIG DEAL if you are white, black, brown green or pink! Big Deal! You are my brothers and sisters! Now, let's get on with life and fight just a little less!
Pinkskins!
Its more aboyt the left or the right these days
As Mel Brooks once said, "Brought to you in glorious Black and White!....no offense!" I had the same reaction when seeing this on TV and it was great classic Si-Fi writing.
@@urbanhesse6084 Political division is getting worse now.
A lot less. But the only way that can happen is if people obeyed Jesus...
Star Trek's third season deserves a lot more credit than it often gets, and this scene is a great example of why.
Star Trek was actually cancelled after the second season but protesting from the fans brought the show back for a third season.
Then, we had "Spock's Brain", "The Lights of Zetar", "Turnabout Intruder", and more.
Yes, just like Season 1 had "The Alternative Factor", and Season 2 had "The Omega Glory". I never said Season 3 was perfect, just that it didn't get enough credit.
What is really impressive is the stoicism of the bridge crew, during what (for all they knew) might have been the final seconds of their lives, if Bele hadn't cracked.
They likely took an oath as members of Starfleet, like military has done for years. They knew the dangers of being a member of the Enterprise crew. Some of them may have shown nervousness, but none of them cracked. You could see the command qualities in Spock and Sulu, though--neither showed the slightest consternation while looking death in the face.
Kirk didn't fool around-!
This episode stuck with me long after it ended, and that was decades ago. Clearly one of the very best star trek episodes.
This episode was ahead of it's time. Love how Lokai always begs for help from total strangers. :)
This episode is great, it lets us see one of Shatner's great over acting scenes when Bele leaves the bridge. He just utters his name "Bele" then the next scene cuts to Shatner shaking his head saying they have no where to run. Classic Kirk....
It’s not overacting, it’s theatre.
@@IRMentat which on TV is overacting.
I love how the rest of the crew relaxed AFTER Kirk gave the final code, like they figured there was a reasonable chance of him saying "Ah screw it, computer. Full send."
WOW! Even sitting here with my cup of tea I was holding my breath, Bloody Hell that was a great show.
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾🖖🏾
Contrary to pop culture opinion and barring the odd moment of ham due to the script, Shatner has proven over a lifetime of work that he is a seriously good actor. Much overlooked for many a casting due to being typecast as Kirk, these days typecasting seems to be less apparent for many actors.
@@Nine-Signs Agreed, Bill could overdo it sometimes but he did have his share of great scenes in Star Trek OS. My personal favourite was in City on the Edge of Forever when he had to let Edith Keeler (Joan Collins) get run over. I still enjoy that episode a lot. PS- Does anybody remember Shatner doing a TV movie for NBC during the Original Series run? He portrayed Alexander the Great! Not sure how I remember that, but I do.
@@Nine-Signs And TJ Hooker. Or should I say TJ Laser...
YUp after 50+ years it still holds up
MINE is the FINAL COMMAND...EPIC!
That show was a direct black/white comment on race relations. Both originated from a similar genetic stock. But, (down the line) they split into reverse genetic coding. The final scene is both fighting (forever) in space. The Enterprise continued on its mission. Yet, a multi-cultural crew continued on their mission of exploration (not fighting against each other - but helping each other to perform a single duty).
That was the point of this episode.
I met a very engaging Frank Gorshin and told him, aside from my Batman gushing comments, that I saw a blooper reel of him doing Cagney in the transporter chamber. He laughed and told me he didn't think they were filming when he did that.
Gorshin was a great impressionist. One of the best. I actually thought he was better than Rich Little
@@brianstark2219 Loved watching him on Ed Sullivan when he did Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas. The man was a great actor AND a great person to talk to. He took time with his fans.
I think that casting them as the same race with different colours on each side was kind of the point.
Genius is what it was and prooves how totally stupid racism is
Frank Gorshin was excellent as Bele, the ingratiating Commissioner from Cheron. He met his match when he tried to outmaneuver Kirk at every possible turn. Only after he forced his willpower over the Enterprise to reach Cheron did Bele (and Lokai) realize their 50,000 racial war totally destroyed the inhabitants. It was a great episode about the stupidity and destructiveness of racism.
I was 10 when I saw this scene for the first time. It affected me for months-my mom even took me to a psychologist. He was ahead of his time; he diagnosed me with autism and a photographic, not eidetic, memory. I can still picture our black-and-white television with that scene playing to this day.
It also helped shape my mind to learn mindful balance in good, bad, and terrible situations; from family conflicts between my seven siblings to study discipline through grad school, during the time one of my nephews took his life to being a responsible dad, this scene has been with me even now. All the other scenes pale in comparison in my mind.
Kirk is the man . Best star ships captain ever .
Frank Gorshin was a great 60's villain God Bless Him. Rest In Peace.
Frank Gorshin was a worthy product of his time, loved seeing him as The Riddler...another worthy role next to this 1 here. Replaced he can never be😭.
And at warp 10 were going nowhere mighty fast!
To be fair, this was long before Gene redid the warp speed charts making Warp 10 the point of being everywhere simultaneously. He didn't establish that until a year or two into Next Generation.
We can also assume he was giving an approximation of their actual speed.
Then they undid that in TNG with ships going warp 13 in the last episode. Always thought the exponential warp factor stuff was stupid any way.
Did they turn into salamanders?
Even when he redid the Warp charts for Next Generation he shouldn't have made the TOS episodes inconsistent when these episode had the Enterprise reaching speeds of Warp 10 and above as several episodes did in extreme circumstances? Roddenberry should've made Warp 12 the limit of the universe i reckon.
I so enjoyed this show as a teenager. I was the only one in my group of friends who liked it. None of them are my friends anymore...
Nurse Chapel, thank you again for the voice of the computer. I guess being the beautiful wife that you were to Gene Roddenberry, you had something to say in this episode. The computer words that you hear in this episode were the same as the person who played No. 1 in the original pilot series at her best as Captain Pike's first officer. The rest is Star Trek history. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, you don't know your Star Trek lore.
You know your star trek. Same lady did them all.
majel barrett
@@deanbrainard5851 1966-2009
Gene also had the hots for his assistant, Susan Sackett. And he unsuccessfully tried to get into Gates McFadden's uniform trousers.
Great work by Gorshin, one of Trek's great all-time scenery chewers.
Fantastic clip.The whole episode was a powerful & relevent message against racism in the late 1960's and perhaps even more so today 2017.
Just wait until the summer of 2020
@@rascallyrabbit717 Summer 2022 mark my words…
@@excrono still here. Once people realize its the media turning us against each other we will be far better off. Black, white and all inbetween
Summer of 2023. Status unchanged. Even with aliens from other worlds, it still hasn't stopped. Someone update this thread in 2024, let us know if this Star Trek episode is still relevant.
Spring 2024, still relevant. 😢
"I make no deals for control of this ship." Boss!
"You can use your will to drag this ship to Cheron, but I command the computer. MINE is the final command."
Frank Gorshin was a once in a million talent. Love this episode because of him.
This episode was the only one that my guardians let me watch as a child..I fell in love with Star Trek then!!!
Frank Gorshin was born to play a bad guy
Star Trek, Get Christie Love, Charlie's Angels, but he will forever be known as The Riddler in the 60's Version of Batman
God Rest His Soul
Also was a villain in Buck Rogers.
The destruction of the Enterprise in The Search For Spock was saddening.
Brilliant episode, and one of Frank "Riddler" Gorshin's great performances.
The password is "123"? They might as well go with "password"
+Mastikator 123 Continuity was the password.
123? Thats amazing! I have the same combination on my luggage!
Yes command 1234! Du du duuuuuuuuuuuuuuh!
Space balls!
SPACEBALLS! (I'm surrounded by assholes!)
Kirk had balls of steel
@mike Davidson yep!! Smart enough to know that he needed SPOCK!!!
Yea. On a filming set.
Too bad he wasn't wearing gray tights to show them off.
00:51 Great reaction by Scotty. After this he went to his quarters and had a few belts of Saurian Brandy.
Scotch.
It is, green. Lol
I like how the computer is intelligent enough to halt the countdown when Bele says "I agree" like as though the Enterprise realized it was a bluff. It certainly never really showed that ability in the rest of the series it more just analyzed data that was given and relayed information. Unless perhaps a scenario such as this was implanted into the computer beforehand so Kirk could use self destruct as a tool. I doubt that though.
It probably errs on the side of not becoming a hydrogen bomb, if in doubt. A line or two of code would do it, like 5s countdown recycle if interrupted by the Captain.
"...and at Warp 10, we're goin' nowhere mighty fast!" LOL
Transwarp drive?
Because the crew is staring to devolve into slugs.
The facial black/white white/black makeup on each actor....DOPE!!!....👍👍👍
I've been thinking of what to put down. This single episode gave me a glimpse of what Gene Roddenberry's vision was about.
Gene wasn't in charge at this time. He had resigned as showrunner, disgustef with NBC's handling of the show. Fred Freiberger was brought in as showrunner. He later became showrunner for Space:1999.
The Kirkmiester plays a mean hand of poker, don't he?
Gorshin was highly underrated as an actor. I remember him on Carson doing impressions of Kirk Douglas. Classic
This is the first time I can recall any on-screen TV usage of the word "disgusting" as a reference to racial prejudice. Over the many years since then, I've heard many people refer to the word "disgusting" when a derogatory racial reference was made. But this is the first time I've ever heard it on tV. See time sequence 4:00.
Kirk is the man!
When the computer rules your life; Who controls the computer controls your life.
And at warp 10 we're going no where mighty fast lol. Always a great line
Gotta love the pre TNG warp scale.
@@Victor-bl2geWarp 10 is supposed to cause problems with the warp drive IIRC.
Imagine u were a redshirt who had just come within 5 seconds of a self destruct order with no explanation from kirk and then hes just like “alright everyone back to normal”
Kirk is a brave and clever captain!My favorite!
"The need to resort to violence has long since past?!".....Every other episode shows fist fights on the bridge! 😂😂😂
Maybe exaggeration to get through to them and make them think and learn some emotional control?
I think he would have really blown up the ship. And the crew was going right along with the captain on the destruction computer program.
The destruxt sequence was re-used, word for word in Star Trek III; The Search For Spock.
I think that int Search for Spock the password was changed from 123 to 0000 if I remember correctly.
Not exactly.
Spock wasn’t there so the order fell to Chekhov but aside from that, the sequence was the same.
It's the same sequence, the only difference is the final countdown was extended to 1 minute. Otherwise spot on with this episode.
@@exoplanet11 I loved when they used 0000. Just like the PAL lock system on nuclear weapons. The unlock code was 8 x 0, to they wouldn't be stuck with unlaunchable nukes if the Russians nuked the government. So it was better to have them unlocked and usable.
@@exoplanet11000 Destruct 0, technically.
One of the few superior episodes from S3 and the entire series, in my humble opinion.
The entire bridge crew "surely the Captain won't kill all of us just to make a point.... Right... RIGHT CAPTAIN!?
where the person who invented black & white cookies got his inspiration...............
Kirk will always be the best captain of the enterprise.
Always.
Such power those two exercised. Yet, somehow were unable to use it upon each other.
I love how the computer is making the sounds of a type writer.
Damn those first 60 seconds were gold. I'd have loved to see this when it first aired.
0:13-0:21The most powerful words ever stated!!
A completely irresponsible design!
Back when I was in the Army, I once did my camo face paint like these guys as a joke. Good memory haha! Our lieutenant was not amused.
Kirk isn’t having any of that shit! Haha what a badass.
"Code 123? That's the same code I use on my luggage!!!"......
the black and white cookie aliens! they always reminded me of the those big half black and half white cookies you could get at a bakery!
Literally eating one of those now.
"The need to resort to violence has long since passed and will not be tolerated aboard this ship." From Kirk?!? Riiiight. File that with the Prime Directive and the "we don't use money" bit.
+John Perkins well in Kirk's era they still did use money in certain parts of the galaxy. By the 24th Century though Earth no longer uses money. The Ferangi do because their entire society revolves around wealth and money. Hence why you still need Gold Pressed Latinum to trade with Quark.
Plus, Kirk told the pergium miners on Janus VI (I think) that when the Horta got to tunneling, they'd all be embarrassingly wealthy. Dunno about them, but it takes a lot of money to embarrass me. Plus there were the lithium miners on Rigel that Mudd wanted to trade with. They were well off.
Truth is, back then a series bible was far less comprehensive and writers could do what they liked with anything that wasn't in the series bible. As I'm sure Roddenberry did not work out precisely how much socialism was behind the Federation economy, I doubt the bible said much about it. Plus, Cold War, socialists were enemies.
Considering Kirk was April, and Spock was red as the devil in the Writers Bible, I think that's safe to say indeed.
@@mikahael1 well actually this where continuity problems happen as in Kirk's era they don't use money at least that's what he says in star trek 4 at meal when the bill arrives but obviously this contradicts the points you stated they obviously tried to retcon with 4th film but as.fans are sneaky & we remember! 🤣
I just KNEW Kirk would defeat the Riddler.....
"The need for violence has long since past!"
I miss the days when Star Trek served a purpose.
FYI: Star Trek Season 3 Episode 15
“Let That be Your Last Battlefield”
1st broadcast on 01/10/69
I love Star Trek for such moments. despite the "reality" of it, in this show Kirk commands the computer so he commands the ship, not the other way around! so long as The Compter and the Starship answer only to the Captain and his crew, all is well! but the opposite is probably true in real life. Bael would be saving us if he destroyed a ship with an uppity computer.
Grief that black paint looked sweaty and thick !!
Computer "About to destruct 4 3 2 1....
Um, what comes after 1?"
They should have included the whole destruct procedure. The rising tension makes for a great scene.
I always considered "The Riddler" to be a comedic villian. I was impressed with Frank Gorshin's ability to play a serious one.
of course the most unthinkable password in the universe, "123"!!!!
RIDDLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The U.S.S. Enterprise didn't self-destruct in this Star Trek: The Original Series episode until Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984).
I think he used 000 destruct 1 in the movie. But I could be mistaken.
From what I've read 000 destruct 0 is an instruction to drop the magnetic containment fields allowing a full warp core breach while 000 destruct 1 is supposed to detonate charges to destroy the ship and get it away from an inhabited planet before breaching the core.
Simone G it was destruct 0 but for some reason it didn't drop the containment field and somehow defaulted to Destruct 1. My guess is since the automation center was knocked out by the Bird of Prey, the computer couldn't drop the containment field and defaulted to Destruct 1, thus getting the destruction scene we saw.
In Generations, we saw a warp core breach and as such, nothing was left of the Enterprise-D's stardrive section. No debris, no decaying orbit, no nothing.
highly debatable if it was even the same ship afterall.. Theseus ship paradox
"Code 123, genius. How could I have ever thought of that."
Frank Gorshin was excellent in whatever part he played. He was also a great comedian with flawless delivery.
Real excellent series, real excellent after 6 decades ....remember it from my childhood❤
That's what happens when you fall asleep with one side facing a tanning lamp. How embarrassing!
"Fascinating! Two irrevocably, hostile humanoids."
Warp factor 10 was set as an unattainable maximum of a theoretical infinite speed, at which an object would occupy all points in the universe simultaneously (according to the new scale, reaching or exceeding warp 10 required an infinite amount of energy)
One of the things about TOS that dates it so much is those ridiculous mechanical chugging noises made by any computer operation on the Enterprise. Not even the real computers of the 1960s made noises like that. I much prefer those chugging noises being replaced by the various bleeps made by the TNG Enterprise computer operations.
I loved Frank Gorshin in this role. Up until then, I had only known him as a very good impressionist and comic. With the right role he could have won an Oscar.
One of my all time favorite episode of Star Trek
In many ways, I think this is the best episode
Tense...Very tense. When I first saw this I sweated like a prize fighter-!
3:23 everytime I watch this I expect him to say "Me" :D
Every morning on my way to the toilet I am on a destruction sequence to control my bowels before they explode 💥
Isn't that Batman's Riddler?
Yep.
I believe it is, he came out in the munsters
Nope it’s penguin!!!
@@danielrodriguez248 No...he did play the Joker in the original Batman....Penguin was played by Burgess Meredith.
@@simonjackson7269 No Frank Gorshin was The Riddler and Cesar Romero was The Joker in the classic 1966 TV show.
“MINE is the final command!” Kirk is the GOAT
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It's a good think Kirk didn't get a sneeze coming on then.
Wow, testes of neutronium there...
Mind blowing for me when i see many of todays younger generations oblivious to the great strides that were fought & won! Yes won. Not completely internalized, but that takes time (and logically 100% is a fantasy) but by and large the VAST MAJORITY of American society as a whole accepts racial equality as a norm. I have seen this positive change in my lifetime. BUT NOW I SEE PEOPLE ACTING LIKE WE'RE BACK AT SQUARE ONE!! ????
Perhaps one problem is that a certain type of segregation is accepted in the United States with regards to education.
Olive Eisner I fear that Liberalism has become the new racism as over the years the conversation has subtly gone from 'these people are victims and need protection from their enemies' to ' these people are innately inferior and have become their own worst enemy and we must take care of them by protecting them from themselves', vis á vis white paternalism. Believe it or not I find more belief in the potential of racial minorities on the Right nowadays then the Left. This was bought out in story when Beale says, " you were a product of our love," to Loki. This is like a parent explaining the Facts of Life to a child. Of course Loki is an adult so this is symbolic of White Paternalism. Beal goes on to say Loki's people were freed hundreds of years ago. Beak responds, "but were free to be men? To be fathers and husbands?" In other words, free to be self- sufficient adults not children clamoring for government handouts to feed their families. Adult males filling the traditional Provider role that is one of the hallmarks of manhood. This was a clever critique of the Liberal agenda of The Great Society Programs of the sixties. Daring for its time!
Out of touch politicians and other elites didn't get the memo
@Flekk Bone Gnawer From the vantage point of June , 2020 : We may want to be careful about becoming over-confident -- as the events of the last few weeks is throwing into sharp relief. Just a thought. All the best ! Peace. 👍🏿🖖🏿☮️
I know, we've wiped out decades of progress in racism. I blame the clown currently shitting in the white house. What a vile person is he. DISGUSTING!
Haven't seen this since I was a kid watching it during the initial broadcast.