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DVD Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete Second Season
The most famous episode in franchise history, "The Trouble with Tribbles," is one of the highlights of the second season of Star Trek: The Original Series. A deserved classic, the humorous story centers on an ever-expanding mass of furry creatures that memorably rain themselves down on top of Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and into the middle of a Federation-Klingon showdown. It inspired one of the most memorable episodes in the spin-off series Deep Space Nine, "Trial and Tribble-ations." Also in the second season, the Vulcan culture of Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) is fleshed out in "Amok Time" (in which Spock is faced with the possibility of killing his captain and friend) and "Journey to Babel" (introducing Spock's father, played by Mark Sarek, in what would turn out to be a long-recurring role). A new character, navigator Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig), was introduced; his Monkees haircut was intended to appeal to the younger audience, but he was also a Russian, which at the height of the cold war reflected Gene Roddenberry's optimistic vision of a more enlightened future. Other social-commentary opportunities presented themselves in "The Omega Glory," "The Doomsday Machine," and "Assignment: Earth," the last also one of those periodic opportunities to scrimp on the budget by time-traveling to an earlier version of Earth. Another example was "A Piece of the Action," a comic episode set in the Roaring Twenties and memorable for, among other things, Kirk's teaching a made-up card game called Fizzbin. In other significant episodes, "I, Mudd" saw the return of the bounder from season 1, "The Changeling" was the original inspiration for the first Trek feature film a decade later, "Wolf in the Fold" (penned by the author of Psycho) provides an example of the series' great writing, and "Mirror, Mirror" introduced the concept of the parallel universe inhabited by vicious, amoral counterparts of the regular crew, another theme later borrowed (more than once, and to good emotional effect) by DS9.
Special features are a bit lighter than on the season 1 set, but they do feature such contributors as Shatner, Nimoy, George Takei (Sulu), Koenig, Nichelle Nichols (Uhura), and editor-writer D.C. Fontana. Of chief interest are "To Boldly Go," a 20-minute season recap; " Kirk, Spock & Bones: The Great Trio," discussing the interplay among Kirk, Spock, and Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley); "Star Trek's Divine Diva," shining the spotlight on the development of Nichols's character (she was originally considered to play Spock); and "Writer's Notebook: D.C. Fontana," discussing her various roles in the series (she used her initials to avoid the anti-female bias in science fiction at the time). --David Horiuchi
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Star Trek Origianl Series/2nd Season
This was a great season and it is just was good as the first season...I love it...If you are a Star Trek fan this is something that you should add to your collection.....
2nd season of a great series
The 2nd season continued with great moral stories and continued to build on the characters and great lines. "His Dead Jim", "Bones" and many others.
Again, last disk with Special Features with interviews I enjoyed very much on discussing about the inner workings of the 2nd season.
I will continue to watch Star Trek for years to come.
Return To Tommorow
Return to Tommorow contains a number of bizarre and difficult twists. The Enterprise mysteriously navigates to an uninhabited world. An evil energy being called Sargon notifies Kirk that the Enterprise has been brought his planet by the "energy of his thoughts". Spock is befuddled, at the fact, no life signs register, on his equipment and makes Sargon seem like does not exist. Spock continues to talk with the non-existent being. Spock says, "not even a Vulcan can know the unknown." No Vulcan communicate with an unknown being! Purely illogical!
Beware of Spocks logic! It is interesting how many times Spock is depicted as the personification of evil, yet the loyal viewers are sensibilities are being constantly betrayed into believing Spock is a upright character. I personally question the moral integrity of Spock.
Kirk learns that Sargon is dead. Sargon tells Kirk that "all of mankind must perish too", if they let Sargon perish. It seems that Kirk is forced to act against his will. Sargon can demonstrate control over the ship computers, and power. This power convinces Spock not to resist Sargons plans and allows an evil influences over Spock.
Spock readily agrees that Sargon is no force to resist. Spock tells Kirk that the surface of the planet is devoid of life and that he has discovered energy readings deep inside the planet, a 112.7 miles through solid rock. Furthermore, Spock conjectures that Sargon is "matter without form". Energy and matter can not exist in the same state. It is either one or the other. All matter has form. Therefore, Spocks conclusions are a lie, an untrue and ridiculous conclusion. Spock misleds Kirk into trusting Sargon. Spock attempts to mystifies Sargon into a incorporeal being of immense power.
Sargon must tell his story, a story of fallen grace. Sargon boasts that 6,000 centuries ago Sargon's race colonized the planet and suddenly an ultimate crisis emerged, "our minds became so powerful, we dare think of ourselves as Gods."
Isaiah parallels Lucifer fall, a son of the Morning, an angel, who thought to ascend to the level of the Gods. The evil one had Aspirations of self-grandeur and forced inclusion into the membership in the council of Gods; his following was cast out; and the rebellious deception led 1/3 of the host from grace.
Sargon for half a million years remained without a body along with his followers. Sargon tells Kirk that those choose too survived were the best minds. Sargon tells that landing crew that their race planted space children and the half million-year wait was required for their children evolved, explored space, and find them. Therefore, Sargon considered himself their father calling the Enterprise members "his children". Why should the Enterprise believe Sargon's claim was true? There was not evidence to believe Sargon claims were true.
Sargon takes possession of Kirks body, imprisoning Kirks mind inside the energy sphere. The transfer could only be temporary and it was dangerous enough that Kirk almost died twice. Kirk says, "I know what he wants and I don't fear him". Kirk should have never freely agreed to the transfer. A morally superior being would have let the Enterprise depart. Instead, Sargon forces Kirk, Spock, and Ann Mulhall into an manipulate transfer agreement. Kirk and particular Spock are baited into believing that Sargon will provide vast transfers of knowledge allowing humanity to advance 10,000 years, saying things like, "risk is our business". Sargon and Felicia complete their transfer and Sargon says, "I had forgotten what it felt like even to breath".
Almost as soon as transfer is completed then evil motives surfaces and Henoch plots to keep the bodies. Henoch alters the metabolic formula for Sargon believing he and Kirk would die and not be able to be transferred back into the sphere. The plot seemingly works: Sargon appears to have died, McCoy puts Kirks body on life support, Henoch destroys Spocks sphere, Sargon transfers to the Enterprise, Henoch dies, Spock is transfer from Ms Chapel back into his body, and Sargon and Felicia disappear into oblivion. Sargon offered humanity nothing. Sargon was cast out into darkeness where there is no light.
Sargon transfer Spock energy into Ms Chapel and they shared consciousness. Spock technically should have made Ms Chapel his wife according the rituals of the Pan Farr. A technical oversight or misleading deception avoided by Spock, who preferred to marry a Vulcan betrothed wife. Ms Chapel should have been the wife of Spock by Vulcan law, thanks to Sargon. Now that logic Spock should have followed.
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