Respect for The Way to Eden.

[Gojira]

Five positives for "The Way to Eden":

1. Skip Homeier's performance as Dr. Sevrin. Homeier He does a really good job portraying a man who is mostly stoical but who is also driven by deep emotions and passions.

2. One of the best episodes for Chekov in terms of his character. The relationship between him and Irrina is really very well-handled. Walter Koenig has said that Chekov is out of character for this episode, I disagree, I think he's perfectly in character. In spite of his sense of humor, Chekov has always been a pretty straitlaced, uptight dude.

3. One of the ideas underpinning Star Trek is that future society, as represented by the United Federation of Planets, is supposed to be a Utopian society, or at least as close to one as human beings can achieve. Presenting the idea that there are malcontents even within such a society is an intriguing one, however campily or stereotypically the idea may have been handled.

4. The whole thing with Spock relating to the Hippies is cool and makes perfect sense to me. It's also neat the contrast with Kirk and the other non-Vulcan members total rejection of them and their ideals.

5. The sitar solo Spock does with the blonde chick is a nifty little instrumental.

I agree with all of these points. It is one my favorite episodes and I don't think it deserves the bad reputation it has.

Plus, the blonde, is super hot to my eyes.

 

[Brutal Strudel]

With you on the blond.

 

[Gojira]

With you on the blond.

Oh, yes!

 

[Amaris]

I watch and love this episode for one reason, and one reason alone:

 

[KirksStuntMan]

It's not my favorite TOS episode, but I liked the story. It's definitely better than the "Lost In Space" hippie episode called "Collision of Planets". Ugh!

 

[scotpens]

^^ If that’s meant to be a clickable thumbnail, it isn’t working. The URL just links to a postage-stamp-sized image.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I watch and love this episode for one reason, and one reason alone:

Agreed. One can always mute the audio.

 

[KirksStuntMan]

^^ If that’s meant to be a clickable thumbnail, it isn’t working. The URL just links to a postage-stamp-sized image.

I didn't want to waste the bandwidth on a funky LIS image, but it's fixed now. Here's the same bandwidth consumer shown below.

This goofy LIS episode makes Way To Eden look outstanding.

 

[KirksStuntMan]

If all of the women of Dr. Sevrin's movement look like this, I'd resign from the Federation and join the space hippies, too.

 

[T'Girl]

Plus, the blonde, is super hot to my eyes.

Chubby chaser?

 

[scotpens]

Those look more like space bikers than space hippies.

 

[KirksStuntMan]

Those look more like space bikers than space hippies.

Irwin Allen was so square, he couldn't tell the difference between space bikers and space hippies.

 

[Gojira]

With you on the blond.

Oh, yes!

Plus, the blonde, is super hot to my eyes.

Chubby chaser?

Chubby??? By what standard!!!!??? Sure if you compare her to today's Hollywood stick figures. But to me she seems like an average healthy weight to me.

 

[Brutal Strudel]

A poem I wrote this young lady when another poster sang her praises. Ah-he-heh-hem!:

A Thousand Sighs for those Wonderful Thighs

Some fellas like their ladies
As slender as a willow
But when I'm done spelunking
My head could use a pillow.

 

[KirksStuntMan]

A poem I wrote this young lady when another poster sang her praises. Ah-he-heh-hem!:

A Thousand Sighs for those Wonderful Thighs

Some fellas like their ladies
As slender as a willow
But when I'm done spelunking
My head could use a pillow.

I could post what Ted Nugent said about womens' thighs, but I don't want to be banned for all eternity from this forum.

 

[Kail]

I think "The Monkees" would be great in this ep.

 

[KirksStuntMan]

Does anyone know who wrote the lyrics and music for this episode? I've never seen any credits on paper or screen that shows who performed the hippie songs either. Maybe it was the late Charles Napier doing his own vocals (?).

 

[WRStone]

Does anyone know who wrote the lyrics and music for this episode? I've never seen any credits on paper or screen that shows who performed the hippie songs either. Maybe it was the late Charles Napier doing his own vocals (?).

I believe the vocals are indeed sung by the actors playing the characters.

It would be interesting to know who wrote the lyrics. Perhaps they came from the writer, Arthur Heinemann? Given his IMBD credits, I can imagine him having written them.

Fred Steiner is credited with the music for the episode, but I have a hard time imagining that he wrote the space hippie songs. Steiner has a certain symphonic feel that the music entirely lacks. Perhaps it was intentional on Steiner's part, but it sounds considerably more like the work of George Duning, who did the music for "The Empath."

Dakota Smith

 

[Lowdarzz]

I've always found the episode watchable, however I believe the best thing they could have done for it was to keep D.C. Fontana's original concept in place and kept it a McCoy centric episode with his daughter Joanna.

 

[KirksStuntMan]

I've always found the episode watchable, however I believe the best thing they could have done for it was to keep D.C. Fontana's original concept in place and kept it a McCoy centric episode with his daughter Joanna.

Agreed. Who decided to change the story concept, and why they decided to change the story concept?

My guess would be Freddy the Freeloader Freiberger. He probably wanted to give Chekov a featured headline appearance for at least one time during the 3rd season. Although I remember Walter Koenig complaining about the episode's director prominently featuring his left ear during the scenes before the sick bay rebellion.