Name That STAR TREK Episode...

[BK613]

The Man Trap

1. A redshirt without a red shirt.

Both Darnell (blue shirt) and Green (gold shirt) die a redshirt death.

2. A blessing is invoked.

RAND: Where are you, Sulu?
SULU: In here feeding the weepers, Janice.
RAND: I've got your tray.
SULU: May the Great Bird of the Galaxy bless your planet.​

 

[Methuselah Flint]

The Man Trap

Both Darnell (blue shirt) and Green (gold shirt) die a redshirt death.

RAND: Where are you, Sulu?
SULU: In here feeding the weepers, Janice.
RAND: I've got your tray.
SULU: May the Great Bird of the Galaxy bless your planet.​

Indeed. And the series kicks off - in broadcast order - with an episode which starts the redshirt tradition with ironically no redshirt deaths.

 

[Farscape One]

BK613, you are correct! And for exactly the reasons you posted.

The helm is yours.

 

[BK613]

@Farscape One Thanks. Those were good clues.
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Clue 1: Days later, our heroes show up.

 

[Farscape One]

Thanks for that.

"ARENA"?

The Enterprise arrives at least a full day after Cestus III was destroyed.

 

[Methuselah Flint]

The Deadly Years?

Given what we see in the episode, it can only be a matter of a few days at best, for the radiation to have started to affect the unfortunate party on Gamma Hydra Four before our heroes arrive.

 

[BK613]

Neither "Arena" nor "The Deadly Years."

 

[BK613]

Clue 2: The story's antagonist is on the offensive.

 

[Farscape One]

"WHOM GODS DESTROY"?

Garth is on the offensive, and he clearly gained control before the Enterprise arrived.

 

[BK613]

Not "Whom God's Destroy"

 

[Steven P Bastien]

"Balance of Terror"

Two outposts are silenced, which implies days since the first attack, and the heroes even just miss helping a third outpost. And, we know who is on the offensive. Don't we Mister Stiles?

 

[Methuselah Flint]

The Doomsday Machine?

 

[BK613]

Neither "The Balance of Terror" or "The Doomsday Machine."
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Clue 3: Of course a redshirt dies.

 

[Steven P Bastien]

Well in must be "The Devil in the Dark".

The last death was 2 days ago. And the first 3 months ago, or 90 days. That makes the time period expressible in "days". Certainly, the normally docile Horta is on the offensive, like any good momma would be, if necessary. And, a redshirt dies, as is also necessary.

 

[BK613]

@Steven P Bastien You are correct, for the reasons stated. It is "The Devil in the Dark."

Your are up to bat.

 

[Steven P Bastien]

Clue #1 There are Tholian webs and sensor webs that have ensnared the Enterprise, but in this episode the Enterprise is threatened by something less "webby" in some ways and more "Webby" in other ways, thus proving the old adage that "there is nothing more dangerous than a Captain and his homophonic subordinate".

... Well, ... it could become an old adage someday.

 

[Discofan]

Homophonic? You mean someone has a name that sounds like "Kirk" but is spelled differently?

 

[Methuselah Flint]

The Changeling?

 

[Farscape One]

"THE PARADISE SYNDROME"?

 

[RubySlipppers]

It’s “Court Martial” !