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"Laddie..." - While retrieving and repairing a remote-controlled space rover, Montgomery Scott finds a different kind of rover- an Earth terrier abandoned on the planet, which seems odd, as no manned ships have made it out this far. Feeling sorry for it, he decides to adopt the poor animal. However, as usual, strange things start to happen; Spock develops severe headaches and goes into a telepathic coma, the ship's controls go haywire, and it's steering straight for a dangerous area of space. The "dog" is in fact a member of a species that lives in the inhabitable reason, but got lost, and it's trying to fly its way back home. It didn't mean to hurt them. When they get back to the other "dogs", Kirk needs to ask them to help Spock. Scotty, meanwhile, bids a sad goodbye to his little friend.

Next episode: "The Gardens of Friora"
 
"The Gardens of Friora"- On a routine check of a Federation colony on Friora IV, the Enterprise is unable to raise the colonists. Scans of the planet show all the structures in disrepair, roads overgrown with plant life. Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down with a landing party to investigate.
They confirm what the scans showed, the colony replaced by a lush forest. The colony was thriving just a year ago when the last starship visited. They investigate further and McCoy finds traces of human DNA in the moss-like growth covering the remains of the buildings. Pulling away the moss they find a human skull!
They do further scans and find the colonists are all around them, dead and covered by the moss. McCoy surmises that the moss killed the colonists and then used them as "food". Of camera, Spock states that McCoy is correct. When they turn to face Spock, he and others near him have splotches of the moss on them. They fire at the moss and Spock screams.
Spock's body posture changes and when he speaks it's clear he is not Spock. The voice that comes from Spock calls its self "Friora" after the name the colonists gave the planet. (It had no name prior). Spock's telepathic abilities has allowed it to communicate. It is angry because colonists came and hurt it with the construction of buildings, industry and farming. So it took them and made them part of Friora. Now it wants the Enterprise to leave. Kirk asks for Friora to free Spock and the others, but it refuses saying they are part of Friora now . Kirk must find a way to free his crewmen and not harm Friora, a sentient "world-mind".

Next Episode- "Death and the Maiden"
 
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"Death and the Maiden" - Joanna McCoy visits the Enterprise to announce to her father that she's engaged. McCoy, naturally upset by this, is admonished by Kirk and others to be happy for her. McCoy seems to warm to the idea somewhat at a welcome dinner Kirk gives for the couple. However, things take a dark turn when Joanna learns that their betrothal ceremony is transforming her into a (hostile) member of his true species (he looks like a human now), and it may be irreversible if they don't break the bond. Joanna, under his spell, tries to lure the crew members into a similar change.

Next episode: "Absent Without Leaves"
 
"Absent Without Leaves"- When Sulu and Chekov fail to return from shore leave on Starbase 12., Kirk is forced to declare them AWOL. The Shore Patrol and local authorities begin a search, but no trace of them is found. Kirk insists than they wouldn't go AWOL, but the commander of the Starbase doesn't believe him. Given new orders, Kirk is forced to leave the Starbase.
Sulu and Chekov find themselves aboard a ship crewed by a species called the Phlorans. The Pholrans need Sulu and Chekov to pilot their ship through an area of space called "The Maelstrom". Their goal is get Rosikae, the heir apparent to Phlorai's throne, to Phloria before she hits the age of maturity and her claim invalidated. Unlike the other Phlorans, Rosikay lacks the leaf like structures that cover their limbs, a sign of youth. Rosikae is a prickly sort who shows distain towards Sulu and Chekov. Their journey is hampered by the Maelstrom, Orion pirates and a traitor on board. When Rosikay begins to bloom, the race is really on.

Next Episode- "Bootstraps"
 
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"Bootstraps" - The Enterprise is assigned a new crew woman with a secret; she's actually the daughter of a well-known commodore who left Starfleet to serve as the leader of the planet he moved to after a long successful career. She's eager to prove herself on her own merits, rather than his famous name, and has been assigned to Enterprise after successfully hiding her identity for a series of enlisted grunt jobs. The Enterprise's new mission to track down a missing robot ship filled with explosives is complicated by a fellow crewman discovering her true identity and blackmailing her, to see that she sabotages the mission. What are his motives? Will she betray her vow of duty to spare her family humiliation?

Next episode: "With Every Last Drop"
 
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"With Every Last Drop"- We open on a crashed shuttlecraft on the surface of a desolate looking world. Inside is Kirk looking a bit beat up. He tries to raise the Enterprise on comms but to no avail. The only working piece of equipment on the shuttle is a communicator. The communicator chirps and Kirk flips it open. A voice sounds from the device. "Hello Captain Kirk, my name is Kul and I am your executioner". End teaser.
Kul is a Klingon officer who ten years ago came into conflict with Kirk on the planet Antalia during a flare up in hostilities between the Klingons and the Federation. At the time Kirk was a lieutenant serving on the Farragut who commanded a landing party detail assigned to root out a Klingon weapons plant that was using Antaians as forced labor. Kirk successfully destroy the plant and freed the Antalians. The Klingon commanding the weapons plant shifted the blame to Kul who was stripped of his rank and sent to a labor camp. In the camp he swore revenge on those who sent him there, including Kirk. A regime change in the Empire has set him free and able to realize his revenge.
Kul materializes in front of Kirk armed with a disruptor and holding a hammer. He tosses Kirk the hammer, then gestures with the disruptor. Kirk picks up the hammer and begins breaking rocks.
Can Kirk win in a battle of mental and physical wills with a man who has vowed vengeance with every last drop of blood.

Next Episode- "Last Contact"
 
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"Last Contact" - The Enterprise encounters a debris field created by the loss of a Federation shuttlecraft. Among the bodies recovered is Ambassador Sarek of Vulcan...and his wife! If Spock is devastated, he hides it well. Kirk is assigned to investigate the tragedy, but his usually reliable science officer makes mistake after mistake in trying to discover the circumstances of the explosion. McCoy tries to bond with Spock over parental loss, but Spock assures him his mental health is fine. Nurse Chapel tries to console Spock in her own way, but he dismisses her as well. When McCoy's examinations of the bodies yield curious results, Spock erases his medical log. Kirk's efforts to find answers and comfort his friend are brought to a standstill until Uhura reports detecting secret communications between Spock and a party located in space a sector away. Tracing the call, the Enterprise warps to the origin point and finds a Vulcan cruiser. It doesn't respond to hails, but a lone figure beams aboard--Amanda! Spock greets her without a hint of surprise. He explains to Kirk and McCoy that he was contacted by Ambassador Sarek to help provide cover to flush out an assassin who had made credible threats against him. When Amanda reported by subspace that the assassin had been caught by Vulcan security, Spock expresses his gratitude the plan was successful. Kirk invites Amanda to stay for dinner, and she accepts. When he asks if Sarek can join them she replies that it is now official policy that they don't travel together anymore. McCoy's displeasure with Spock is dismissed when Amanda asks for his company at dinner as well. Kirk invites Uhura since she was the one who helped the most to expose the plan.

Next Episode - "A Small Matter of Payment"
 
A Small Matter of Payment-
Kirk and crew are sent by the federation to negotiate a treaty with the Balrens a mercantile society. Kirk is told that no price is too much to keep them on side. The Baldrens don't want money or trade they want the Federation to side with them in a trade war against a rival system. Kirk initially balks but believing it is the only way to ensure their friendship he agrees. Will Kirk go through with it or will his crew find a way to reach their goals another way.

Next episode: Boom Town
 
"Boom Town" - Kappa Alpha IV is home to a dilithium mining outpost which has become affluent and influential in the sector. Traders come from far and away to take advantage of the hospitality and amenities offered by the city-sized colony. It seems to have something for everyone. A shore leave is arranged for the crew, and even Kirk is impressed by the level of good behavior everyone exhibits. But things take a sour turn when he witnesses Tellarite children being hunted by armored Andorians. He intercedes and is beaten for his efforts by the Andorians who claim he is interfering with their food harvest. Spock and McCoy witness something similar involving other children. They are able to subdue one hunter and transport back to the ship with him. Running medical scans, McCoy finds the hunters are afflicted by a neural viral mutation brought about by microdilithium ingestion. There is no known treatment. When he confers with Kirk, they both agree the outpost should be shut down until its mining wastes can be neutralized. The Administrator, Jevvern, won't hear of it...

Next episode - "Broken Vow"
 
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"Broken Vow"- While on leave visiting the Orion Colonies, Kirk runs across Kanto Tzu, a disgraced Starfleet officer who is now an Orion Trader. Tzu and Kirk were close at the Academy and Kirk must wrestle with the prospect of turning him into Starfleet. Tzu has his own decision make. The rules of Orion society demands Tzu kill Kirk. Both men have vows to uphold or break.

Next Episode- "All That Glitters"
 
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All That Glitters

Guest-starring Werner Klemperer as Officer Bolix. A rare Sulu-centric episode in which our helmsman is accursed with a neck device which renders everything he touches into platinum, including Kirk, Chekov, Uhura, Rand, his console and his plants. Not to be confused with SPACE 1999's All That Glisters.

Next episode: You Stubborn, Thickheaded Vulcan
 
"You Stubborn, Thickheaded Vulcan" (aka "Vulcan Standoff") - Enterprise is preparing to beam down to Vegius II for emergency medical aid after a meteor shower destroys an outpost there, when Spock inexplicably asserts control over the ship, putting Kirk in the brig and barring the crew from rendering any aid. McCoy is flummoxed, and argues vehemently with the Vulcan, but Spock holds firm and orders the crew to maintain orbit, no contact.

The crew are baffled and consider seriously the prospect of mutiny against Spock to restore Kirk and help the people. Spock foils attempts to knock him out, lock him up, etc. McCoy, initially angry, confers with Kirk that something must be up, and surreptitiously checks Spock out - no medical anomalies. Curious, he is just about to disobey direct orders when Spock orders the crew to destroy the planet! It is discovered that the Enterprise is not in their universe at all, but a pocket trap where the planet has been duplicated with the goal of luring rescuers into a deadly trap that will kill them all. Spock has somehow been able to determine this and is waiting out the creator of the trap, hoping they will drain naturally of energy. Destroying it, however, will bring them home and keep others from being caught. Spock put Kirk in the brig because he felt he was less likely to be successfully removed from command than Kirk, and would have a better chance of success.

Next episode: "The Sapient Stars"
 
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"Sapient Stars"- While exploring an uncharted region of space the Enterprise comes across AI's powered by suns. The AI's are housed in a Dyson Ring that surrounds each sun. The ship sends a shuttle with a team headed by Spock to the nearest ring to investigate. In addition to Spock the team consists of physicist Lt. Charlene Masters, engineer Edwin Singh and communications specialist Lt Uhura.
They find an environment suitable for human life. Spock notes that corridors seem to be designed for humanoids. While investigating Uhura discovers the AI is transmitting to the nearby AI/Stars via sub-space. They begin to conjecture on whether the AI/Stars are sapient or perhaps sentient. Uhura and Singh begin to decipher the language. Meanwhile Spock and Masters take the shuttle to scan the sun and the ring. There they discover the star is dying.
Uhura and Singh crack the language and discover the AI/Star is saying goodbye to his "family". They communicate with the star offering to help save it. Spock expresses doubt that the the Enterprise computers could contain the vastness of the AI. Uhura pleads that there must be away. The star itself is resigned to it's fate. Uhura is still insistent they help. Spock informs her time is running out. If they don't leave they will be caught in the supernova.
They leave and rendezvous with the Enterprise. From the bridge they watch as the star dies. Over the star's sub-space frequency they hear the lamentations of the other stars.

Next Episode- "Good Trouble"
 
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"Sapient Stars"- While exploring an uncharted region of space the Enterprise comes across AI's powered by suns. The AI's are housed in a Dyson Ring that surrounds each sun. The ship sends a shuttle with a team headed by Spock to the nearest ring to investigate. In addition to Spock the team consists of physicist Lt. Charlene Masters, engineer Edwin Singh and communications specialist Lt Uhura.
They find an environment suitable for human life. Spock notes that corridors seem to be designed for humanoids. While investigating Uhura discovers the AI is transmitting to the nearby AI/Stars via sub-space. They begin to conjecture on whether the AI/Stars are sapient or perhaps sentient. Uhura and Singh begin to decipher the language. Meanwhile Spock and Masters take the shuttle to scan the sun and the ring. There they discover the star is dying.
Uhura and Singh crack the language and discover the AI/Star is saying goodbye to his "family". They communicate with the star offering to help save it. Spock expresses doubt that the the Enterprise computers could contain the vastness of the AI. Uhura pleads that there must be away. The star itself is resigned to it's fate. Uhura is still insistent they help. Spock informs her time is running out. If they don't leave they will be caught in the supernova.
They leave leave and rendezvous with the Enterprise. From the bridge they watch as the star dies. Over the star's sub-space frequency they hear the lamentations of the other stars.

Next Episode- "Good Trouble"
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Wow, that was sad.
 
"Good Trouble" - A classic courtroom episode with a twist; the crew of the Enterprise testifies in the courtroom of a non-enemy species, explaining why they took the side of a common enemy when deciding which species's ship to rescue from a solar flare explosion first. The ally ship lost all hands except one, a man who may not wake up in time to testify in their favor. The enemy ship was saved in the nick of time. Complicating matters, they're in trouble with the Federation too, since the enemy species they saved is a species that many in the Federation wish very much not to make peace with, despite claiming to desire harmony with all. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and others are grilled like a cheese sandwich over their actions, shown in flashbacks. (Possibly a two parter) No surprise alien twists a la "The Menagerie" - this is a real trial with real stakes.

Next episode: "The Wanderer's Vow"
 
"The Wanderer's Vow"- While mapping an unexplored region of space the Enterprise comes across a derelict vessel. A team beams over (Spock, Uhura and McCoy) On board a single passenger, a man a tattered uniform in poor physical shape. He lifts his head and his long hair moves to reveal pointed ears. Seeing Spock he speaks in an alien language asking a question. Uhura says it's an ancient Vulcan dialect and he's asked if Spock was of Gol. Spock seems taken aback by the word "Gol".
In the briefing room Kirk discussed their "visitor" with his command team. McCoy informs him that his health is improving. Mostly suffering from dehydration and malnutrition. He scans as a Vulcan but there is some genetic drift, even more than between Vulcans and Romulans. Uhura says the dialect is several millennia old and no longer spoken on Vulcan. All eyes are now on Spock. The Vulcan shares that Gol is an ancient philosophy that was widespread before Vulcan's Final War, a pre-Surak near-holocaust. The Adepts of Gol were masters of martial and mental arts and highly sought as bodyguards and soldiers. Gol was wiped out when a nuclear weapon was activated transforming the region into the Plains of Gol. Spock suggests that some Adepts may have escaped that fate on colony worlds. Communication with colonies was lost following the collapse of Vulcan civilization after the Final War
Kirk meets with the visitor, who calls himself "M'Shara". He tells a tale of woe. He's an exile, forced to wander the stars after a violent coup in the Commonwealth (the name of the planetary union he hails from). He's managed to stay one step ahead of the assassins sent after him. But he has vowed to one day restore the rightful government to the Commonwealth.
M'Shara gets to know the crew. He fences with Sulu in the gym. He sings ancient Vulcan ballads with Uhura on the rec deck. He helps Scotty repair his space ship in the shuttle bay. Even Kirk is swayed by M'Shara's charm. He entertains other crewmembers with telekinetic tricks. Spock is the only one not taken with him. McCoy chides Spock with comments on how he wishes all Vulcan's were like M'Shara.
But unknown to everyone, M'Shara is slowly manipulating them with telepathy. Subtly altering their course towards the Commonwealth. His tale is only half true, he is actually the Imperator, once the tyrannical ruler of the Commonwealth. With the power of the Enterprise under his command he plans to once again take power in the Commonwealth. It's up to Spock to save the ship and crew from the Imperator's scheme.

Next Episode " And Time Enough"
 
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"And Time Enough" - Shortly after landing on the planet Esdafus, Enterprise's landing party is trapped in a bubble of time - Scotty receives a potentially fatal wound due to an accident. Fortunately, he is caught half in and half out when the bubble forms, trapping him in place, the half in being his upper body. Inside the bubble, people can live and move as normal, but time has stopped, so natural processes of death and injury are paused. They discover that the stoppage has been caused by Twyna, a dying girl who has made a wish to have a full life before she dies (wishes being granted only happens sometimes. McCoy compares it to the pool of Siloam (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John 5:1-9&version=KJV)) Anyway, Twyna romances either Kirk or Spock throughout, while McCoy tends Scotty (they can still communicate with the ship, though no beaming). Things come to a crisis when McCoy determines that Scotty is affected both in and out of the bubble, so he may not have as long to live as they thought. Twyna is told of the problem, but admits she does not know how to break the bubble (wishing may not work). So Kirk and Spock have to discover the secret of the well (tech, probably). Twyna winds up having to sacrifice her dream for Scott's survival.

Next episode: "The Wagon"
 
"The Wagon"- The Enterprise is assigned to rendezvous with the SS Trailblazer, a legendary freighter and transport. The Trailblazer is a J-class ship with nearly a century of service and looks it with a certain patchwork quality to its hull. Those who served on it and some who travelled on call it "The Wagon". Its captain is Ben "Wagon master" Greene, who's almost as old as the ship. Scotty is excited to meet up with the ship. When he was a young man, little more than boy, he shipped out on "the Wagon" as an apprentice merchantman. It was his first ship.
The Enterprise is there to conduct Master's certifications for the captain and command crew. McCoy will conduct physicals while Kirk, Spock and Scott do skills and knowledge tests. Scott will also do a maintenance evaluation.
Greene and his crew are old school spacers. Rough-hewn, brusque and to the spit and polish Starfleeters a little frightening. They've adopted a look based on the Old West, which includes phasers strapped to their hips. Green himself is a little put off by being judged by a wet behind the ears stripling like Kirk.
In his inspection Scott finds several problems with the aging vessel. Perhaps enough to remove from service He's torn by this. Greene was his first captain. The man who showed him the ropes and taught him about warp engines. Greene even recommended that Scott apply to Starfleet and may have called in a favor or two to get him in.
McCoy has more bad news, Greene and his men, all of whom are up in years, may no longer be fit for the rigors of space travel. The old J-class ships aren't really attracting younger crew, either. They and Greene are becoming obsolete.
How does Kirk tell a man he's no longer "needed"?

Next Episode- "Rhapsody in Blue"
 
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