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[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

"Fool's Gold" - The Enterprise heads to Auros III with the goal of retrieving a cache of valuable matter uncovered by a Federation science team that has the potential to revolutionize matter replication. When they arrive, they find the scientists have managed to terraform the planet...or so it seems. With Klingons in hot pursuit of the same objective, this substance creates powerful illusions but the planet is in fact as barren as ever. It also has the unfortunate side effect of breeding a different kind of madness - that of comfort, lassitude, and ennui. Which means it might be a powerful weapon to subjugate enemies - but one might wind up falling in their own trap.

Next episode: "The Birdhouse"

 

[TheMoonIsMadeOfCheese]

The Birdhouse

While studying the nebula Oris II, the Enterprise discovers an M-class planet nearby, inhabited by a pre-warp civilisation. When Kirk beams down with a landing party, disguised to blend in with the locals, they get to know the local populace, the Iluun. The Iluun are a happy and healthy people, yet they only inhabit a small portion of their world’s land, and have no interest in improving their rudimentary technology. With the help of Spock and Scotty, Kirk finds that the Iluun are confined to their small living space by an energy field, and that the resources inside the field have been artificially enriched, presumably by a more advanced civilisation. This advanced civilisation provides everything the Iluuns need, hence their lack of interest in technology. Kirk attempts to take one of the Iluuns, a young woman named Mirai, outside the energy field, but as soon as they step foot outside, the Enterprise is attacked by the advanced civilisation, called the Zaar, who are angry that their “pet project” has been interfered with. Kirk had to decide whether to leave the Iluun to their voluntary captivity, where they will live at the whim of the Zaar, or break the Prime Directive and interfere in another civilisation’s affairs.

Next episode: Those Halcyon Days (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halcyon)

 

[Poltargyst]

Those Halcyon Days

The Enterprise is ordered to mediate a disturbance on Federation member Zaniah V where two factions are on the brink of civil war. One faction won its supporters with promises to return the society to its customs from an earlier time, but the crew of the Enterprise learn of the dark customs that took place during those times and the hidden motivations of those faction leaders to return to those customs.

Next episode: Lilith

 

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

LILITH

Ambassador Lilith McAllister (Kathy Garver with short-cropped hair) seems awfully young to mediate Terran/Romulan/Klingon peace treaties (she's seven years younger than Chekov), but Admiral French gave her his high recommendations to Kirk. But when Klaatubaradaniknak (Jack Nicholson in swarthy makeup) kidnaps her younger siblings Bufee and Johday it's a potentially tragic family affair for Starfleet. This episode needed four minutes of filler so Uhura provides a jaunty jingle titled ''Swing It, Mista Spock.''

Next Episode: WHO PUT THE GUARD IN THE CHOP AND DROP?

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

WHO PUT THE GUARD IN THE CHOP AND DROP? (aka "The Guardian"): Enterprise is escorting the preteen daughter of a deceased Peluran ambassador to the Federation boarding school she is to attend as an exchange student, along with her private governess, who is acting as her chaperone. When one of the security officers assigned to her detail kills the other one, and dies himself from his wounds, or so it seems, the crew has a mystery on their hands. The girl believes herself guilty of the killings, something that scares the daylights out of her, but the governess is in fact responsible, wanting to keep the girl under her control by using her manipulative abilities to convince her she is bad. Can Spock and McCoy get to the bottom of the mystery, and save Kirk, who is falling under the governess's influence?

Next episode: "The Sleep of the Just"

 

[Uncle Sock]

The Sleep of the Just

The Enterprise is ordered to Earth to deliver the captured Romulan Commander for classified interrogation following her capture in "The Enterprise Incident." But when a Starfleet tribunal opens an official inquiry into the mission’s legality, Kirk and Spock are forced to justify their deception under oath. Confined to Earth under political pressure, the Commander calmly challenges Starfleet’s moral high ground, turning the hearing into a philosophical battle over espionage, loyalty, and trust. As public opinion wavers, Kirk begins to question whether the cost of victory was too high. With tensions escalating across the Neutral Zone, Starfleet demands silence—but the Commander refuses to play the villain...


Next: And the Stars Themselves Shall Tremble

 

[Rmac]

And the Stars Themselves Shall Tremble

The Enterprise discovers a massive machine syphoning power from a star. The ancient machine sparks curiosity for Spock in particular who feels a connection with it. They discover that in a matter of years the machine will deplete all the stars energy and will destroy the entire system along with the pre-warp inhabitants of one of its planets. The crew tries to find a way to stop this with McCoy taking the position that they need to destroy the machine before it destroys the planet, while Spock argues that they have no right to destroy the machine, which may be sentient.

Next Episode: The Binding