When I think about this episode all I can think of is a version of the song from the, "History of the World Part II," trailer with the words, "the Hippies are in SPAAAACE!" And yes, it is as bad as it sounds. The concept of a group seaking Eden doesn't seem unlikely at all, the problem is this is the most annoying bunch of hippies this side of Vega. This is one episode where I am firmly on team Kirk, not team Spock. I could put up with their obnoxious chanting, but all the singing is way way too much.
The episode opens with the Enterprise encountering the stolen vessel Aurora. They refuse to respond to a hail and put up a fight against the tractor beam. So much of a fight that their ship is destroyed moments after they are beamed aboard the Enterprise. But instead of cowering in what they must have assumed would have been their final moments they are calmly standing there. Fortunately for them one of the space hippies father is an ambassador to the Federation to they are forced to be nice. The hippies are determined to find Eden and loudly protest anyone who stands in their way. They also sing, a lot.
The hippies agree to be examined in sickbay and their leader turns out to be a carrier of a deadly disease. He is isolated while the crew are immunized. Meanwhile the other hippies try to recruit members of the crew through more singing, or in the case of the girl Chekov is into, lots of kissing. From Chekov the hippies learn they can control the ship for the auxiliary control room. This whole time Spock seems to be genuinely enjoy the hippies and even jams with them on his Vulcan harp.
While distracting as much of the crew as possible with their awful music the hippies seize control of the ship and fly into Romulan space. They find their Eden and knock on the crew with a sonic weapon, then steal a shuttlecraft and make their way to the surface. Since the Romulans apparently have nothing to watch their border the Enterprise has plenty of time to send an away party down. They discover that while the planet is beautiful all the plants emit powerful acids that burn the skin and the fruit is all poison. Two of the hippies dies to the fruit before the rest give in. The Romulans never show up and they all go on their way.
Review: Wow, this one was pretty hard to watch. The script didn't have any giant holes in it, but all the singing (and I know I complain a lot about the singing, but it is barely singing. More like rhythmic talking over terrible instrumentals, arrrr.) really makes me not enjoy it. I feel like things may go lower still so I am going with:
2 out of 10
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