Today I watched another mediocre third season episode. Not as truly awful as last nights ep, but still pretty far from quality. This is one of the episodes that feels like it was written with budget restraints in mind since other than a matte painting it takes place entirely on the ship. To its credit the idea of aliens that are accerated so much that they can't be seen is interesting, and other than the, "cell damage causes death," idea, they did mention that it would significantly reduce Kirk's lifespan. Having the entire problem boil down to something in the water wasn't the best, and Spock could apparently solve their entire cultures problem at normal speed in no time.
We begin with stock footage of Scotty on the bridge being narrated over by Scotty. He explains that the Enterprise is investigating a distress call from what appears to be an unoccupied planet. On the surface (in front of a matte painting) there is what appears to be an advanced, functioning society, without any people. Kirk notices a buzz like an insect, but other than that it is lifeless. A red shirt disappears and they flee back to the ship. The buzzing seems to have followed them and the ship starts suddenly malfunctioning. A strange device appears in life support. On the bridge the captain has some coffee to relax when he feels dizzy and the rest of the crew are frozen. A strange woman approaches him and kisses him passionately.
The woman is Deela, queen of these people and their problem is they have been accelerated beyond the perception of normal beings. They are planning on freezing the enterprise crew so they can use them one at a time as servants. They already have one crewmember, but Kirk knocks him out, only the cell damage kills him! Kirk has to stop them from freezing his crew and he starts by disabling the transporter. He seduces Deela which sends her male counterpart into such a fury she stuns him with their weapons with cheap special effects.
Kirk manages to record Deela and him discussing what happened and puts in where McCoy will find it. Spock figures out what is causing the acceleration and makes himself a batch of it. Kirk steals a weapon and meets Spock on the way to life support. They destroy the freezer box and send the aliens back to their planet. Spock made an unaccerlate potion before accelerating which Kirk takes. Spock then repairs the ship at super speed and they never use that power again.
Review: These episodes aren't as complex as TNG episodes so when the A story is kinda bland there isn't anything to fall back on. Also it is getting kinda old that every alien race they encounter this season only has 3 or 4 members total...
3 out of 10
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