When I finish watching all the Star Trek's I am going to calculate the average of all the series, and with the way things are going TAS is going to be hard to beat. Sure it had a few questionable episodes (I am looking at you Magicks of Megus-Tu) but episodes like the one I watched tonight are really going to help. The idea of a society built from the survivors are starships trapped in a spacetime bubble for all eternity is both cool and very Star Trek. The only real issues with continuity in this episode is that Kirk does not have the irrational hatred of Klingons he exhibits in some other episodes and movies. This is more of the Kirk from the end of V, but that is ok too.
The episode begins with the Enterprise investigating the Bermuda triangle, I mean Delta Triangle, a mysterious region of space know for starships disappearing without a trace. Sure enough their instruments stop working right and suddenly a Klingon warship appears and opens fire. The Enterprise barely has time to get its shields up and return fire before the Klingon ship disappears in a very confusing way. On their way out the Enterprise runs into several Klingon ships who accuse them of destroying the first vessel. Not being the type to talk things out the Klingons open fire and the Enterprise flees to the spot the first ship disappeared and sure enough, they disappear as well.
After some brief nausea they find themselves in a graveyard of dead starships. Some are centuries old and as they explore the Klingons prepare to attack. When the Klingons fire on the defenseless Enterprise their weapons don't work. The same happens when the Enterprise attempts to return fire. Both captains are suddenly beamed before a council of aliens. The council explains that they have built a peaceful society in this time pocket and that both ships are welcome as long as they are peaceful as well. If either ship or its crew breaks the peace they will be sentenced to a century of being trapped on their ship alone.
Back on their ships Spock starts calculating and the Klingons start throwing their ship at the barrier keeping them there. After a bit of this Spock realizes they can escape if they work together. The Klingon captain uncharacteristically agrees to work with the Enterprise so of course he is planning something. The alien council isn't pumped they are going to risk their lives trying to escape, but as long as they are peaceful they aren't too upset. The night before the great escape they have a party on the Enterprise. The Klingon captains wife dances with McCoy to start a fight between him and the Klingon captain. Both Kirk and the Klingon are summoned to the council chamber and Kirk argues he needs the Klingons help to escape so they let them both go. Meanwhile the wife hides a bomb in the Enterprise computer.
It is the big day and the two ships awkwardly dock with each other and start warping towards the barrier. At the last moment one of the council psychics detects the bomb and calls the Enterprise to warn them. Spock and Scotty manage to find the bomb and throw it out a hatch just before it blows. The escape plan works luckily and they are both on their way.
Review: This is a fun episode of adventure. As an added bonus Shatner gets to mispronounce, "sabotage," again which I am going to add a point to the score for. Also, who doesn't love some Klingon trickery?
9 out of 10
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