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Star Trek - The Empath
episode 3.12
Raumschiff Enterprise - Der Plan der Vianer
USA 1968
produced by Fred Freiberger, Gene Roddenberry (executive) for Norway Corporation, Paramount/NBC
directed by John Erman
starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Kathryn Hays, Alan Bergmann, Willard Sage, James Doohan, George Takei, Davis Roberts, Jason Wingreen
written by Joyce Muskat, created by Gene Roddenberry, music by George Duning
TV series Star Trek, Classic Star Trek, Star Trek (original crew)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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As a planet is about to be destroyed by a supernova, Kirk (William
Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Bones (DeForest Kelley) from the
Enterprise beam down onto one of the planets to evacuate the scientists
exploring it - but they find them gone, and instead are soon trapped in an
underground laboratory by two aliens (Alan Bergmann, Willard Sage), who
conduct a series of cruel experiments on them, while they are helped by
mute by nature empath Gem (Kathryn Hays), who has incredible healing
abilities - which she uses on our heroes as the aliens submit them to more
and more brutal torture. But healing drains her. Under torture, Kirk and
company show nothing but selflessness, which isn't lost on the aliens, and
eventually they reveal the real reason behind their experiments, they want
to see if the alien race Gem belongs to is worth saving, if the race is
able to learn the concepts of compassion and selflessness - and to that
end she has to heal Bones, presently dying from torture, even if it costs
her own life ... at which point Kirk gives the aliens a good lecture about
actual compassion, claiming they have no right to judge over others if
they themselves lack compassion - the aliens concur, heal Bones before Gem
can, and save her race. Now what really works in this episode
is Kirk and company left in the dark about what's going on and trying to
figure it out themselves, which ultimately shows their adversaries under a
whole different light than initially suspected. That said, the resolution
to the riddle is a bit disappointing, and the strong moral message is a
bit too on-the-nose to come across as wholly convincing. That said, the
whole thing moves along briskly, and the three leads show good chemistry
without overdoing their characters, so there sure is plenty for fans to
like in there.
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