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Nov 21, 2018 · Let’s just get this out of the way: “Plato's Stepchildren” is far from the best Star Trek episode ever made. In fact, it is fairly offensive on a few levels and especially so from my usual feminist point of view.
In 2016, Radio Times ranked the kiss between Uhura and Kirk as the 25th best moment in all Star Trek. In 2016, SyFy noted this episode for actress Nichelle Nichols presentation of Uhura, as having her best scene in Star Trek.
I just rewatched “Plato’s Stepchildren” for the first time in a couple of decades. I hadn’t previously considered it much beyond the famous first black-white kiss. It speaks more to the current moment than I had anticipated. It shows an elite that takes advantage of those lesser for their own amusement, even to the point of humiliation.
The Enterprise finds a planet inhabited by aliens who were once followers of the Greek philosopher Plato. Summoned by an urgent distress call for medical help, the USS Enterprise landing party consisting of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy find a group of aliens who supposedly model their society on the...
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- “Journey to Babel” (season 2, episode 10) Written by the late, great Fontana, “Journey to Babel” may be one of her most iconic episodes. In it, the Enterprise is transporting a widely divergent group of ambassadors to the Babel Conference, including Spock’s parents, Sarek (Lenard) and Amanda (Jane Wyatt), relationships that were explored in-depth in Star Trek: Discovery.
- “The Savage Curtain” (season 3, episode 22) “The Savage Curtain” opens with the Enterprise running scans on a strange planet, when Abraham Lincoln (Lee Bergere) appears on the viewscreen and comes aboard the ship.
- “Amok Time” (season 2, episode 1) In “Amok Time,” Spock reveals that to deal with powerful sexual urges—without emotion, of course—Vulcans are ritually wedded in childhood.
- “Arena” (season 1, episode 18) “Arena” features one of the most memorable TOS sequences, where Kirk fights a green lizard-like creature with glowing red eyes, wearing a gold, flower tunic.
William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols deliberately ruined every take of the non-kiss scene, making the version with the kiss the best option. Which becomes even more impressive if you read their autobiographies, where it becomes clear this is the only thing they've ever agreed on.
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Plato's Stepchildren: Directed by David Alexander. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Michael Dunn. After Dr. McCoy helps the leader of a planet populated by people with powerful psionic abilities, they decide to force him to stay by torturing his comrades until he submits.
