This Side of Paradise
Kirk seeks an antidote to paradise when his crew deserts the Enterprise for a planet where colonists enjoy an idyllic existence, thanks to the tranquilizing effect of parasitic plant spores. Leila: Jill Ireland. Sandoval: Frank Overton. Leslie: Eddie Paskey. McCoy: DeForest Kelley. Sulu: George Takei. Uhura: Nichelle Nichols. Spock: Leonard Nimoy. Kirk: William Shatner., Kirk seeks an antidote to paradise when his crew deserts the Enterprise for a planet where colonists enjoy an idyllic existence, thanks to the tranquilising effect of parasitic plant spores., The Enterprise travel to a dead colony, only to find the colonists in rude health, despite the lethal radiation raining down., Ordered to evacuate a planetary colony that is under the threat of deadly radiation, Captain Kirk faces unexpected resistance when the settlers claim they have no desire to leave. When Kirk, McCoy, and Spock investigate further, they discover that the colony’s inhabitants are both perfectly healthy and oddly blissful. The reason for this behavior becomes clear when McCoy and Spock unintentionally inhale the spores of a native plant, and become seized with the same contented lethargy. The spores’ effects spread when several of the plants are brought aboard the Enterprise, and Kirk must find a way to win back his crew before the ship and planet are destroyed in this installment of the landmark science fiction television series., The original Star Trek series, digitally remastered. Radiation rains down on a planet the Enterprise visits, but rather than being dead, the inhabitants are flourishing.
