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#27: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 1, episode 26 “Errand of Mercy”
Written by Gene L. Coon, directed by John Newland.
Stardates 3198.4 through 3201.7 (October 2267)
“Here we are on a planet of sheep. Two tigers.” - Kor
The Enterprise has been sent to Organia, a planet occupied by a peaceful and primitive society that also happens to be of strategic value to the Klingon Empire. After being ambushed by a Klingon battlecruiser and narrowly surviving a fierce shootout, Captain Kirk and Spock beam down to Organia and place Lieutenant Sulu in command of the ship. They find the people couldn’t care less that a Klingon armada is on its way to seize the planet. Before Kirk can finish convincing the Organians that they are in danger, the Klingons arrive and force Sulu to retreat. Kirk and Spock must lay low and endure the dictatorship of Kor (John Colicos) until the Enterprise can return with a Federation fleet to rescue them.
Originally released: 23 March 1967
“Errand of Mercy” on Memory Alpha
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What did you think?
You’re on the wrong show, Baltar!
Kor in TOS is utterly hilarious, almost like Kirk’s bro from out of nowhere!
Bringing him back in TNG and VGR is… like the most audacious shite, ever!
For those that are following along, even though we already watched it, The City on the Edge of Forever will be placed after this episode in the Master List. The reason for this is that the alpha canon stardate for that episode is unknown and because using the beta canon stardate meant there were suddenly two time travel episodes back to back. It feels a little kludgy.
The City on the Edge of Forever comes after Errand of Mercy in production order, so it fits better here.
I wish I could find the fucking meme :
“Here we have John Colicos as Kor and Michael Dorn as Worf”
“There we go! Michael Dorn is doing great blackface!”
“Micahel Dorn HAS a black face! He’s a black man!”
I got you fam
Visual effects comparison of the original broadcast & the Remastered versions.
There’s something about the star fields on the original effects that I really enjoy.
This seems to be one of the first episodes they remastered. Reused thing like the starfield effect and the intro are more refined in other episodes.
