And the Children Shall Lead
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And the Children Shall Lead
This Story: Season 3 Episode 4 (production code 3.5)
TOS Overall: Story 59, Episode 60
Trek Overall: Story 59, Episode 60
Airdate: 11 Oct 1968
Written by Edward J. Lasko
Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
Notes
- This is bad. Like legit bad. Like what the f were they thinking bad. It commits the cardinal error of altering the characters to be what they’re not. Uhura is rendered immobile because she saw herself old in a mirror? Good Lord.
- The only episode with the proper United Federation of Planets flag – it can be seen in the title image above.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | Amazon US Blu-Ray | Amazon US Blu-Ray ]#StarTrekMarathon Star Trek Ep 59 - And the Children Shall Lead - 11 Oct 1968 1/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) July 4, 2024
Here we are. The single worst episode of #StarTrek - it has no redeeming values, although I did like Sulu staring at rows of knives on the main view screen. It is the only episode that has the full pic.twitter.com/LIpgGUrNOF
#StarTrekMarathon Star Trek Ep 59 - And the Children Shall Lead - 11 Oct 1968 2/2
— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) July 4, 2024
United Federation of Planets flag. If I wasn't strict about watching all the episodes, I'd skip this. Yeah, kids try and take over the Enterprise. It's really bad - like WTF bad. Don't bother. pic.twitter.com/xlgR84OHNG