yes2@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Randy Rzasa) (04/23/85)
In "The Omega Glory" (the one with the Yang(k)s and Kom(unist)s),
Kirk and party beam down from the Exodus and find the captain alive and
well, while everyone else on the ship had died. Why in the world didn't
the Exodus medical staff think that there might be some immunity on the
planet since they were dropping like flies and the good old captain was
doing fine? What the hell was he doing down there alone? He couldn't
have figured out a plan for immortality that early; even if he did, why let
the rest of the crew die? All in all this was a pretty poor episode.
Parallel planet development !!! Give me a break.
Two more notes: The episode summary posted a while ago said that the Exodus'
captain killed his crew; ain't the way I saw it.
When Kirk and party were checking out the Exodus, they
mention that all 4 shuttlecrafts are there. (I mention this
since the number of shutttlecrafts per ship has been mused
about in discussions of the Kobahashi Maru.johne@ucla-cs.UUCP (04/26/85)
While on the subject of inconsistencies... How about "Is there in truth no beauty?" in the final transporter scene? In all instances where Carlos is being transported, all humans must be completely out of sight (even to the point of clearing all the Enterprise's corridors when he is even carried by hand, much less being transported with the transporter). So the final scene comes, with Kirk and Spock sending Carlos and Marenda (spelling?) off. Kirk and Spock and M. exchange their final words, Spock puts on the "protective visor" and beams them away. THEN the camera jumps to Kirk, who smiles at their departure and leave the transporter room!! I therefore conclude that either (1) the version that I saw was hopelessly butchered by the local commercial-loving network which broadcast the episode, (2) From that moment onward, Kirk became "dangerously insane", and is even now about to kill everyone in sight, or die of love for M., or (3) you guessed it... boy, did somebody goof! (see list of keywords...) - johne -