28: Star Trek: The Devil in the Dark and Errand of Mercy

We're winding our way toward the conclusion of Star Trek's first season, and this week we're getting our first visit from some brand new lifeforms in The Devil in the Dark and Errand of Mercy! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:32) - Intro. (00:03:05) - Kicking things off with The Devil in the Dark. (00:06:54) - Some musings on the galactic economics of this era of Star Trek, and Kirk's role. (00:11:46) - Production background on the episode. (00:16:56) - Poor Schmitter. Well, no time to grieve, there's mining to be done! (00:21:49) - A new kind of life? Preposterous! (00:28:44) - As if things weren't dire enough, we also have a missing reactor part to find. (00:31:52) - The boys run afoul of the creature. (00:34:34) - Time to plug in our Vulcan to fix this situation. (00:40:55) - The miners don't care about the creature, they want vengeance! (00:44:53) - There's no number of murders that can't be forgiven when mutual profit is assured. (00:48:36) - Break! (00:49:03) - We're back, and it's time for some Klingons! (00:59:40) - Some additional production notes. (01:03:32) - Is there such a thing as radical pacifism? Because this planet is that. (01:10:41) - Look, Kirk's being kind of a dick about all this, but the Organians aren't exactly helping. (01:19:28) - 12 Hours until minds will be ripped. (01:23:53) - The Organians are revealed, and it's real stupid. (01:33:35) - Final thoughts on the episode. (01:36:28) - Outro (and Vinny's episode killing joke). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.