{"id":4382,"date":"2014-03-03T05:56:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T05:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/33-The-Paradise-Syndrome"},"modified":"2014-03-03T05:56:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T05:56:15","slug":"33-the-paradise-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/2014\/03\/03\/33-the-paradise-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"3.3 &#8212; \u201cThe Paradise Syndrome\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3.3 &#8212; \u201cThe Paradise Syndrome\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Plot:<\/strong> Kirk is stranded on a paradise planet while the <em>Enterprise<\/em> warps out of orbit in an attempt to deflect an oncoming asteroid. After losing his memory in an accident, Kirk is accepted by the indigenous primitive population (which strongly resembles Native American culture) as a God. This planet is prone to falling in the path of planet-killing asteroids, however, so Kirk, now renamed Kirok, is soon expected to work his divine magic to save them. His&#8230; what?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thoughts:<\/strong> Oh, yes, I remember this episode. It\u2019s certainly got some striking points and memorable scenes, but something makes me want to hurry past it. I actually thought it would be coming later in the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like the location shooting very much, with the lake and woods and the village seen in the distance&#8211;also that\u2019s an impressive obelisk they built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirk in this episode is like Captain Pike in \u201cThe Cage\/The Menagerie,\u201d sick of the pressures of command, and longing for the simple life. This doesn&#8217;t really square with the Captain we know, who is in love with his ship, devoted to duty, and amazing at his job. But. I guess we all get tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The B story about the ship dying in space trying to deflect the asteroid works very well, giving &#8220;Kirok&#8221; his 60 days of wish-fulfillment fantasy life. The High Priestess panting to bear his children is a little much, but considering the technological difference, it seems he would be like a god, able to wield an outsized influence on his adopted community. \u00a0I just don\u2019t get why, if planet killing asteroids show up so often, the Preservers would have chosen this planet to plunk this primitive tribe of people down on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirk, standing in the storm as the sky darkens, desperate, wondering if he might perhaps be a god, is fairly unforgettable, as is him hugging himself in joy with the sunlight behind him during the voiceover when he first comes into his own on the planet. Part of me wants to say &#8220;But&#8230; but&#8230;&#8221; \u00a0These are powerful images and scenes, however, and they have stayed with me for a reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is Miramanee Kirk\u2019s new Edith Keeler?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A grudging 3 out of 5 devastating! drop! kicks!<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Paradise_Syndrome\" class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-recommend=\"0\" data-card-width=\"100%\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Paradise_Syndrome<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n      ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>        3.3 &#8212; \u201cThe Paradise Syndrome\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-4382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-star-trek-relive-the-majesty-tos-episode-threads","tag-kevin-black"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/relivethemajesty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}