Star Trek (1966) - S01E21 The Return of the Archons clip with quote It is done. Taking advantage of their confusion, Reger guides the crew to a place he knows, where they will be safe. Goofs The moment the clock strikes six, everyone stopped moving in tandem, then goes berserk, trashing and burning things, grabbing women and carrying them off. The next day, though, someone tips the Brown Cloaks off to the landing party, and attempts to "absorb" them into the Lotus-Eater Machine. Before you start this book, please realize it is the fifth title in the series: you will need to read the previous books in the series in order to understand the back story and the characters. Marplon takes Kirk and Spock, disguised as lawgivers, to a chamber, the Hall of Audiences, where Landru appears to his acolytes or, at least, a projection of him does. Then you will probably like listening to us too. No mention is made of the festival after its over, nor is its purpose ever explicated. Several times, they have asked if the landing party are Archons. Reger finally explains that the Archons are people who came and resisted Landru, presumably the crew of the Archon. See production, box office & company info, Lieutenant Commander Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott, Self-defense, conflicting Prime Directives and how to outsmart an omnipotent power, Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967), Star Trek Logs: An MTV Big Picture Special Edition, Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA. When the Archon crew came, it saw them as a threat to its perfect society, and assimilated them, just like it's trying to assimilate the crew of the Enterprise. All Quotes This novel sees the team backing up one of there own on his home world. But of course, the good captain will have, Landru seeks tranquility. A friend of Reger's suspects that the visitors are "not of the Body" (the whole of Betan society),[8] and summons Lawgivers. Reger says its Landru summoning the body. Return of The Archons Stardate: 3156.2 Original Airdate: 9 Feb, 1967 [Street] (Two men in colonial style clothing, complete with One falls.) The universal good." Landru- The Return of the Archons, Stardate: 3156.2 #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #IDIC #WeAreStarfleet. Kirk and Spock fire on the wall where the hologram is projected, and find a room with a big computer in it. However, an important modification is made to the absolutist non-interference rule almost immediately. Marplon and Reger arrive, returning their communicators to them, but McCoy realizes that theyre not of the body and screams bloody murder. The lawgivers take Kirk next, strapping him into a machine. It is a binary operating system that imitates the many shades of gray characteristic of human intelligenceonly to end up a circumscribed parody of it that processes everything strictly in terms of black and white., They {alien parasites} begin by invading the minds of individuals in government, military, medicine, finance, media, education, academia, secret societies and religion. They manage to subdue him and Galloway, and then do likewise for the two lawgivers who respond to McCoys screaming. ", "You are the evil! Through it all the crew grows in the face of danger and continues to have fun with each other. Our Privacy Notice has been updated to explain how we use cookies, which you accept by continuing to use this website. The episode contains Star Trek's first reference to the Prime Directive. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! A subplot involving Lindstrom falling in love with a local girl was cut from the episode's final draft script. Captain Kirk beams down with a larger landing party all wearing clothing in the style of those worn by Sulu and O'Neil to investigate. Revised final draft teleplay by Roddenberry: This episode started out as a candidate to be the first, According to the trivia section on the video release, "The Archons" was a club. Its actually pretty frustrating. Ultimately, they want to destroy all that makes you human, your hopes, your dreams, your joys, especially they want to destroy your spirituality., May we all stand tall together in the face of those forces, here and elsewhere, that seek to enslave us., Money is a tool of control invented by the Archons and implemented by your banking families., The Illuminati are the willing terrestrial servants of the Lord Archon, who demands everything from pedophilia and child sacrifice to war and chaos as offerings that create loosh., The Artificial Intelligence. The dungeon set was first constructed for this episode, and reused in the first-season episode "Errand of Mercy" and the second-season episode "Catspaw". becoming like the gods" by mixing humanity with both animals and machines,, The genetic codes of animals, insects, fish, plants and yes, even people are being mixed together in labs. Kirk wants to pull the plug on Landru. Cant we just reverse the polarity? [22] When the landing party rests in a bedroom at Reger's boarding house, the windows are blacked out in all wide shots, but clearly transparent and showing the street outside in all close-ups. Kirk's landing party seeks shelter from the mob at a boarding house owned by Reger. O'NEIL: It's no use. Easily move forward or backward to get to the perfect clip. McCoy tends to her, but then Hacom returns with two lawgivers, the guys in robes. Crazy Credits In a stroke of luck, though, it turns out Marplon, the master assimilator, is a member of Reger's underground, and manages to keep Kirk and Spock from being absorbed. Reger says to leave him, as Landru will be able to trace them through him, but Kirk insists on taking him along, so the two security guards carry him. Archons love to lead people into labyrinths of confusion and excessive complexity. Peace for all. Archons make people think that they are more powerful than humanity. [27][28] Burstein criticizes the episode for attacking organized religion, which it presented as suppressing freedom and creativity. The landing party runs into a building, where theyre met by three older men, Reger, Hacom, and Tamar. Story outline "Landru's Paradise" by Roddenberry: Story outline "The Return of the Archons" by. You can see his fellow extra correcting his missed cue. Thank goodness there is also great writing out there, not just this fluff. This episode marks one of four times Kirk is able to ", This episode has the only teaser to fade out with a close-up on George Takei. //
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