TOS - Plato's Stepchildren

This is actually a rather ordinary episode; it is basically a reworking of a plot that had already been used many times by that point in Star Trek history. Some type of powerful beings hold the crew of the Enterprise hostage for their amusement, or other nefarious purposes. Two such examples are The Cage, in which the Talosians hold Captain Pike hostage in their efforts to create a race of human slaves, and the Squire of Gothos in which Tralane (possibly a Q) holds Kirk and company just because he is an asshole. This episode is much the same; a powerful people decide that they want Doctor McCoy to join their ranks and don’t care who they have to step over to get him, resulting in the torment of Kirk, Spock, Uhura, and Chapel. The only reason why this episode gains notoriety is that it contains the first televised inter-racial kiss. But the rest of the episode is actually quite dull. While this episode was definitely historic, it is not an interesting episode for its own sake.
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