Data Stellare 3614.9: Kirk, Scott e McCoy sono su
Argelius II, su cui avviene l'omicidio di una donna e Scott ne è il principale indiziato. Durante le indagini avvengono altri omicidi, sempre alla presenza di Scott. Tutto è contro di lui, ma gli omicidi presentano moltissime similitudini con altri avvenuti su diversi pianeti.
- Il titolo di questo episodio viene da un passo delle Egloghe di Virgilio:
«A sad thing is a wolf in the fold,
rain on ripe corn, wind in the trees,
the anger of a Amaryllis.»
- Nella versione italiana Alfa Majoris è stato tradotto in Alfa Magorio I.
McCoy: When a man feels guilty about something -something too terrible to remember... he blots it out of his conscious memory. [T:12:47]
Kirk: Jealousy has often been a motive for murder. [T:17:03]
Spock: In the strict scientific sense we all feed on death... even vegetarians. [T:31:44]
Spock: Deriving sustenance from emotion is not unknown in the galaxy. And fear is among the strongest and most violent of the emotions. [T:31:57]
Spock: Women are more easily and more deeply terrified... generating more sheer horror than the male of the species. [T:34:38]
Sulu: This is the first time I've heard a malfunction threaten us. [T:40:45]
Sulu: With an armful of this stuff, I won't be afraid of a supernova. [T:42:37]
Spock: As we know, the value of pi is a transcendental figure without resolution. [T:43:02]
Kirk: Bones, how long will it take for this tranquilliser to wear off?
McCoy: Oh, I don't know. Five or six hours. I gave everyone a pretty good shot.
Kirk: Oh, yes, I can see that. Well, Mr Spock, for the next five or six hours, we'll have the happier crew in space. [T:46:14]
