47 - Obsession

Data Stellare 3619.2: Durante l'esplorazione del pianeta Argus X, alcuni componenti dell'equipaggio vengono uccisi da una nuvola gassosa composta prevalentemente di dikironio. Le modalità dell'attacco riportano alla mente di Kirk alcuni fatti avvenuti undici anni prima quando era imbarcato sulla Farragut il cui equipaggio venne decimato dalla stessa forma gassosa.

YATI

• In questo episodio, Rizzo è guardiamarina, mentre in The Deadly Years era tenente.

Citazioni

Kirk: Intuition, however illogical, Mister Spock, is recognized as a command prerogative.

McCoy: Crazy way to travel. Spreading a man's molecules all over the universe.

McCoy: The semi-conscious mind is a tricky thing. A man never knows just how much is real or how much is imagination.

Spock: There are many aspects of human irrationality I do not yet comprehend. Obsession, for one. The persistent single-minded fixation on one idea.

Spock: ...hesitation ...is an hereditary trait of your species, and suddenly faced by the unknown, or imminent danger, a human will invariably experience a split second of indecision. He hesitates.

McCoy: Monsters come in many forms. And do you know the greatest monster of them all? Guilt.

Scott: Captain, thank heaven!
Spock: Mister Scott, there was no deity involved. It was my cross-circuiting to B that recovered them.
McCoy: Well, then, thank pitchforks and pointed ears.