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150			     THE WAY TO EDEN
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WRITER: Arthur Heinemann

GUESTS:	Skip Homier (Doc Sevrin)
	Charles Napier (Adam)
	Mary-Linda Rapelye (Irina)
	Majel Barrett (Nurse Chapel)
	Victor Brandt (Tongo Rad)
	Elizabeth Rogers (Lt. Palmer)
	Deborah Downey (Girl #1)
	Phillis Douglas (Girl #2)

AIRED:	February 21, 1969

HACK-MAN rating: .775
Usenet rating:   .432

QUOTES:
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"Power beyond critical.  Explosion is imminent." --Spock


			     THE WAY TO EDEN

PLOT:
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A group  of  space  hippies  steal  the  Enterprise  (not  a  hard  task to
accomplish, is it?)  and search for the legendary planet Eden.   Spock jams
on a harp-like instrument with a chick playing  backup on  a bicycle wheel.
The six  hippies,  led  by Dr  Sevrin (waffle  ears), had  stolen the Space
Cruiser Aurora, and the Enterprise had to enter the Romulan Neutral Zone to
save them.

They call Kirk "Herbert", a person known for his rigid and limited patterns
of thought, but Spock is one with them (since he  was unlike  the people he
grew up with).  Dr.  Sevrin was a brilliant man from Tiberon, but  now is a
carrier of some disease.

Chekov's old flame from SF Academy (Irini Galliulin) tries  to persuade him
to join them.  They find Eden (with some help from Spock), but Adam and Doc
Sevrin die as they find out that all the plant life is acidic.

FACTS:
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 - Spock plays a harp-like instrument.

OPINIONS:
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One of the more dated episodes, but always good for a laugh.