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Birth Name: Gordon Matthew Sumner

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Sunday Aug 14, 2022

What is the Sting? And Why Does It Hurt?

Tonight we had big plans on lots of math. So we got to SOME of it, but we got into a great discussion on the Mantis, and it's abilities. This multifaceted ship has been great for some folks and not so much for others. What are the differences, and does it punish higher ops level players MORE than lower? So let's find out WHAT it is, and why it's having an impact. President Eco hangs out tonight to talk a little about EVERYTHING and to soak up some of that Talking Trek knowledge. Please share with your teams, sub to the channels, and ENJOY the show!

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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic sci-fi show take a look at some of the guest stars the show brought in who ended up being household names.

Long before Tom Hardy starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in films like “Inception” and “The Revenant,” he played Shinzon, the villain in “Star Trek: Nemesis.” Shinzon was a clone of Patrick Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

An appearance on “Star Trek: Voyager” was one of the first non-wrestling roles that Dwayne Johnson took. He played the Pendari Champion who defeated Jeri Ryan’s Seven of Nine in combat.

Kim Cattrall

Before playing the fabulous Samantha Jones on “Sex and the City,” Kim Cattrall donned prosthetic ears to play the Vulcan helmsman Valeris in “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.”

Kirsten Dunst

“Spider-Man” and “Fargo” star Kirsten Dunst appeared in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” at the age of 11. She played Hedril, a young member of a telepathic alien race known as the Cairn.

Christopher Lloyd

Most well-known for his role as Emmett “Doc” Brown in the “Back to the Future” trilogy, Christopher Lloyd also played the Klingon Commander Kruge in “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.”

Christian Slater

Christian Slater played an unnamed officer in “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.” Slater is known for “Interview with a Vampire,” “True Romance,” and most recently “Mr. Robot.”

Sarah Silverman

Comedian Sarah Silverman appeared in an episode of “Star Trek: Voyager” where the crew was sent back in time on Earth. Silverman played a scientist based in Los Angeles.

Jason Alexander

“Seinfeld’s” Jason Alexander also appeared on “Star Trek: Voyager” as Kurros, a member of a group of scholars who traversed the galaxy looking for employment in solving problems.

Teri Hatcher

“Desperate Housewives” and “Lois and Clark” star Teri Hatcher appeared in an episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” as a Starfleet lieutenant.

Kelsey Grammer

Frasier himself, Kelsey Grammer, appeared in an episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” as the captain of ship caught in a time loop and on a collision course with the Enterprise.

Bebe Neuwirth

Kelsey Grammer’s TV wife — Bebe Neuwirth — also appeared on “The Next Generation.” She played an alien nurse who promised to help Commander Riker escape confinement in exchange for sexual favors.

Kirstie Alley

Another “Cheers” star — Kirstie Alley — played Saavik in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.”

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Jeffrey Dean Morgan is familiar with playing the villian. Before he was cast as baseball bat-wielding Negan in “The Walking Dead,” Morgan played a Xindi-Reptillian tasked with destroying Earth in “Star Trek: Enterprise.”

Iggy Pop, the punk legend who created “The Passenger,” “Search and Destroy” and more, appeared in “Star Trek: Deep Space 9” as a Vorta negotiator named Yelgrun.

Famke Janssen

Eight years before Famke Janssen and Patrick Stewart would star together in “X-Men” the actress appeared in an episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” where she seduced Stewart’s Jean-Luc Picard.

Seth Macfarlane

Based on the sheer number of references in his shows “Family Guy,” “American Dad” and films “Ted” and “Ted 2,” it’s evident that Seth Macfarlane is a Trekkie. Happily, Macfarlane was able to appear in two episodes of “Star Trek: Enterprise” as a Starfleet engineer.

“NewsRadio” alum Andy Dick was in an episode of “Star Trek: Voyager” as a holographic ship doctor.

Ashley Judd

“Heat” and “Divergent” star Ashley Judd guest starred in two episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Judd also had her first on-screen kiss on the show with Wil Wheaton’s Wesley Crusher.

Terry O’Quinn

Before Terry O’Quinn headed to the island in “Lost” as John Locke, he appeared in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” as an admiral and friend of William Riker.

Daniel Dae Kim

Another “Lost” alum appeared in “Star Trek.” Daniel Dae Kim, who would go on to play Jin in “Lost,” appeared in an episode of “Star Trek: Voyager” and later as a different character in three episodes of “Star Trek: Enterprise.”

Vanessa Williams

“Eraser” and “Shaft” star Vanessa Williams guest starred on “Star Trek: Deep Space 9” as Arandis, an inhabitant of a pleasure planet.

Stephen Hawking

Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking appeared in an episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” as a holographic version of himself playing poker with Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton.

“Parks and Recreation” and “Step Brothers” star Adam Scott had a blink and you’ll miss it role in “Star Trek: First Contact” as a crew member.

Kurtwood Smith

“That 70s Show’s” Kurtwood Smith has appeared in numerous Star Trek projects. He was an Efrosian Federation president in “Star Trek VI: Undiscovered Country,” as the predecessor to Odo in an episode of “Star Trek: Deep Space 9,” and as Annorax in two episodes of “Star Trek: Voyager.”

Mick Fleetwood

Mick Fleetwood, of Fleetwood Mac fame, underwent heavy make-up for a role in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” as an Antedean dignitary.

Tom Bergeron

Tom Bergeron, host of both “Dancing with the Stars” and “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” appeared in two separate episodes of “Star Trek: Enterprise.”

Jane Wiedlin

“Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” featured a cameo from Trekkie and The Go-Go’s vocalist Jane Wiedlin.

The former “Entertainment Tonight” host and musician played a Klingon hologram who helped Worf complete his second right of ascension ceremony.

Tom Morello

Tom Morello, of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave fame, appeared twice in the “Star Trek” universe. He had a small cameo in the “Star Trek: Insurrection” and then appeared in an episode of “Star Trek: Voyager.”

Corbin Bernsen

“L.A. Law” and “Psych” alum Corbin Bernsen played a member of the omnipotent Q Continuum in an episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”

James Avery

“Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’s” Uncle Phil, James Avery, played a Klingon general in an episode of “Star Trek: Enterprise.”

Paul Sorvino

Paul Sorvino, who starred in “Goodfellas,” “Romeo + Juliet” and the father of Mira Sorvino, played Worf’s foster brother in an episode of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”

Billy Burke

“Twilight” star and “Revolution” alum Billy Burke made his first TV appearance on an episode of “Star Trek: Deep Space 9” as a Cardassian soldier.

Abdullah II ibn al Hussein

Perhaps the most powerful guest star to appear in the show, King of Jordan Abdullah II ibn al Hussein had a non-speaking role in “Star Trek: Voyager” while he was still a prince.

John Larroquette

Best known for playing a lecherous lawyer on “Night Court,” John Larroquette played the Klingon Maltz in “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.”

Neal McDonough

Before “Arrow” and “Marvel: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,” Neal McDonough played Lt. Hawk in “Star Trek: First Contact.”

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50 Surprising Star Trek Guest Stars

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Star Trek is all about exploring new worlds, which is a great way to meet new characters. From 1966 all the way through today, the Star Trek franchise has brought in some of the most exciting guest stars on television. Let’s take a look back at 50 guest stars you may have not known were on Star Trek . Trust us, some of these will surprise you.

Star Trek: Voyager - String Theory

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• Cohesion by Jeffrey Lang
• Fusion by Kirsten Beyer
• Evolution by Heather Jarman

Summary [ ]

In this Star Trek: Voyager trilogy, the crew of Voyager discovers a region of space that has been used for experiments by the Nacene , the race responsible for their presence in the Delta Quadrant in the first place. Having discovered a space station containing various information about the Nacene, the crew learns that the Caretaker, Suspiria , and numerous other Nacene are exiles, living away from their people as a punishment for tampering with the cosmic strings that the universe consists of; the other Nacene believe it is a sacred duty to care for the strings (although Q told the crew that the Nacene were exaggerating and the strings would be fine on their own).

When Voyager came into possession of the Key that would allow the Nacene to return to Exosia , their home dimension from which they were exiled, a Nacene attempted to infiltrate Voyager by altering the crew's memories to make them believe that the Nacene was Captain Janeway 's sister, who had been with them on the mission from the beginning. However, despite her attempts to escape attention, she was quickly discovered thanks to Naomi Wildman and Harry Kim , whose molecular structures were slightly out of sync with the rest of the crew due to them both coming from the duplicate ship created in " Deadlock ", and were thus immune to her tampering (she even activated a backup version of The Doctor to try and escape attention, but the two programs were so different that the crew soon realized that something was wrong).

During their research into the space station, Q rescues Tom Paris and Harry Kim from an accident and subsequently recruits them to help him track down an Ocampa /Nacene hybrid who holds the key to repairing damage that has recently been caused to the space/time continuum. During this appearance, Q reveals that omnipotent beings are actually rather fond of games of choice and chance, as it is only under these conditions that beings such as Q can feel the thrill of not being in total control.

The Nacene launched an assault on Voyager to regain the Key, but Voyager was able to hold them off, using the neurotoxin that Tuvok had developed in their encounter with Suspiria. The Doctor becomes trapped in Exosia when the rift is briefly opened, causing photonic energy to be drawn in, and then gets sent into Ocampa's distant past by a Nacene who wanted The Doctor to prevent the birth of a Nacene-Ocampa hybrid that it perceived as a threat. Developing a fondness for the hybrid's mother, an Ocampan general who reminds him of Kes , The Doctor chooses not to prevent the birth, and the Nacene-Ocampa hybrid was able to stabilize reality and negotiate peace between the two Nacene factions (after the hybrid's future self was tracked down by Tom Paris and Harry Kim, aided by a young Q). Aided by Kes, the Nacene evolved to a higher stage of being, as Kes and her "son" – only Kes' body could cope with the strain of giving birth to the hybrid, although another Ocampan contributed the genetic information – returned to Ocampa to repair the ecological damage that the Nacene caused long ago, and, three years later, rain finally fell on Ocampa once more. However, as a result of the rift being opened, all photonic energy in this region of space has been drained away, with a new history being created to "explain" the change, as well as Janeway's exposure to the Key leaving her vulnerable to certain 'mood swings' in the future, with her only chance at recovery being a continued ignorance of the events that have taken place.

Background information [ ]

• It was Pocket editor Marco Palmieri 's idea to mark the tenth anniversary of Voyager with a novel trilogy. He sought out Lang and Jarman to contribute, and Jarman suggested including Kirsten Beyer. ( Voyages of Imagination , p. 302)
• With Lang unable to devote full attention to the initial development due to other projects, Beyer and Jarman plotted out the trilogy between them (although Lang later contributed heavily to the worldbuilding of the trilogy). ( Voyages of Imagination , p. 302)
• In Voyages of Imagination , Jarman explained that the purpose of the trilogy was three-fold: to provide Voyager fans with a substantial work; to reconcile a number of continuity issues Jarman and Beyer felt needed addressing, particularly changes between seasons four and five; and to cover concepts and plotlines that were never fully resolved or ultimately did not appear. ( Voyages of Imagination , p. 302)

The covers in triptych layout

• The three covers of the trilogy form a loose triptych .

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• String Theory at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works

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Ds9 gave star trek's red shirt death problem a greater meaning, the star trek universe's next major crossover event to begin in landmark 500th issue special.

• The infamous red-shirt trope ended in 1987 with Star Trek: The Next Generation's new uniform colors.
• Modern Star Trek shows continue to make red the safest uniform color, with main characters wearing red uniforms.
• Death is now more meaningful in Star Trek series, with episodes focusing on the impact of losing crew members.

Star Trek 's red shirt joke hasn't actually been true since 1987 when Star Trek: The Next Generation began. On Star Trek: The Original Series, the USS Enterprise's security officers wore red uniforms and were usually the first ones to die on dangerous away missions. Over the course of TOS, approximately 55 characters were killed, 24 of whom were wearing red shirts, significantly more than any other uniform color. Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) often went on away missions accompanied by security officers whose deaths became an infamous running joke.

After the end of Star Trek: The Original Series, the redshirt trope took on a life of its own and has been spoofed and referenced in numerous other television shows and films. By the time of Star Trek: The Next Generation, however, the colors of Starfleet's uniforms had changed — red was now command and gold was security. This put an end to the high death count of red-shirt-wearing officers, but the trope itself had already been ingrained in popular culture. The new uniform colors introduced in TNG have remained the standard, and even Star Trek prequels have more or less abandoned the red shirt trope.

Star Trek is ending series like Discovery and Lower Decks but renewed Strange New Worlds while setting up new streaming and theatrical movies.

TNG’s Starfleet Uniform Color Switch Ended Star Trek: TOS’ Redshirt Joke

Regardless, the redshirt trope will likely remain a part of popular culture..

Over the years, Starfleet's uniforms have gone through many changes, often with no in-universe explanation. There may not be a clear reason for the switch from gold to red for command uniforms, but Star Trek: The Next Generation 's Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) quickly made the red Captain's uniform just as iconic as Captain Kirk's. With red now being the color for Starfleet officers on the command track, it actually made Star Trek characters wearing red less far likely to be killed . It was highly unlikely, after all, that Star Trek: The Next Generation was going to kill off Captain Picard or Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes).

The death of gold uniform-wearing Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1 and its impact on the characters also helped dispel the meaningless death red-shirt trope.

For the most part, Star Trek: The Next Generation took the deaths of crew members more seriously than Star Trek: The Original Series . While nameless crew members were sometimes killed on TNG, they were not associated with any particular uniform color. Stories like TNG season 7, episode 15, "Lower Decks" showed the devastating impact felt by Starfleet officers when one of their fellow crewmembers, Ensign Sito Jaxa (Shannon Fill) , was killed in the line of duty. Episodes like "Lower Decks" helped turn characters who might have been considered "red shirts" on TOS into relatable characters with lives and friends, making their deaths all the more tragic.

Killing off a minor character in Deep Space Nine season 1 fixed Star Trek's redshirt problem and ensured that death would have meaning on DS9.

Redshirts Are Now Star Trek’s Safest Uniform Color

Modern star trek shows have also made even minor characters' deaths have more impact..

In every Star Trek series set after Star Trek: The Next Generation, red is used for command uniforms, which makes it the safest uniform color. Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) of Star Trek: Voyager wore red uniforms, and they were safe as series leads. Even the shows set before Star Trek: The Original Series have put main characters in red - like Lieutenants La'an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) and Erica Ortegas (Melissa Navia) on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds . Modern Star Trek shows have mostly done away with the meaningless deaths of minor characters, instead finding other ways to raise the stakes.

Death means more in modern Star Trek.

In Star Trek: Discovery, Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) began wearing a red uniform when she became Captain of the USS Discovery, and it's highly unlikely Discovery will kill off its series lead. In modern Star Trek shows , red seems to be one of the safest uniform colors to wear. Ultimately, however, which Star Trek characters live or die has little to do with the color of their Starfleet uniform. Sure, security officers may go up against danger first, but life on a Starfleet vessel is inherently unpredictable and often dangerous. Death means more in modern Star Trek. Characters are given time to mourn their fallen crewmates, and their stories have become more important than whether or not they happened to be wearing red.

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Why Star Trek Was A 'Mixed Blessing' For DeForest Kelley

"Star Trek" is a dream gig, but it can also be a nightmare. Brent Spiner, who played the android Data on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," spoke to TV Guide in 1994 about how he will always be Data in the eyes of the public. He could win an Oscar for playing an elderly woman, he said, and still die knowing that Data would be listed first in his obituary . "Star Trek" is such a powerful force in the pop cultural zeitgeist that playing a "Trek" character can mark an actor forever; it must have been hard to walk away from "Star Trek," walk into another audition, and hear "Hey! It's Chekov!" or "Do the Riker thing!"

This was certainly experienced by DeForest Kelley a prolific TV actor and well-known pop culture heavy prior to "Star Trek." Gene Roddenberry already knew Kelley in the early '60s after the pair worked on a few TV shows together, notably the lawyer show "333 Montgomery." When it came time to cast Dr. Leonard McCoy, the chief medical officer on the U.S.S. Enterprise, Roddenberry knew just who he wanted. 

After "Star Trek" ended in 1969, however, Kelley's gigs slowed. From 1969 to 1981, Kelley only had 10 non-"Star Trek" roles. In contrast, Kelley acted in 14 TV roles in 1959 alone. 

In 2014, StarTrek.com unearthed a rare audio interview with Kelley taken on the set of "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" in 1986. In that interview, Kelley was frank about how "Star Trek" brought him into the public eye, but also that it kind of damaged his career. He was grateful, of course, and Kelley wanted to stress that intense gratitude, but he also noted that playing Dr. McCoy was like being caught in a trap.

Read more: The Main Star Trek Captains Ranked Worst To Best

Hollywood's Faculty For Pigeonholing

The interviewer noted that Kelley spent a large portion of his career playing tough guys and villains. Kelley retorted that studios are uncreative places when it comes to casting and that many actors are pigeonholed and typecast very quickly . "Hollywood," he said, "has an unhappy faculty for putting someone in a slot." He said that no casting agent was able to take his whole career into perspective, noting that he was capable of a lot more than villains. Later, people would forget that he was capable of a lot more than playing Dr. McCoy.

He also assumed that "Star Trek" wouldn't be an opportunity to be typecast because his two co-leads, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, played such fantastical outsize characters. Compared to them, McCoy was "plain." In short, he felt they would draw attention away from him. The actor said:

"[...] McCoy was most-human character in the whole group. I did not feel that way about Bill or Leonard. The captain, you think about ' Flash Gordon' or that sort of thing. And when I saw Leonard with his makeup, with the ears, I thought, 'Well, he's had it.' I thought, 'McCoy is still kind of an ordinary human being walking around out there and I don't think there will be any problems at all.' I was the most surprised man in the world when I was caught right in the same trap ... if you can call it a trap." 

Kelley felt that by being "human," he could move to another gig easily. Ironically, when "Star Trek" gained cult popularity during reruns in the early 1970s, and Kelley's face graced TV screens more and more, humanity began to fall away. 

Not The Most Driven Actor

As mentioned, though, Kelley wanted to communicate that he appreciated the fame "Star Trek" brought him and that he was able to play one character for many, many years. He said: 

"It's been a mixed blessing. I've enjoyed the role tremendously and, as the years have gone by, I have considered myself very fortunate to be a part of this show, which has become the phenomenon that it has. Many actors never get the opportunity to even be in a successful series, and here I have had the opportunity to be a part of what has become something most unusual in this country. So I have to look at it with all gratefulness." 

Kelley then admitted that his unvaried, post-"Star Trek" career was partially his own doing. " I'm not the most driven actor in the world," he said. "I'm a lazy actor." He said he was perfectly content to take the gigs he landed and rarely fretted about his career beyond. What's more, "Star Trek" likely made him wealthy, through residuals as well as a long string of convention appearances. Although he felt he could have acted in a wider variety of roles, he was okay with playing Dr. McCoy . "Not that I was setting the world on fire," he added, "but I had fulfilled myself within." 

Kelley passed away in 1999 at the age of 79. His final role was voicing the space probe Viking 1 in the 1998 animated film "The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars."

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One of the “Best Worst” ‘Star Trek’ Episodes Recreates the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Join the Enterprise in an adventure to Tombstone, Arizona.

The Big Picture

• An outlandish storyline tests the crew's limits in Star Trek: The Original Series when Melkotians send Kirk and crew to O.K. Corral, Old West.
• Spock's mind meld convinces the crew that bullets are illusions, saving them in the gunfight.
• Kirk's refusal to kill during the shootout impresses the Melkotians, leading to Federation unity.

Many television shows have filler episodes or episodes that just don't land with audiences. It happens to the best of them. Friends, Gilmore Girls , Charmed , and Supernatural all have episodes that didn't rate well with their substantial audiences. Even shows with a massive following, like Star Trek , have episodes that have silly plots with a hint of something fascinating hidden within them. Honestly, with plots that are so far-fetched, people love them and continue to come back to them over and over again. The Season 3 episode of Star Trek: The Original Series , entitled "Spectre of the Gun," is noted as one of Star Trek's best worst episodes, which depicts the famous gunfight at O.K. Corral .

Even the toughest episodes have little gems fans are always searching for. In a franchise with a huge cult following, like Star Trek, people often discuss episodes and why they love them or can't stand them. Fans will always find something to enjoy, whether it is an idea within the storyline, a character arc, or a performance by one of the actors. And that's why it's called the best worst episode. With a cast of such iconic characters like Spock , Bones, Kirk, and Uhura, it's hard not to find something to love about the episodes.

Star Trek: The Original Series

In the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.

What Happens In 'Spectre Of The Gun'?

In this infamous episode of The Original Series , the USS Enterprise heads into Melkot space. They're greeted by one of the Melkotians who tells them to leave and never return, and that will be their only warning . But of course, being Starfleet, the crew will do anything to prove they come in peace. The starship gets to the planet where Captain Kirk ( William Shatner ) , Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ), Dr. McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ), and Chekov ( Walter Koenig ) go on an away mission to befriend the Melkotians. Things don't go as planned when the Melkotians send the crew to the Old West—specifically, Tombstone, Arizona, on October 26, 1881, on the historical day at O.K. Corral. The crew assumes that the violence of Kirk's heritage is to be the pattern for their execution. Like the historical event, it is the Earps versus the Clantons and McLaurys -the Starfleet officers represent the latter two families- as they duke it out for O.K. Corral via gunfight. However, in not wanting to participate in a shootout, Kirk does everything in his power to convince everyone around him that he isn't one of the Clantons.

Still, no one believes in his wild tale. So, Spock and Bones decide to make some alternate weapons to aid in their advantage because in the original O.K. Corral shootout, the Earps win, and the crew doesn't think the story can be altered. Little do they know that it can be changed. Unfortunately, they find out after Chokov is shot and killed when, in real life, his persona is the only one that survives. They also figure out any devices they create won't work, and if they try to avoid the gunfight, they'll just be transported to the spot. That's when they put the pieces together. Spock says that "where the laws do not operate, there is no reality," meaning that nothing is real; if they don't believe the bullets are real, they can't be killed. Spock also speculates that it was Chekov's mind that killed him, not the bullets. He believed the bullets would kill him, so they did. But how can they go into the shootout with absolute certainty that the bullets won't kill them? The answer is simple. They can't without the help of a mind meld from Spock. So, that's what they do. Spock convinces them with ultimate certainty that nothing is real. Nothing happens to them when they're in the midst of the shootout; then, they get into an all-out brawl before the Melkotians tell Kirk to kill them. Kirk refuses, and the Melkotians see that Starfleet might not be so bad after all. In fact, they are impressed and want to unite with the Federation.

Hidden Gems In One Of The Best Worst Episodes

The outlandish storyline makes you question why—after Kirk and crew intrude into Melkot space—if the Melkotians are so powerful, why don't they smite them where they stand instead of sending them to the O.K. Corral in the Old West? They could have so easily obliterated the Enterprise if they didn't want to make contact at all. However, it was a good idea if they wanted to test the crew. It seems like an outlandish kind of test, but what can you expect? Everyone thinks differently.

But the episode also has some fascinating nuggets, like when Spock's mind melds with everyone to make them believe the bullets of the Earp gang are nothing but an illusion with absolute certainty. This gives the crew members no fear when dealing with the Earps, whereas before, Bones was convinced there was no way they would be able to get through the fight with absolute certainty. Bones is usually the most skeptical with Spock, but he has no problems doing the mind meld, which saves their hides in the end.

Another excellent example of fascination in one of the best and worst episodes is how Kirk and the crew finally get through to the Melkotians by showing they won't kill for revenge , no matter how much they're pressured into it. Just when you thought Kirk might break and kill the Earp brother, he doesn't. Spock even comments on it later on. Kirk responds by saying humans have evolved past the need for violence , which is hopefully the case 100 years in the future. The Melkotians appreciated the gesture and became friends with the Federation.

It's also interesting to note that the budget for this episode was lower than usual. Walter Koenig reminisced that the network had been spending too much money , as seen in the half-built Old West sets, which perfectly fit in with the storyline. Koenig loved the episode for what it gave his character : he gets the girl, dies, and comes back to life all in one episode. Chekov doesn't get the girl often but makes it work in this episode as he soaks up every moment of being fawned over and having someone to fawn over.

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gallery Books (October 3, 2023)
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Wally the alligator's owner pushes back against online conspiracy theories & accusations

Joie Henney returned to his friend’s house in Brunswick, Georgia, from an overnight fishing trip off the coast of Jekyll Island a little after 4 a.m. on Sunday, April 21. 

He’s been going down to southeast Georgia from his home in central Pennsylvania for a few years, spending time with friends and fishing and taking his emotional support alligator, Wally, along, penning him in an enclosure at his friend’s house.  

It had been a pretty good night. One of his friends caught a bonnethead shark and others snagged a few sting rays.

When he returned in the pre-dawn darkness, he checked on Wally. Wally was lounging in the water. The gate was secure, he said. Everything seemed all right so he went inside to catch some shuteye. Wally tried to follow. “Wally wanted to come in,” Henney said. “But I told him to stay outside.” Wally hunkered down in the water and blew bubbles, Henney recalled. 

Henney woke about three hours later and went outside to check on Wally. He called him, but the gator didn’t respond. Wally, it seemed, was gone. 

Henney thought, “There’s no way he could get out of the enclosure.” He checked the latch on the gate, and it was not completely latched, he said. He walked around the enclosure to see if there were signs that Wally had escaped. “There were no tracks whatsoever,” Henney said. “There’s some tall grass there and there were no tracks. He would have left a track; he’s almost 70 pounds.” 

He didn’t see any gator tracks in the sand outside the gate either, he said. He saw no signs that Wally had scaled the chain-link fence, even if he were so inclined, he said. “Wally is too lazy for that.” 

Wally was gone, the victim of an apparent gator-napping. 

Henney has been able to piece together what happened to Wally, but this being the 21 st century in America, the ‘gator’s disappearance has unleashed a flood of conspiracy theories circulated on social media, and Wally has lawyered up. 

How it came to that, Henney is not sure. 

“All I know is I want Wally back,” he said. 

'It got a lot of weird'

Reports of Wally’s fate surfaced shortly after stories of his disappearance appeared. The story garnered international media attention, mostly because of Wally’s fame on social and traditional media. (Among the previous stories was one about Wally not being allowed to attend a Philadelphia Phillies game.) 

The story that Henney put together from reports is that it appeared that a prankster – described by Henney as “some jerk” – had snagged Wally and placed him in a neighbor’s yard as a joke. The neighbor called the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, which dispatched a trapper who took custody of Wally and released him in a swamp.  

The details have shifted somewhat since the early days of Wally’s disappearance. The unidentified neighbor told Fox 43 that she heard about a gator moving through nearby backyards that morning.  

When she returned from church at about noon, she told the TV station, she found the gator in her yard, two slats in her fence had been pushed aside. She called the police department’s non-emergency number and was referred to the DNR, which put her in touch with a trapper permitted by the state. While waiting for the trapper, the TV station reported, she and another person wrangled the gator and secured him in a truck.  

She met the trapper at a nearby gas station and handed him over. The trapper, the neighbor reported, told her the gator would be relocated and not euthanized. 

Henney said the trapper told him initially that Wally had been released into the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge about 60 miles southeast of Brunswick, near the Florida line. Later, Henney said, the trapper told him he released Wally into a swamp on private property. Now, Henney said, “He won’t tell us where he released Wally.” 

For its part, the DNR released a statement that its “offices routinely receive calls about nuisance alligators” and that callers “are referred to a permitted alligator agent trapper, per agency protocols.” 

The statement continues, “Our offices have confirmed that a permitted trapper responded to a nuisance alligator call in Brunswick, Ga., on 4/21/2024 and secured an alligator on their property. This alligator was later released in a remote location. The agent trapper’s handling of a nuisance alligator was appropriate and routine. We have no information confirming whether this is the same alligator that is being reported as stolen/missing (aka “Wally”). Additionally, we have no further information about the reported stolen/missing alligator.” 

Henney doesn’t fault DNR or the trapper. “DNR and the trapper did their job and did their job right,” he said. “I’m not mad at them or upset with them. They didn’t know Wally from another alligator.” 

Still, even though Wally has a chip embedded in him, the search hasn’t produced any clues about his whereabouts. 

“Then,” Henney said, “it got a lot of weird.” 

'It is a mess'

As the story of Wally’s disappearance spread across the globe, a group of keyboard sleuths took to social media – mostly Facebook – to parse its details.  

They speculated that Wally was unhealthy, which Henney disputes, saying that Wally routinely had checkups at the vet’s office. They speculated that Wally had escaped. They speculated, Henney said, “It was a fake and it wasn’t true.”

They’ve also speculated that the GoFundMe pages set up to raise money to fund the search and any legal expenses Henney may incur is a scam. One page is raising money to pay legal bills – it has raised $3,200 as of this week – and another to pay expenses incurred by the search and a reward for Wally’s return. Henney has suspended that second page until the situation is cleared up, his lawyer said. 

Henney said the accusations are not true and that the accusers haven’t supported their assertions with any evidence. He also said that he can account for “every dollar” that has been raised.  

“They’re saying a lot of stuff,” Henney said. “They’re just over there saying that I’m a scammer and I’m a fraud.” 

One person, who Henney said “started all this mess,” stopped by his friend’s house and took photos of it and the enclosure. He said his friends in Georgia have been harassed. 

Henney has contacted a lawyer, Stephanie Miller, who practices in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, to respond to those posting about the case on Facebook. The people on Facebook responded by questioning whether Miller is actually an attorney.  

“It is a mess,” Miller said. “It’s 110 percent a mess. I’m sick and tired of it. It needs to stop.” 

Miller is working on helping Henney retain counsel in Georgia to pursue the case. She said they have “a pretty good idea” who abducted Wally and are prepared “to take whatever legal steps we can take to get Wally back.” 

'I'll pay what I have to pay'

Henney is still in Georgia, searching for Wally. He said, “They only thing I’ve done wrong is I didn’t have a permit.” 

According to DNR, “only licensed or permitted individuals can retain alligators in captivity. Most native species of wildlife cannot be held without permits or licenses. These licenses are not issued for the purpose of having native wildlife as pets.” 

Henney may face fines for violating that law. He said he is fine with that. 

“I’ll pay the fine,” Henney, who’s from York Haven and now lives in Grantville east of Harrisburg, said. “I’ll pay what I have to pay. All I want is to get Wally back and go back home to Pennsylvania.” 

Columnist/reporter Mike Argento has been a York Daily Record staffer since 1982. Reach him at [email protected] . 

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• 1995 • 1 ep

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• James J. Sloyan
• February 24 , 1940
• Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
• Deirdre Lenihan December 31, 1973 - present (2 children)
• Children Dan Sloyan
• Other works The voice of Lexus (TV & radio voice-overs) since the automobile's introduction to the US market in 1989.

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• Trivia He played multiple memorable roles in Star Trek. The roles were touching and sympathetic characterizations. 1. The Next Generation - He played a conscientious Romulan admiral manipulated by sinister forces. 2. The Next Generation - He portrayed Worf's son Alexander as an adult who returns to his past to help his father understand and accept his son's gentle nature for what it is and the glorious future he would help initiate. 3. Deep Space Nine - The scientist who studied and taught Odo under a repressive regime. 4. Voyager - The scientist who destroyed Neelix's homeworld and wanted to redeem himself.
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