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- The Psi 2000 virus heightens Sulu's interest in fencing.
Synopsis:
Spock and Joe Tormolen beam down to planet Psi 2000 to pick up
a research party before the planet disintegrates. They find
everyone has died, frozen when life support was turned off. Even
stranger, the positions of the researcher's bodies show they were
out of their minds when they perished and some died by suicide.
Unknowingly, Tormolen carried what is later termed the "Psi
2000" virus, back to the U.S.S. Enterprise and it
spreads among the crew at an alarming rate, reaching into their
souls and pulling out their deepest desires for public display.
The virus is water borne and spread by perspiration in a touch.
While trying to stop Tormolen from killing himself, Sulu and Kevin
Riley are infected with the virus.
The crew begin displaying actions that are humorous
exaggerations of their desires, like Sulu threatening the bridge
with a fencing foil and Kirk becoming overly romantic toward the
crew. Others are more heart-wrenching, like Christine Chapel
admitting her love for Spock and the Vulcan finally weeping over
his mother's death. The deadliest result, however, is when Riley
declares himself captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise and locks
himself in Engineering. Unfortunately, he also locks everyone else
out. Once in command of the ship's engines, Riley shuts them down
and the U.S.S. Enterprise is pulled toward Psi 2000 by its
erratic gravity.
McCoy finds an antidote for the virus which he, fortunately,
manages to avoid coming down with, and infects the crew.
Note: This episode marks the first appearance of Nurse
Christine Chapel.
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Cast:
William
Shatner as James
T. Kirk™
Leonard
Nimoy as Spock™
DeForest
Kelley as Leonard
H. McCoy™
James
Doohan as Montgomery
Scott™
Nichelle
Nichols as Uhura™
George
Takei as Hikaru
Sulu™
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