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Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 28, Episodes 55 & 56: Assignment: Earth/ Spectre of the Gun

starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, James Doohan

: Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 28, Episodes 55 & 56: Assignment: Earth/ Spectre of the Gun
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792174745
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0792174747
Label: CBS Paramount International Television
Manufacturer: CBS Paramount International Television
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: CBS Paramount International Television
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 10, 2001
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 54075
Studio: CBS Paramount International Television
Theatrical Release Date: September 08, 1966



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'Assignment: Earth'
The final broadcast episode of Star Trek's second season was this clever and funny story in which the Enterprise travels back in time to 1968 (the year this program aired) to discover how the nuclear arms race came to an end. Captain Kirk (William Shatner) encounters a strange fellow named Gary Seven (Robert Lansing), who claims to have been trained by extraterrestrials in sabotaging the escalating nuclear threat. With the ambivalent aid of a nervous secretary (Teri Garr), Seven (yes, there was a Trek character with that name before Voyager) attempts to carry out his assignment, but Kirk isn't sure if he can be trusted. Lansing's droll and somewhat imperious performance is nicely counterpointed by Garr's cute confusion, and the eerie presence of his familiar--a black cat named Isis--adds a hint of hoodoo exotica. (Don't blink at the end or you'll miss the really exotic creature Isis briefly turns into.) 'Assignment: Earth' was actually the pilot for an intended Gene Roddenberry-produced TV series that never happened. Too bad... But speaking of eerie, Spock (Leonard Nimoy) at one point refers to an important assassination that will soon take place. A week after this episode's original airdate, Dr. Martin Luther King was murdered.

'Spectre of the Gun'
In this taut, exciting episode, the Enterprise trespasses Melkotian space and is punished in a unique fashion. Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Scotty (James Doohan), and Chekov (Walter Koenig) are all transported to the planet's eerie surface, where they are trapped in a re-creation of 1881 Tombstone and mistaken for the Clanton brothers, doomed principals in the infamous gunfight at the OK Corral. Despite their efforts to avoid trouble, Kirk and company can't seem to avoid their fateful duel with the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday (Sam Gilman). When Chekov is shot dead by Morgan Earp (Rex Holman), the danger is all too clear. The strange Twilight Zone look and atmosphere of this episode--tumbleweeds and Old West facades popping up in a black void--grips one's imagination and doesn't let go until the very end. Fans of Captain Kirk's street-fighting style will especially enjoy the thrilling climax. --Tom Keogh



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - And So Season 2 Ends and Season 3 Begins!
This volume would come under the "nice-to-have but not essential" category if you are picking which ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Gary Seven & Eugenic Wars
Episode 55 is great, yet episode 56 is a dud. What's more, Seven & his secretary, Teri Garr, are ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Two unusual episodes bridge seasons 2 and 3
Assignment: Earth-This episode, which featured the crew returning to Earth in 1968 to observe a rocket ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - "I can't just kill them!!!"
REVIEWED ITEM: Star Trek® Original Series DVD Volume 28- Assignment: Earth © / Spectre of the Gun ©
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - AN ODD PAIR OF EPISODES BUT STILL WONDERFUL!!!
Volume 28 of The Star Trek DVD series may be the most bizarre DVD in the series. Partly because it contains ... Read More

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