The enterprise investigates the disappearance of another starship and discovers a planet where the inhabitants are immortal. Few star trek episodes have such a promising setup and then go so. Janeway actress kate mulgrew contemplated why she believed this episode was popular with viewers. Storeroom some equipment has been beamed down to the surface for medical tests. What is the official sequence for star trek the original series episodes. In a premise that would later be used for insurrection, a rogue starfleet officer interferes with the people of an alien planet in an effort to take advantage of the life lengthening properties of the world. A star captains most solemn oath is that he will give his life, even his entire crew, rather than violate the prime directive. Seriously, if you want a planet of gestapo hats its either another duplicate earth miri, the omega glory or its earth contamination a piece of the action. In the announcement, they also wrote please do not send any more letters, responding to the vast amount of mail received during the protests organized by gene roddenberry and bjo trimble. The omega glory 1968 the king of full movies on youtube. Omega glory is pretty great for the first half of the episode.
The omega glory memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. Few star trek episodes have such a promising setup and then go so far off the rails. Of all the tos episodes, this is the one that was made into a viewmaster set. Gene roddenberry originally wrote the omega glory as a potential second pilot for star trek. Kirk william shatner and the crew of the uss enterprise boldly go where no show has gone before in this classic scifi television series. Im an american and i love my country, but when i saw them bring out the flag i couldnt help but roll my eyes and say, this has no place on trek. In it, captain ronald tracey morgan woodward breaches the prime directive when he uses federation technology to save a primitive tribe, the kohms, from a brutal group called the yangs. Star trek omega glory spock caught in phaser blastwave duration. Rent, buy, and watch movies and tv shows with vudu. The omega glory season 2, episode 23 191 screencaps online episode details. The original series remastered where no man has gone before.
Ross as lieutenant galloway is killed in this episode, although he would portray other officers in later episodes. If you are using adblocking software, please disable it and reload the page. As the omega glory was in production, star trek was staring into the abyss cancellation was a real possibility. Kirk dukes it out in several scenes with rogue starfleet captain ron tracey. Home series star trek absolute order season 1 episode 54 the omega glory the enterprise investigates the disappearance of another starship and discovers a planet where the inhabitants are immortal. The enterprise investigates the disappearance of another starship and discovers a planet where the inhabitants are immor. Apr 25, 2019 watch star trek 2x25 the omega glory kahleah on dailymotion. The wrath of khan, when khan and his people, living in exile on a desert planet. The trek nation the omega glory daily star trek news. Home star trek star trek season two the omega glory. Many international trekkies loathe this episode because of how. Because of the last fifteen minutes, the omega glory must be classed as one of the worst star trek episodes ever, but until it falls completely apart, its rather enjoyable in a campy. The aim supposedly being that the three scripts would showcase to the network different things that the series format could do.
If you want to understand the origins of various elements of the later films and series in the star trek franchise, these are the episodes to catch up on. The ultimate computer is the twentyfourth episode of the second season of the american science fiction television series star trek. This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. Kirk having to sit back and watch while the enterprise murders hundreds is a exciting in a way the rest of the episode doesnt quite manage. This comes right after me sitting down and watching through tngs aquiel, which is the first full star trek episode ive deliberately watched and not just fled from when i saw my father had it on. Wolfe and directed by john meredyth lucas, it was first broadcast on march 8, 1968. Nbc announced that star trek would be renewed for a third season during the closing credits of the omega glory, broadcast on 1 march 1968. Enterprise contracts a virus that may have killed the exeter s crew, but the biosphere on omega iv is found to contain an immunity. At least the omega glory was a reworked star trek pilot. Fontana and jerome bixby based on bixbys story and directed by marc daniels, it was first broadcast february 23, 1968.
The original series the omega glory tv episode 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and. See more ideas about star trek, film director and trek. He was often seen in the background wearing a red starfleet duty uniform while operating the engineering station on the enterprise bridge or serving as a security officer. Watch online or on your favorite connected device with the vudu app. The other two being mudds women and where no man has gone before, the latter of which was ultimately chosen. Get ready for intergalactic adventure on star trek. By any other name is the twentysecond episode of the second season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Star wars star trek tos prime directive film director omega full episodes stars youtube fantasy. With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, morgan woodward. The battle at the episode s climax, while not exactly showy shades of omega here in that we hear about a lot of things happening, but we dont see a lot of them, is fairly intense. The enterprise investigates the disappearance of another starship and. The original series episode the omega glory debuted on march 1, 1968. Now, if you want to destroy a civilisation or a whole world, your. Whenever star trek fans get into argumentswhich happens with depressing regularity.
The omega glory when i decided to make my lists of my favorite and worst star trek episodes, i knew id never seen all the episodes, much less in the original broadcast order. Oddly with all this blood and horror omega glory is really the heart of darkness of star trek, the episode finds ways to be funthe hallmark of the shows second season. The omega directive is the 89th episode of the american science fiction television series star trek. Written by gene roddenberry and directed by vincent mceveety, it was first broadcast march 1, 1968.
For the unseen namesake prop book, please see the omega glory book. Star trek monthly scored this episode 3 out of 5 stars. The omega glory was actually written two years earlier, in 1965, and was one of the three episodes considered for the pilot. The episode was written by gene roddenberry, directed by vincent mceveety and novelized in star trek 10 by james blish. Hollywood film director anti youtube piracy fighter. The omega glory is the twentythird episode of the second season of the american science fiction television series star trek. Star trek s final, 24episode season began in september 1968 with spocks brain. May 02, 2012 the enterprise crew discovers a parallel world where the united states lost a nuclear war to communist china. The original 1965 script draft named the missing starship as the uss argentina. The enterprise discovers its sister ship the exeter in orbit around omega iv, not responding. Jan 02, 2015 the omega glory is a strong contender for the weakest episode of star trek ever produced. What was a nifty oneoff episode would inspire the best of the star trek movies, 1982s star trek ii. I used the data i originally gathered for the originalairdatelist, and sorted it by star date.
The five worst star trek episodes of all time techrepublic. Exeter violating the prime directive and interfering with a war between the yangs and the kohms to find the secret of their longevity. Kirk and crew encounter a ghost ship, a madman captain, a deadly virus and 1,000yearold natives on planet omega iv. The original series the complete second season dvd star trek.
Like the federation, the comms have full command of the english. It is the 21st episode of the fourth season in this episode, captain janeway must undergo a top secret mission to destroy an element called an omega particle that the federation has deemed too dangerous to be allowed to exist. Earth which is more of a backdoor pilot than it is a trek episode. The last two episodes of the second season were both driven by gene roddenberry, and were both effectively reworked pilots.
And in another piece of trivia, the omega glory script was originally written as one of three potential pilot episodes after the original pilot the cage got rejected by nbc. Trek trivia written by gene roddenberry, this episode offers insight into his feelings about the cold war. Star trek episodes that were never made page 3 the. Nov, 2014 i dont know, i think i expected most of star trek to be clumsy and outdated, and it hasnt been, so when episodes like this one or that wretched nazi episode come around, theyre exceptions to the general quality. The omega glory at, the official star trek website the omega glory at memory beta, the wiki for licensed star trek works the omega glory at wikipedia the omega glory at, a roddenberry star trek podcast. The enterprise finds a planet devastated by disease that appears to treat the american flag with great reverence air date. The deserted hulk of the uss enterprises sister ship is found orbiting omega iv. A growing belief that captain tracey has been interfering with the evolution of life on this planet. This is also the episode in which kirk famously recites the preamble to the united. Centuries later, the decedents of the americans cherish the documents of their ancient. Leslie was played by eddie paskey, a regular extra who served as a set standin throughout the course of the original star trek series.
Its a tossup between this one and the one where kirk gets knocked on the head on a planet full of native americans for worst episode ever. What is the official sequence for star trek the original. Complete screencap index there they discover captain tracey, the commander of the u. Responding to a distress signal, kirk finds captain tracey of the u.
Risk is our business speech explaining what star trek is about duration. The original series the omega glory tv episode 1968. If i had to incorporate the cage into the production run of star trek. In addition to the legitimately good movies in my collection. The omega glory was actually written two years earlier, in. The omega glory the enterprise investigates the disappearance of. It was a decent one that was just tragically overshadowed by an awful ending. The third season also includes the tholian web, where kirk becomes trapped between universes. Whatever, im proud of how ridiculous i am in this video.
The omega glory was actually written two years earlier. Exeter violating the prime directive and interfering with a war between. On my way home yesterday, i stopped at newbury comics looking for a seagal movie for the weekend dont you judge me, and i ended up buying in addition to marked for death a copy of the nicolas cage wicker man. Note that the last quarter of the list is not very interesting since it contains an unordered mix of the episodes for which the star date is not known. Aug 08, 2009 having just seen the film, i decided to watch an episode of the original seriesthe first episode of tos ive ever watched. More than that, it is the perfect storm of all the less than flattering aspects of the series if one wanted to make the case that star trek was an american fantasy of empire, then the omega glory would be a pretty damning exhibit. Star trek the original series season 2 episode 23 the omega glory. He has been violating the federations prime directive by interfering in the politics of the natives, using his phaser to protect the asianlike villagers, the kohms, against the barbarian raiders, the yangs. In this episode, captain janeway must undergo a top secret mission to destroy an element called an omega particle that the federation has deemed too dangerous. The original series, the 25th episode of the shows second season, first aired on 1 march 1968. So ive been rewatching s2 of star trek iscovery and its been making me want to watch tos ive only seen little bits here and there however, i only have a limited amount of holidays before uni starts back so i was wondering what episodes are generally skipable. The original series the omega glory tv episode 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Ed mccready makes the latest in a series of appearances in vincent mceveetydirected episodes by showing up here as carter.
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