Star Trek – The Original Series, Vol. 30, Episodes 59 and 60: The Enterprise Incident/ And the Children Shall Lead
Nov/095
Description
Episode 59 – The Enterprise Incident – Kirk appears to be suffering from a nervous breakdown and orders the U.S.S. Enterprise into forbidden Romulan territory. Suddenly the Enterprise is surrounded by three Romulan ships demanding Kirk’s surrender.
Episode 60 – And The Children Shall Lead – On Triacus, Kirk and his crew learn that all the adults of an expedition have committed suicide, yet their children are completely unmoved by their parents’ deaths. Kirk senses “something evil,” but cannot identify the source.Amazon.com
“The Enterprise Incident”
An overwrought, highly-stressed Captain Kirk blunders into Romulan space and finds the Enterprise surrounded by enemy vessels, all equipped with strategically valuable cloaking technology. Along with Spock, Kirk is invited to meet with the Romulan commander (Joanne Linville) to discuss the situation, leading to a crisis when the captain suffers a breakdown following Spock’s apparent betrayal. Written by story editor Dorothy Fontana (who was unhappy with the final results) and directed by John Meredyth Lucas (who briefly took the producing reins from Gene L. Coon during season two), the episode has a colorful espionage angle, but depends heavily on an improbable romance between Spock and Linville’s character. Still, there are things to savor here, especially Kirk’s one-and-only appearance with Vulcan/Romulan pointed ears. –Tom Keogh
“And the Children Shall Lead”
The Enterprise arrives at a distant research outpost to find all the adults dead and their children eerily cheerful. No sooner are they aboard the ship than the children begin taking over, using strange powers bestowed on them by a malevolent “friendly angel.” The kids make for an engagingly creepy episode as they alter the crew’s perceptions to play on their worst fears, all with angelic smiles on their faces. Kirk’s stiff-necked nature is well played against the manic playfulness of the kids, and legendary attorney Melvin Belli (who enjoyed a moderately busy acting career in the late ’60s) does an interesting turn as the smooth-talking angel. –Jeff Shannon
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6:00 pm on November 9th, 2009
My brother is a fan of the original Star Trek television series, and has specific episodes that he enjoys. I was very glad to see that it was possible to order them through your site. He is having a great time watching it and sharing it with his friends
Rating: 5 / 5
7:05 pm on November 9th, 2009
The “Enterprise Incident” has to be one of my favorite episodes because it involves the very rarely seen Romulans. However, “And the Children Shall Lead” is absolutely horrible. I might even go as far to say that it is the worst episode of the whole series.
This DVD is worth buying for hard core Star Trek fans. No collection is complete without the “Enterprise Incident!”
Rating: 3 / 5
8:39 pm on November 9th, 2009
“Enterprise Incident” features Romluans with Klingon ships! Whoa! “And the Children…” It should have been called “The Bratty Bunch”…mediocre writing, bad acting, not enough sfx.
Rating: 4 / 5
9:07 pm on November 9th, 2009
I bought this DVD purley for the fact that “The Enterprise Incident” Is one of the best of the original episodes made. The other episode “And the Children Shall Lead” is so embarassing that it is not even funny. It contains the cheap effects combined with the ridiculous and ill-concieved storyline. I mean, really. A bunch of children that have the power to take over the people of the Enterprise and are led by evil? I mean please. The Enterprise incident is a good epsiode to watch, and the children shall lead is good for a laugh at its stupidity and a joke.
Rating: 3 / 5
9:51 pm on November 9th, 2009
The Enterprise Incident isn’t “one” of my favorites, it IS MY favorite of the original 79. Joanne Linvilles’ performance is stunning. She shows us in so many ways glimpses of the Romulan culture we hadn’t seen, and in many ways, things we will never see again. The “score” here is captivating and judging by some of the looks Spock gives, it sometimes makes you wonder what his thoughts truly were. This is simply the most rounded episode and most informative… now as for “And The Children Shall Lead…” the review of this dvd is scored only on The Enterprise Incident, I can’t see holding “And…” against that superbly crafted episode. “And…” is just a poorly conceived romp….
Rating: 5 / 5