The original series episode who mourns for adonais. The crew is held captive by a powerful being who manifests himself in the form of the greek god adonais and demands that the crew worship him. Many people believe that the star trek episode who mourns for adonais. With a determined crew, the enterprise encounters klingons, romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen lead by khan noonian singh. A powerful being claiming to be the greek god apollo appears and demands that the crew of the enterprise disembark onto his planet to worship him.
Star trek tos created by gene roddenberry my tumblr. The being demands the crew transfer down to the plan. Its a good use of a fairly standard premise, with the whole crew. I think ones affection for such an episode is often less about the narrative or dialogue or themes, and more about the age one was and the memories one has of the time they first viewed it.
Keats, who died of tuberculosis in rome at the age of 25. The title is in line 415 of the 1821 elegy adonais by percy bysshe shelley and roughly means who mourns for gods. Having said all that, the episode is still enjoyable once you filter out the ick. Even the sadness at the end seems more out of obligation than anything earned. According to allan asherman s the star trek compendium, an abandoned ending to this episode would have revealed that palamas was pregnant by apollo see apocrypha. Several unintentionally humorous moments prevent gilbert ralstons story from realizing its full potential, though star trek fans are nevertheless advised to view this episode for its thoughtful implications. For this reason, this is still a favourite of mine because i remember so. The source of his power, a greekstyle temple tied to an unknown. Mission summary the enterprise is completing a survey mission of pollux iv, an mclass planet with a strange lack of intelligent life.
Tos season 2, episode 2 written by gilbert ralston directed by marc daniels first aired sep 22, 1967 stardate 3468. Shelleys adonais is derived from adonis, a male figure of greek mythology associated with fertility. The tragic ending does send the episode off an appropriate note, however. Apollo, inviting the whole enterprise crew to pollux iv except spock. Kirk and a landing party are transported to the planets surface where they find a being who claims to be apollo, the last of the greek gods who dwelled on. Adonais was originally the bside to the th, released in 1996. Season two will become notorious from giving every episode a cheery, happy ending, but in who mourns for adonais, apollo ends his existence once he has been scorned by palamas and the enterprise crew. Adonais has a clever idea or two, and its entertaining enough in parts, but the structure is definitely wearing thin. Remastered season 2, episode 2 who mourns for adonais the enterprise encounters an alien who claims to be the greek god apollo. In this episode, the enterprise crew are held captive by a powerful being who claims to be the ancient greek god apollo. Oct 21, 2017 in this episode, the enterprise crew are held captive by a powerful being who claims to be the ancient greek god apollo.
With william shatner, leonard nimoy, deforest kelley, michael forest. A star trek voyage tos s02e02 who mourns for adonais youtube. It was directed by marc daniels with a teleplay written by gilbert ralston. While allpowerful aliens are common on trek, this episode gives ancient aliens before their time, positing that the greek gods as opposed to the egyptian gods ala stargate were actually powerful aliens who lived for awhile on earth. It first aired on friday evening on nbc on september 22nd, 1967. The poem, which is in 495 lines in 55 spenserian stanzas, was composed in the spring of 1821 immediately after 11 april, when. Your score has been saved for who mourns for adonais. While everyone is trying to figure out what the hell is going on, a face wearing a gold crown of laurel leaves materializes, claiming to be apollo, and name dropping those such as. Sep 16, 2014 the episode is so straightforward that theres not much room to explore any emotional depth at all. And who mourns for adonais is one of the better ensemble pieces in the series. Tv episode 1967 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. Adonais article about adonais by the free dictionary.
An elegy on the death of john keats, author of endymion, hyperion, etc. The enterprise is under the command of captain james t. Feb 21, 2011 hey look, apollo is dressed like a pussycat doll. The episode is so straightforward that theres not much room to explore any emotional depth at all. It features apollos original actor in this episode, michael forest, doing a role reprise. Like all episodes from the series, who mourns for adonais.
A quarkcomedy episode and not deep in any philosophical way like the tos story, but entertaining anyways. Star trek the original series season 2 episode 2 who mourns for adonais. Who mourns for adonais is another one of those episodes where the enterprise crew finds a little piece of earth. An elegy on the death of john keats by percy bysshe shelley. This episode got something of a sequel, courtesy of fanmade webseries star trek continues, entitled pilgrim of eternity. It starts off as just a peaceful morning on board the starship enterprise when suddenly, as they approach pollux iv, a giant green hand pops up and holds the enterprise in place by the saucer section. Sep 22, 1967 watch full episodes on cbs all access. Coon, and directed by marc daniels, it was first broadcast september 22, 1967. Shelley, who drowned a year later, one month before his 29th birthday, in the storm. Star trek the original series s02e02 who mourns for adonais. Dec 16, 2019 star trek the original series season 2 episode 2 who mourns for adonais.
Adonais is a pastoral elegy for john keats, who died february 23, 1821. Look at marla mcgivers and khan in space seed for an example where they took the time to establish her character and build a seduction over several scenes. The phrase inheritors of unfulfilled renown is percy bysshe shelleys, in his adonais 1821, an elegy for john keats, and could be applied to all three of the major poets portrayed in young romantics. Written by gilbert ralston directed by marc daniels. Star trek the original series season 2 episode 2 who mourns.
Written by gilbert ralston directed by marc daniels season 2, episode 4 production episode 60333 original air date. Dec 19, 2014 the enterprise is held captive by the greek god, apollo. The enterprise is heading to pollux 4 on a archeology mission when a large energy field in the shape of a giant green hand stops the enterprise dead in space. Scotty is a complete moron in this episode, and were supposed to believe its because hes in love with a lieutenant weve never seen before this episode. Take a look around, get adonais isnt a complete waste of time. This should be mentioned on the star trek page for this episode. Written by gilbert ralston directed by marc daniels season 2, episode 2 production episode. Apr 12, 2019 watch star trek 2x04 who mourns for adonais kahleah on dailymotion. To mourn our loss, rouse thy obscure compeers, and teach them thine own sorrow, say. Also, adonais would be the english plural of the hebrew spoken name of god, so it would mean who mourns for gods. Previous episode daniels, michael forest, mythology, pollux iv, religion, the original series, the original series season 2, tos, who mourns for adonais. One thing the episode does have going for it is what must be one of the goofiest images in trek history. Star trek the original series season 2 episode 2 who mourns for.
Enterprise nears the planet pollux iv, a huge, green hand made of energy materializes in space, catching the u. If you are using adblocking software, please disable it and reload the page. Yeah, so i think the stargate guys really owe the writers of this episode a whole lot of money. The enterprise is held captive by the greek god, apollo. Coon that enhanced the storys relationships, and directed by marc daniels, who mourns for adonais. Watch star trek 2x04 who mourns for adonais kahleah on dailymotion. Such one episode love affairs were a staple of 60s television, in which episodes were far more self contained than they tend to be now. If you are experiencing problems, please describe them. Star trek 2x04 who mourns for adonais video dailymotion. The being demands the crew transfer down to the planet so they may worship him. This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. In this episodes original script, lieutenant palamas was to have been impregnated by apollo, but the network censors wouldnt allow it. The enterprise is held captive by the greek god, apollo air date. In the episode, the crew of the enterprise are held captive by an alien who claims to be the greek god apollo.
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