Yeah, that was wild. In City on the Edge of Forever, Kirk was so emotionally scarred by what he did to repair the mess they’d made of Earth’s history that he abandoned an timeless artifact of unimaginable scientific value while it was offering him the secrets of the universe. Gene had to fight the suits to let them use “hell” as profanity just to drive home how hurt he was.
One year later and he’s casually jumping back to the 1960s just to kinda, y’know, see what was up?
One year later and he’s casually jumping back to the 1960s just to kinda, y’know, see what was up?
The intro of that episode just casually mentioning that they voluntarily went back in time as if it was just some common routine was rather jarring to me. Until then, time travel occurring in Star Trek had always been some kind of unintentional anomaly.
Yeah, that was wild. In City on the Edge of Forever, Kirk was so emotionally scarred by what he did to repair the mess they’d made of Earth’s history that he abandoned an timeless artifact of unimaginable scientific value while it was offering him the secrets of the universe. Gene had to fight the suits to let them use “hell” as profanity just to drive home how hurt he was.
One year later and he’s casually jumping back to the 1960s just to kinda, y’know, see what was up?
The intro of that episode just casually mentioning that they voluntarily went back in time as if it was just some common routine was rather jarring to me. Until then, time travel occurring in Star Trek had always been some kind of unintentional anomaly.