Star Trek Balance of Terror (part 7 of 7) TOS 1966-1968

[@katereynz]

Thank you for positing these clips. I'm here after watching the season finale of Strange New Worlds. They redid this episode in a whole new way. It was great to see how they took inspiration from this episode.

[@francescosaporiti1431]

I don't know you but honestely this scene in TOS seem to be far more dramatical and theatrical that in SNW...no matter what you can't change the beauty of TOS

[@ziraprod6090]

Boooooooo!

[@F4m1LyGuy10]

@Stew Bedazzle It's okay to acknowledge nostalgia.

[@richardwarren8051]

I thought that it was one of best ST episodes ever. It dovetailed on the TOS episode showing the consequences of Pike purposely avoiding his tragic destiny, such as a Romulan war they were close to losing and the loss of all the monumental events that wouldn't happen because of what happened to Spock.

[@sanethoughtspreader]

@@richardwarren8051 It was brilliantly done. I'm here watching these clips for the same reason, to see what it was based off. I never watched TOS, as I started from TNG as a kid, but bloody hell the feeling of two submarine commanders in a cold war was very strong in this episode and I love that they revisited it in a great way in SNW.

[@don63]

Mark Lenard was such an awesome actor. He just killed every line of his dialog.

[@scottstrang1583]

Yessir you’re correct

[@Liberty4Ever]

One of my favorite episodes. Balance of Terror had a Shakespearean quality.

[@hardfugoo1]

I just watched this episode with my 90 year old grandma the other night. Randomly caught it on tv and she’s such a big Star Trek fan. She’s watched more of it than me. She’s the one that introduced me when I was a kid. She’d make me lunch and put it on in the kitchen every time I was over. Cherish those times

[@j.jasonwentworth723]

THAT is cool! Your account about your 90 year-old grandmother also puts the lie to the claim that "only young males who are nerds" like Star Trek. My parents--especially my father--loved the series when it came out in 1966, when they were in their late 40s, and they introduced me to it (they also became model rocketeers, flying Centuri, MPC, and Estes model rockets, back then).

[@scribe56]

My whole family love the show

[@shannonmcneill9464]

Bless you and grams love is power❤❤❤

[@debinthewheelchair7781]

@@scribe56 whole family, for me.

[@dragonsbreath1984]

This was the G.O.A.T. of all the ST episodes of ALL series.

[@PeterBrown-mz4nv]

One of. Don't forget Doomsday Machine and the one with the big Amoeba.

[@GiantArtProductions]

this scene and the ending of the film it was based on "the enemy below", really just brings a tear to my eye. in those moments of limit experience in battle, two warriors in their heated enemy rivalry, come to respect one another, a rare and complicated respect that runs deeper than mere friendships between men. Kirk was genuinely aggrieved by the hirakiri suicide by the Romulan commander, because both men saw so much of themselves in the other. "in another life perhaps we would have called each other friends". now THAT is moving.

[@dennish300]

Absolutely agree! Great writing and directing. And one of the best parts of that exchange was the simple mouth movement of Kirk as he was about to ask the Commander one more time to abandon ship, and then stops and accepts the Romulans decision. Brilliantly done! (2:55)

[@murieljames4022]

I also love the way racism was addressed on here, Kirk addressed it seriously and quickly, he nipped it right away with authority! Star Trek was always ahead of it’s time period it was diversified in race, gender and nationality before the realistic world, especially in the USA! Watching from USA 🇺🇸

[@dennish300]

@@murieljames4022 I agree, one of the best!

[@RESURRECT2]

Watch Strange New Worlds S01E10 ;)

[@minerran]

You don't know for a fact that Gene RoddenBerry based this episode on the film "The Enemy Below". What a horrible accusation.

[@Firefox13A]

One of the finest episodes of the series

[@williambrown6585]

I agree. It was one of my favorites.

[@adriangoodrich4306]

@@williambrown6585 When I first watched TOS in the UK, around 1970, this was my favourite episode.

[@steelers6titles]

Sort of "borrowed" from "The Enemy Below".

[@PhflyDan1]

Indeed

[@FP194]

@@steelers6titles Yes it is a WWII submarine movie set in space

[@entenmanny3061]

I very rarely see Lt. Uhura in the helm.... That's pretty 😎 cool. RIP Nichole, we miss you so very much

[@jackkitchen737]

"We are creatures of duty, captain. I have lived my life by it."

[@Nautilus1972]

Uhura switching from comms to navigation seamlessly. Girl power in 1968!

[@markthomas3730]

1966

[@jamestcallahanphotographer]

And looking amazing doing it! 🤩

[@ericbarash8496]

Also appreciated by Dr. Martin Luther King. One should check out that interview.

[@CircHistory]

Girl power is a term invented by corporations to help spread stereotypes through their toys, clothes, and other forms of marketing.

[@xtop23]

The highest quality television here. Exceptional story telling. Elegant and poignant.

[@Relayer526-mi4wt]

Best TOS episode ever. Tragic and powerful, thrilling and thought provoking

[@woodystorey]

Agreed, great explanation and thoughts of this episode…

[@margaretlatocha1474]

To me almost all the star treks do

[@craigsimpson1230]

"In a different reality, I could of called you....Spock's father."

[@hardfugoo1]

Craig Simpson this made me laugh pretty good.

[@jenpeterson3712]

Mark Leonards amazing!❤❤

[@victorbruant389]

could have

[@stewartmcminn7773]

I think he was called back because they had his ears, saving money

[@Falzan362]

in a different reality he would have called pike friend.

[@Hurlburton]

Amazing I watched this show almost 60 years ago It's still a work of art

[@entenmanny3061]

We really miss Leonard Nimoy Rest in Peace.... We miss you so very much

[@margaretlatocha1474]

Yes we do

[@larky368]

That must have been a very important clipboard for Spock to not only hang onto it as he ran to the phaser room but to place it carefully on the console before firing.

[@Sky_Guy]

He saved a valuable personnel report so that he could return it to Kirk. He is capable of no other feelings in such matters.

[@mm-gl7sz]

@@Sky_Guy later on he would have had other feelings. Remember how pissed he got at Valeris upon learning of her betrayal

[@sarahfullerton6894]

​@@Sky_Guy😂😅

[@camscics]

@@Sky_GuyPerfect!!! :)

[@ChiefSilverWolf]

Naturally, it was the only vegan menu available from the Vulcan menu from Spock's favorite restaurant, "Vinnie Vitale's Vulcan Sandwich Bar". The best veggie burgers this side of Vegamite Tavern of Alpha Centauri.

[@mattwho81]

Strange New Worlds really puts a different aspect on this scene. Imagine a whole Romulan fleet sitting under cloak, watching this mad Federation Captain charge into the Neutral Zone to chase one ship, and then the Praetor deciding she does NOT want to mess with a Starfleet full of these guys.

[@Timeward76]

The romulans were testing starfleet. Poking and proding to see if their enemy had grown complacent in the past 110 years. In kirk, they found they in fact had not.

[@EricA-xd9fn]

(In the SNW timeline) the Romulan fleet had been summoned into the Neutral Zone by the Romulan captain's insubordinate lieutenant during the 2 hour cease-fire. They were likely out of sensor range prior to that.

[@CircHistory]

Quite sick of hearing about that show

[@Diiimonds4Evr]

One of my favorite favorite episodes. ACTING WISE, in the entire series, it was Shatner's best work!! No flair, no ham, he just nailed every scene in this one.

[@auroramike71]

They sure had some good eyeball lighting back then.

[@Rep0007]

Good all kindsa lighting. They were pros and really did the details.

[@kevinemmers9424]

Spock: “You killed my father” Romulan Commander: “No Spock. I am your father. Join me and we can rule the galaxy together as father and son” Spock: “No. NO NO! It can’t be” Romulan Commander: “Search your feelings Spock. You know it to be true” Spock: “NO! I’ll never join you”

[@thomasbrown3793]

"Search your feelings...you know it to be true!" "Surely you cannot be my father...as my father would know that I am a Vulcan and therefore have no feelings to search." "..."

[@Boudica234]

Noooooooooooooooo!!!!

[@echobase1648]

I have a bad feeling about this thread!

[@alfredovilla8560]

Mixing Star Wars and Star Trek lore is heresy......but it's good heresy. Kudos, lol!

[@highstepperARF]

@@alfredovilla8560 - Use the Force, Frodo….

[@robertmcpherson1617]

Shatner does an excellent job here, especially in the closing scene! Another example to counter the phenomenon of Shatner hate! 😏

[@sarahfullerton6894]

I agree. I love his acting.

[@50zcarsman]

It's unusual that he allowed the camera to linger in close-up on the right side of his face; he usually arranged fight scenes, etc. to be shot from the left side, which he considered his best.

[@JonyPro]

Came to watch this after episode 10 of Strange New Worlds 🤓

[@michaelhall2709]

The SNW episode was pretty good. Still, as this clip demonstrates, when it comes to the re-created scenes the original was superior in every way.

[@JonyPro]

@@michaelhall2709 Better in special effects? 🤨🤣

[@yukin1990]

Me too.....

[@jhallam2011]

This version was much better

[@scottshipps3614]

Yes Mark Leonard did an excellent job as a Romulan Commander

[@Russell_Huston]

I agree. I have come to see Leonard as like Lawrence Olivier in his dignity and style. Pretty good stuff.

[@carldamacion3740]

And the hills are Greener Green in Seattle, dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun

[@tabularasa7711]

the intimacy of the sound on the voices ... the sound is incredible -- brings out the sensivity of thoughts and feelings so brilliantly.

[@NoName-up5kw]

"In a different reality I could of called you....friend."

[@jenpeterson3712]

Mark Leonards dignified voice and appearance shone through, even in these circumstances ❤❤

[@STho205]

This was Sparta vs Athens or Japan vs the US/UK. The death before failure and battle suicide philosophy.

[@STho205]

doctorwho0077. Of course no fan/viewer cries over the hundreds of dead Starfleet personnel at his hands. They're just nameless Earth Shirts. One TV cop/military/space show death is a tragedy, hundreds a mere abstract statistic. Very true on Who Too.

[@hugh1297]

could *have* called

[@speedracer1945]

Thats why they rehired him as Spock father .

[@SMD2x]

Here after watching Strange New Worlds. They did not disappoint, definitely felt like watching an alternative version of Balance. Kudos Paramount 👏

[@mariooli9268]

Me too

[@colleens1107]

Seriously. I love the concept that Pike had to be gone so Kirk could save the day against the Romulans.

[@SMD2x]

@@colleens1107 same. As soon as I saw what episode they were retelling I knew it had to be Kirk in the chair. I may go home and watch the episode again, IMO the best finale out of all the newer Star Trek series

[@mattwho81]

So Kirk’s most important action may have been to stop a war.

[@KamenRiderGumo]

Please....nothing Kurtzman and the band of idiots running the series nowadays ever do can be anything close to good. If you think SNW or any NuTrek is worth watching, I've got some beach-front property in Kansas I can sell you.

[@greywillowgaming2366]

Mark Leonard played my favorite Romulan and second favorite Vulcan in all of Star Trek. This is my favorite episode of the original series. Absolutely spectacular.

[@paulsimmons5726]

TOS, a magnificent cast that made on-screen magic. In it's own way, TOS did as much for racial equality and opening hearts and minds as anything from Washington DC during the 60's. Much respect for the cast, crew, and writers... You folks DID make a difference for the better. LLAP!

[@DaveKraft1]

Roddy did an excellent space adaptation here of "The Enemy Below," a WWII movie of cat-and-mouse between a U-boat Captain (Kurt Jurgens) and a Captain of a U.S. destroyer (Robert Mitchum). It's on KZbin for free, and definitely worth the watch. Funny -- how dusty and brick-laden those early Romulan warbirds were, especially when hit by phasers! Too much dry-wall on the bridge, I guess. ;~) Thanks for posting these series of episodes!

[@bryancooper2247]

Did you ever see when this was remastered in CGI effects awesome

[@73Trident]

Space dust is hard to vacum up.

[@dthorne4602]

@@bryancooper2247 we don't watch those

[@dthorne4602]

lots of rubble, a mineralogist's dream

[@Dr.Claw_M.A.D.]

Drywall vs explodium to wit Star Trek would use for another two centuries.

[@THE-HammerMan]

Yeoman Rand(Grace Lee Whitney) was the absolute foxiest and most gorgeous babe ever in any Star Trek, new or old!

[@Chuck_Hooks]

Her second chin was even sexier.

[@THE-HammerMan]

@@Chuck_Hooks You don't know what a second chin is. See Mama Cass, or Aretha Franklin, Sidney Greenstreet or Charles Laughton. That tiny hint of one entirely disappeared as she got older- happens all the time. I say she was sexy every millimeter, head to toe. You got no class nor taste. You think Barbara Streisand's nose is too big to be sexy? Take a look at her pics from the sixties! You're a putz!

[@Chuck_Hooks]

@@THE-HammerMan She herself admitted on camera her face got bloated from being an alcoholic, fool.

[@jefferydraper4019]

Matthew Hamersly She was pretty hot. Too bad she was dealing with her addiction. Was it because of the real #metoo that happened then, not the fakers now days who sold their bodies to make millions, rathen than slept with nasty producers just to have work like these women were forced to.

[@THE-HammerMan]

@@jefferydraper4019 If she was jumping on casting couches(etc) to get roles, she would've had better paying roles no problem I figure. Probably just went with the flow during those years; the party crowd. Some folk had no will power to stop when needed and with a weak constitution should never do the coke(etc) in the first place. And the alcohol?...well, if you can't function waking up and going through your day without starting to booze it even before shower & breakfast--sheee-it! THAT is a weak person. SO, gorgeous as she was, she carried a lot of baggage as they say. Too bad. Knowing none of this then, I sure had a crush on Yeoman Rand growing up!!! She's said(I guess) in interviews that the "bloating" of her face was from alcoholism; Heck, I thought it made her much cuter than off the booze and thin-faced! I still don't understand "problem" partiers. Doing less or stopping altogether was never a problem with me. Just stash the cola and save it for another time. Stopping the drink was far easier than that. That's why I can still party in my 60's if I care too, and have all along...but I control IT, IT doesn't control me. Like Clint said with gritted teeth, "A Man's Got To Know His Limitations"!

[@Shadowbat.o_O]

As much as I love the Enterprise, the old Romulan warbirds were pieces of art.

[@markreeter6227]

atSHADOWBAT Another Matt Jeffries design, along with the Klingon D7

[@j.jasonwentworth723]

@@markreeter6227 I once read that the original Romulan warbird model from "Balance of Terror" was lost; when a "Next Generation" episode that involved time travel was made, the production crew had to build a new one, but it looked right (they had the original drawings to work from, if memory serves).

[@Rep0007]

Yeah actually painted with bird wings...

[@MFM230]

Spock, it is okay to drop the clip board when the ship is threatened.

[@mnirwin5112]

But ... that's not logical. :)

[@Hal09i]

@@mnirwin5112 Leonard Nimoy was great at a lot of things...running gracefully on camera was not one of them! I remember him running through the ruins of Cestus 3 in "Arena"...awkward...although I guess you could argue the character was trying to move with speed and caution in a logical way but still...Kirk did it better, bouncing and rolling and flipping his communicator at just the coolest moment...

[@takashiph.d.7413]

Great episode - one of the best.

[@Bubbles99718]

My favorite. Tied with Who Mourns For Adonis. I'm a sucker for Greek mythology and the melodrama completely works there

[@mcshea847]

Specter of the gun

[@flintfleming3935]

This was an iconic chapter. The best of the series ..

[@StarWarriorCentral]

I remember one time, I watched this episode with a casual fan. When the last scene came up where Kirk comforts Angela Martine, he did a Shatner voice and said "Don't worry! I...will. Marry. You!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@almishti]

Yes kirk showed uncharacteristic gentlemanly restraint in that scene. 😂

[@Dr.Claw_M.A.D.]

Come back to my quarters, I have Sirian Brandy.

[@2mmarcelorj]

Certainly the best episode of all, congratulations for this post

[@drwho6908]

@Splaticus Blah: There's nothing wrong with that but look at "Orville" and tell me there isn't plagiarism going on Big Time like all of MacFarlanes crap.

[@ronjeffrey8641]

@Splaticus Blah There's a difference between plagiarism and insperation.

[@ronjeffrey8641]

It's a shame more people don't pick S.T.D. apart like this.

[@kingsman8475]

I think it was Shatner' s best performance, but I consider The Doomsday Machine to be equal or better. Why? Because Windom, Shatner, Nimoy with a dash of Kelly and Doohan knocked it out of the park.

[@overtaxedcitizen4975]

Absolutely. Daniels direction, Kaplan score. Way way out of the park Grand Slam was The Doomsday Machine.

[@stevensenator4804]

@2:43 - "We are creatures of duty Captain. I have lived my life by it. Just one more duty to perform." That line made a big impression on me when I was young and saw it for the first time. If you think about it, the line is a textbook example of Stoicism.

[@matthewcaughey8898]

I’ve lived my life by it as well. It’s about doing the right thing no matter the circumstance or consequences. The Romulan commander couldn’t allow himself to be captured. Kirk knew it too

[@stevensenator4804]

@@matthewcaughey8898 - True. After he says it, Kirk looks like he is about to say something, but stops and silently watches.

[@logandarklighter]

@@stevensenator4804 Kirk understands. Without condemnation or approval. He knows it's simply not his decision to make.

[@allenjones3130]

One of the most powerful episodes of the original 'Trek'.

[@chrispeplinski7306]

Cool to see uhura sitting next to sulu

[@carldamacion3740]

And after she clicks the buttons to turn on the hailing frequencies, she turns slightly to the camera with her hand on your hip in a relaxed pose is badass.

[@beverleekasdorf4338]

Viewing this just made my Thanksgiving Day complete. Thought I had seen all TOS episodes--maybe I'll find more pleasant surprises in the future! This is a particularly wonderful script and character study, and achieved in less than an hour! Thanks!! Great video quality. Great job on your part!

[@CaesarDarias]

Great episode. Beautifully written, acted, edited and directed. And, as with with most episodes, the highly distinctive visual aesthetic by director of photography and lighting director, Jerry Finnerman. It was very annoying, however, that so many scenes had seconds clipped off. As a fan it’s a great distraction and it ruins the flow.

[@DavidDeal]

I agree with you about the editing damaging the integrity of the episode. Especially the final scene where Kirk stands in the door frame backlit. It was a powerful set-up, and it's gone. An abomination to cut it.

[@CaesarDarias]

@@DavidDeal Exactly. Great example. Every scene is a framing/composition work of art.

[@CaesarDarias]

I will add that the musical score for this episode is also worthy of a full production motion picture.

[@TomYale]

"We finally received an answer from Command Base, sir. They say they'll support any decision you have to make." Nice to have such orders, stale though they may be otherwise.

[@CommanderBalok]

Kirk thinks, "Man, I never thought saving the negatives from the Star Day party would pay off so well! Best advice Christopher Pike ever gave me, one beep at a time!"

[@Bubbles99718]

Nice way to show the confidence they have in Kirk. Was a great touch

[@carminemurray6624]

This episode always makes me tear up.

[@carminemurray6624]

Yes, me 2

[@papytromblon]

We all have meet that person who didn't like you, or you didn't like him or her and you knew that in différent circonstances, you would have been best friends

[@richardmorehouse9369]

I loved the original Star Trek. Thanks for the clips

[@markhaviland9776]

The actor playing Stiles (the late Paul Comi) had been a Korean War veteran, so his turn here about judging others was interesting.

[@julianbristow4793]

Another thing about the original series that made it great was it’s DESILU BUDGET. It used SIMPLE things in order to get the message across to the audience. It’s not like the later Star Trek shows where they use expensive and complicated special effects along with changes in character.. I think Gene Roddenberry would have turned over in his grave. I think because of budget limitations, the show had to use other methods that made it as it was. A GREAT TV SHOW of the 60’s!

[@toddmcintosh83]

Julian Bristow Great point! Well said!👍🖖

[@AndrewLohmannKent]

A sea battle submarines set in space - so implausible and so excellently played to carry it off.

[@AndrewLohmannKent]

There is probably the complete episode on Shush or Dailymotion?

[@wardmccreery4692]

How mant Romulans does it take to change a light panel!? 101, one to change the panel and 100 to blow up the ship in disgrace!!

[@shadowcappi415]

I love Star Trek growing up in the 70’s

[@ChiefSilverWolf]

Klingon, Romulan, Vulcan. Mark Lenard, consummate actor who will be held in high esteem no matter what role he plied his trade professionally.

[@theashpilez]

Thank you Gene for giving out dreams

[@alancorrea9161]

What an excellent episode !!! Its still as if I was watching it for the first time when I was a kid . Now I'm 55 . They had it all great acting , music and lighting , the shadows which sets the tone.

[@mclark23]

In TOS it seems that they filmed as if it was in black and white which is how most of us watched it when it came out. In color the shadows look odd but it does bring a nice feeling of watching it the first time

[@BeatersRus]

considering that the Romulan captain returns as Sarek in the original series, how appropriate that he would say and i Quote " in a different reality,i could have called you Friend "

[@markfindlay8636]

Fond memories when life seemed simpler and less serious!

[@donkique956]

mark findlay What? Duck and cover doesn’t ring a bell?

[@tech83studio38]

Life was serious then people were getting lynched for the color of their skin and their rights as a human being the vietnamese Conflict was in full swing so was the cold war and a president was assassinated by a secret government yeah simpler. This why Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek.

[@SinewRending]

@@tech83studio38 Thank you.

[@2ndEndingVintage]

I remember watching this episode on channel 11 in NY in the early 70's. First time I saw the Romulan captain I was as confused as everyone on the bridge !

[@VitalityMassage]

WHY was violet purple smoke spewing out of the phaser room wall? I'm so confused!

[@Sierraomega1991]

Phaser coolant

[@Rep0007]

That was the violapurponium coolant leaking.

[@williamhaynes4800]

Spock repaired the the phasers TOO well on the bridge.

[@Barbutt]

@@Rep0007 little known FACT! The coolant is Pinkroseium Oxide under normal conditions and when exposed to air becomes the deadly Violapurponium. Kirk couldn’t have pulled off what Spock did… firing weapons AND making a new friend. So cool.

[@georgemarsilio5122]

and why is the a sign there ??? phaser coolant seal DANGER??? ITS THE STUPIDEST

[@johnwagner4776]

I appreciate that most of this episode was posted

[@beekbeeker2907]

wkvtv 50 detroit played the segment when smoke started as a star trek advertisment each day pretty action packed fun back in 1979 as a kid watching this on cable tv in grand rapids mi...had me glued to the tv every day after school!

[@toddmcintosh83]

beek beeker me too, as a teenager! Only I could watch on two UHF stations back then in central Florida. One in Tampa, and one in Orlando! Syndication was awesome!😃👍 I can also remember watching the original airing on NBC as a very young lad in the late sixties!😉👍

[@williampaz2092]

My second favorite Star Trek TOS episode. My favorite is “Doomsday Machine.”

[@Dumb-Comment]

Chilling to watch how the timeline could change

[@FairyWeatherMan]

One of the best episodes, if not the best of all!

[@Tiberius291]

A show that became extremely popular after it went off the air, great cast and script writing. 🖖

[@beachfilm77]

I haven't seen the original FX in a long time. Thanks for posting the SD originals. It always takes me out of the moment every time I watch the HD versions with the digital redo FX.

[@CircHistory]

This episode proves how great William shatner's acting can be. I never understood the mocking and hating of his style of acting. He didn't have bad acting, it was just he had his own style. That made him unique, not someone to be hated.

[@RawandCookedVegan]

Thanks for uploading this, great episode.

[@Videx19]

Anyone who doesn’t have tears in his eyes after this is not human.

[@robertgantry2118]

One of my most favorite episodes. Y'all might want to take a gander at the movie, _The Enemy Below_ with Robert Mitchum. See where Roddenberry got the idea for this episode. Pretty good movie, by the way....

[@MFM230]

That is why the Romulan ship bridge was made to look like that of a submarine with a viewer that looked like a periscope.

[@robertgantry2118]

@@MFM230 lol... I never thought about that!

[@drwho6908]

There must be 100 comments that say that.

[@robertgantry2118]

@@drwho6908 - I don't know. I didn't go through all the comments before saying that. But I DID see an interview where Roddenberry said that that was what he based this episode on.

[@drwho6908]

@@robertgantry2118: No Sorry, between this video and others I've seen about 100 comments saying this. I know it's true and it's my favorite TOS episode.

[@davidleblanc5271]

One of the better episodes for sure

[@azurerainbow4637]

Balance of Terror was the only episode of Star Trek:TOS to have a wedding on the Enterprise,though the wedding got interrupted by an emergency. It would‘ve been wonderful to see the 1st married couple serving on the Enterprise under Kirk‘s command.

[@Bubbles99718]

In TNG Picard marries someone and they use the same dialogue as Kirk here. Love it

[@mm-gl7sz]

That Chapel also had Kirks funeral in the 3rd season episode The Tholian Web

[@janetbelanger5757]

In the novel version of this episode the wedding does actually take place. Kirk has the couple come to the bridge and he marries them there. This was during the 9 hours the two ships were close to each other but not moving. The husband still dies at the end. It was dr. Mccoy who suggested that kirk marry them

[@miguelm6794]

Came here to get my Star Trek fix. Thank you! It’s been ages.

[@oliversmith9200]

More than fascinating. Thanks for sharing the veiws.

[@francisphillips53]

My favorite episode, I admire the Romulan’s Discipline and Skill as a Commander. 😊😊😊

[@martinfranke846]

Romulans=Prussians!

[@nunya3163]

Loving these playlists like this.

[@xenoxeno121]

Based on the movie "The Enemy Below". Same game of cat and mouse. So well done!

[@skybyte4me]

the sound effects like 1:10 is beautiful

[@Dr.Claw_M.A.D.]

Fascinating, his father was a Romulan and his mother an earthling. Destined to travel both time and space, even different realities.

[@spockvskhan4561]

Styles fire! The music! Spock figuring out something is wrong ! Styles!! The Enterprise returns fire!!!! Imbued in my memory for life.

[@spockvskhan4561]

@mo zack Only the sound editor knows for sure . Keep in mind the appox' 12 man band was still intact. Themes can be tweaked especially while the budget is decent. Because I hear some higher pitches in the "Enemy Within" which are not present in "Balance of Terror."

[@BoopdaBeep]

Who else came here after watching the Strange New Worlds Season 1 finale?

[@theblackknight4295]

Dunno why,but I am.having literal goosebumps!!

[@ZuluMaximillian]

Great episode and series. Much better than garbage Picard season two 😴

[@carminemurray6624]

Not I, I watched this at age 9, long before Strange New Worlds, something I have never watched.

[@joeljohnson5728]

Guilty as charged. I wanted to review this episode to compare it against the new series finale.

[@ronaldgarbutt6883]

I watched this original episode as a child and it is a classic. I think Strange New Worlds did a nice tribute to it, but I’m not sure what the take home point of that story was. Were they saying that it was a good thing that Pike was seriously injured because only Kirk could have managed this crisis? If so it’s not very complimentary to Pike even if true.

[@aMulliganStew]

One of the best and yet I rarely saw it in syndication. Thank you very much for posting!

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

I remember, way back in the 70s, when WKBD (Channel 50) in Detroit ran teasers for ST, and the "Stiles!" sequence from about 0:32 figured prominently.

[@datruthiness]

Even way back when it first came out, I always thought that the weakness of Romulan space vessels was the overuse of plaster for their ceiling

[@Debbiebabe69]

Almost as much a weakness as the Federation's use of 'explodium' in their consoles.....

[@mm-gl7sz]

Well, at least the Romulans didn't just stand there frozen while everything crashed down around them like in the "freeze frame" at the end of that Police Squad episode

[@wn8022]

I’m no construction tycoon, but I recognized that too ! 😂

[@themocaw]

Pike: "We can't act without authorization from Starfleet. Shadow the ship and wait for a reply from command." Kirk: "We can't afford to wait. Report to command and go. Don't wait. I'll take responsibility for what happens."

[@michaellepp5445]

A lot of respect for that clipboard !!!

[@jessfrankel5212]

Music accompanying Spock's run to the weapon's control room while Kirk yells over the intercom for Stiles to fire is absolutely perfectly timed. Don't know how they did it, but this was beautifully handled.

[@Rep0007]

The whole episode is like that, just exceptionally well made in every dimension. Best-ever episode.

[@jessfrankel5212]

@@Rep0007 I'd say it's one of the best. For me, The Doomsday Machine is the best, mainly due to the musical score and the acting. But this one ranks right up there.

[@Rep0007]

@@jessfrankel5212 The Doomsday Machine itself was such a lame prop, just a fake looking papier-mache cone or something, that it disappointed me even as a kid. And the acting by captain Decker wasn't that great, he kind of overdid it... seemed like a blubbery alcoholic. And the concept itself is too far-out... Balance of Terror stays within the bounds of what could reasonably happen with an alien civilization, so it's much more convincing.

[@jessfrankel5212]

@@Rep0007 Agree to disagree. Granted, the DM was a paper-mache windsock, but when I first saw the show--I think I was five at the time--it scared the hell out of me. The sound it made--how did they do that, anyway?--was also good. Personally, I thought William Windom should have earned an award for his performance. Captain Queeg having a frontal meltdown... As for the concept being too far out, it's sci-fi, and within those parameters, pretty much anything goes. I don't think anyone ever did an episode like that before Star Trek, although there were enough novels and comic books that talked about Doomsday machines. In any case, far-out concepts...I do the same with my novels. As long as you make it believable to the audience, then you've done your job.

[@mm-gl7sz]

@@jessfrankel5212 what would Kirk and the Romulan Commander have done if during their battle the Doomsday machine showed up. They would have had to team up to destroy it. And the Romulan Commander did have nuclear weapons. Maybe one was as powerful as the Constellations impulse engines overloading was and it could have been sent down the maw

[@Hartcore11]

This episode was my favorite.

[@davidmacwilliamson5570]

The music for this episode, I thought it was awesome!!!!

[@DD-ws8jc]

Thank you Captain Pike.

[@flokabsby]

Just watched it to sooooo goooooooood

[@SMD2x]

For killing Spock?

[@jiminycriket]

@@SMD2x For NOT killing Spock, by not writing those letters to those future Starfleet cadets.

[@SMD2x]

@@jiminycriket gotcha 👍🏽

[@SMD2x]

@@jiminycriket but we all knew once he saw what him changing the timeline did, he was never going to go through with it

[@MackerelCat]

Really great thanks for posting

[@Trek001]

As it cuts back to Kirk from the viewscreen after the self destruct, that motion of Kirk's right side is the end of the salute he gave the Romulan Commander that was cut out - though there is a photo of Kirk doing so that survives

[@sfmag1]

Thanks for putting this up. Cant usually find this on utube.

[@ShinForgotPassxXx]

This episode shows something that the new Star Trek writer just do not understand. Star Trek lived off its actors and story and not the CGI And the Action. Not the killing or high stakes of world ending, Star Trek is and should always be about the discovery, the stories and the Crew as they travel through the vast and endless universe.

[@MrGrindalf]

I bet this episode got more views after the strange new worlds episode. I remembered it from many many years ago but needed a refresher. Thanks for having it up here

[@kimrichardson8568]

Great on of ALL STAR TREK!!..

[@joeb6853]

"YOU AND I IN ANOTHER REALITY, I WOULD HAVE CALL YOU FRIEND "

[@danbasta3677]

You and I are of a kind in a different reality, I could have called you, Friend.

[@komradewirelesscaller6716]

I love how in the original effects that the "proximity phasers" if you look really closely seem to fired from both the front and from both sides of the dome on the underside of the hull in the three shots fired!

[@johnnypastrana6727]

Mike Leo, thanks a million for uploading these...

[@pfaffman100]

That was Great! Thank's for post m.l.. Just subscribed.

[@SeaDrive300]

Thank you for posting this. Balance of Terror was the finest hour of television in all of Star Trek; better (IMHO) than The City on the Edge of Forever, which most seem to think was the best. I wish you'd included the scene, near the end, where Tomlinson's fiancee is in the chapel, and the door opens, revealing Kirk's form in silhouette, standing in the doorway. I think it's the most beautiful scene in a beautifully lit and photographed episode.

[@mikeleo1]

Thanks SeaDrive300. I actually put the whole chapel scene in, but the time exceeded 5 minutes and I could not post it. I picked the end of the chapel scene, because I wanted to include at least part of it. Live Long and Prosper !!!

[@toddmcintosh83]

Charles Ross years ago I purchased the DVD series of TOS(The Original Series). A few years ago CBS & Paramount released a remastered Blue Ray version with an optional updated special effects feature. It was the best investment I’ve ever made in entertainment! Well worth the cost! Now the price has gone down. I highly recommend it if you haven’t already purchased it! Certainly nothing like it on the market today!😊👌🖖

[@danbasta3677]

Todd, Have the Original Star Trek series in the 60's aired versions and have to say much prefer the 60's aired version much better over the enhanced versions. I do have the enhanced versons as well, however, my preferance is the 60's aired versions.

[@AndrewLohmannKent]

It is the whole set that is excellent. They go with the original Dr Who, Quatemass series. There is also one other short series A for Andromeda (mum told me the story) Number of others of cause but no one story in isolation.

[@keithmoore4139]

Does anyone remember the scene where Spock pulls Stiles out of the phaser control room and a couple of men in environmental suits are seen rushing into room to contain the coolant leak? I have this episode on DVD but this scene has been deleted.

[@guodzillakaiju5683]

Just looked at the Romulan control console. Holy mackerel, the Romulan Bird-of-Prey is a TARDIS!