Star Trek - Deep Rocks

[@NotContinuum]

That security chief is so good, he gets promoted to captain of the Lexington.

[@LeftIsBest001]

You know you're screwed when you're alone in the dark, in an alien cave, wearing a red shirt uniform. 😂😂😂

[@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8]

That's why Scotty hardly ever left the ship

[@rebeccaquartieri5509]

👀

[@WayneKeen]

It sure seems like, given the history of this creature and the deaths, that SOP would be to work in no less than pairs.

[@randymillhouse791]

@@WayneKeen AND to NOT wear RED SHIRTS!

[@george2113]

Yep the red shirts usually didn't get thru probation

[@arneyoga1204]

I like the natural cement floor you find in a cave. And some of the potted plants show you the monster was a bit of an interior decorator.

[@davearonow65]

Lol

[@leeshackelford7517]

A monster with good taste

[@johnbockelie3899]

Horta " Pants, shirt, body pressed while you scream." " Today's special on red shirts, by the dozen."

[@bobbyallen7977]

A really clean critter

[@FredPlanatia]

@@johnbockelie3899 extra silicon points for this creative comment. You get some preformed silicon body parts. free.

[@lazyhazeldaisy9596]

Both Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner said this was their favourite episode.

[@hagamapama]

The Devil in the Dark was good proper golden age scifi. The monster o the week wasn't a monster at all, but something peaceful that we disturbed and scared/angered into protecting itself and its loved ones. We thought it was a monster hunt but the real monster was our own ignrorance. Beautiful.

[@Slimjim260]

Really???!!

[@dr.benediktrothohler7693]

​@@Slimjim260 Yeah, really, at least partly. Shatner wrote in a book that it's his favorite, though he also mentioned City on the Edge of Forever as his fav in a DVD comment. Well, a person can have more than one favorite, I suppose. Don't know about Nimoy, though.

[@Frankie5Angels150]

But I’m sure they spelled in “favorite”.

[@Frankie5Angels150]

@@dr.benediktrothohler7693 The “City” on the edge was Mayberry! Same DesiLu studio set, right down to Floyd’s Barber Shop! They didn’t even bother to change the sign!

[@michael0.770]

In my view, this is the best Star Trek episode. Long live and prosper, Horta! !

[@andrewaustin9536]

I like that they took a moment to show Kirk distressed at the loss of the crewman.

[@ArmyJames]

Yeah, usually he barely gave it a second thought.

[@bobbyallen7977]

It was a dramatic series and it was done well

[@george2113]

@@bobbyallen7977 William Shatner couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag

[@bobbyallen7977]

@@george2113 congratulations

[@jeffclark1129]

Spock introduced the Vulcan mindmeld in the episode "Dagger of the Mind." Spock probed Dr. van Gelder's tortured mind to discover if McCoy's patient was delusional or there was some truth about what was really going on at a model prison colony. In "The Devil in the Dark," Spock mindmelded with the wounded Horta, revealing that it was a mother defending the future of her entire race. The Horta had to resort to killing the miners who thought the eggs were some kind of mineral rock (one of the eggs sat on Vanderberg's desk, fascinating Spock). The missing circulating pump, which the Horta stole but did not destroy, was recovered. Spock took a huge risk engaging in a Vulcan mindmeld with an life-form that was so alien yet possesses compassion, tenderness, even love and curiosity. That is why this episode doesn't tread the overused "mindless monster from outer space" storyline. And yes, I have to admit the Horta does look like a giant pepperoni pizza!

[@winterweib]

Here it is called 'Horta rettet ihre Kinder'= 'Horta saves her children'; which I like since back then, when I was six and it aired for the first time. It made us/me immediately feel like Horta was a living, feeling, tender soul. The crew had to understand it while the episode, but we already knew from the first minute and were on her side :)

[@williamphillips6049]

When you put it that way; you have to realize that the acting was excellent. Nimoy, Shatner, and Kelley made us believe that an extra, extra large Pizza Hut sausage pizza was an intelligent, compassionate creature. I'm hungry now . .

[@ellenpa2000]

That episode made me a trekkie as a teen in the Netherlands in 1970, because finally aliens were considered other beings with emotions and rights not just hostile enemies. Brilliant.

[@ClayBo21879]

... stop me if you've heard this one ... three red shirts walk down a tunnel where a known monster has been spotted....

[@ResidentBob79]

Yep. Still a classic, though 😂

[@johnbockelie3899]

Red shirts after beaming down. " Hey, what is this?, ......the Captain said there was going to be a wild time going on down here !!!!, all I see is a bunch of dark tunnels !!!".

[@margotrosendorn6371]

Coming this fall: Our Shirt Means Death

[@dennispersson9466]

I don't remember hearing that it left SURVIVORS, to describe it. And I was a teen, when TOS, was first aired.

[@georgehenderson7783]

This is the episode where McCoy, when asked by Kirk to treat the Horta, said, "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer."

[@victorpradha9946]

Seems like laying bricks should have disappeared as a trade by the 23rd century. No offense to current brick layers.

[@markthomas2436]

This show will live on forever. A hundred years from now, humans will still be watching it. It is timeless.

[@MudRogue]

How can a series from the 60's be so much better than Star Trek Discovery or even the latest Movies? 1:35 Only a Storm Trooper can relate to this moment.

[@bobbyallen7977]

The way it was played out by the actors and directors was brilliant television.

[@tedski69]

Ah yes. Before beaming down I'd say to Kirk "Hang on Captain, just getting out of this red uniform",

[@marlinmiller786]

Obviously, the Horta isn't colorblind.

[@briane173]

@@marlinmiller786Knows how to barbeque though....

[@edwardturner4311]

When Kirk and Spock picked up and examined the chunk of the Horta they had just shot off with the phaser, it made me want to grab a shaker of Parmesan cheese. It was the most attractive hunk of pizza 🍕 I had seen in a while.

[@briane173]

To this day it makes no sense -- a human being barbequed by a pepperoni pizza.

[@briane173]

3:27 "Oh thank god, lunch couldn't come soon enough...."

[@brianofphobos8862]

A great episode, one of my favorites. It seems unlikely that silicon life exists, but with the right chemistry, temperature and pressure, you never know. It's big universe out there.

[@chuckwagon5518]

It's "Pizza the Hut"!

[@francisfischer7620]

One of my favorite! All being is alive! Something to live by!

[@WizelBalan]

I always liked how the Horta is all, I'm gonna get you, then it gets hit with type-2 phasers and it's screw this I'm out of here holy crap that hurt.

[@37Dionysos]

Rough cave walls with unknown light source, and the floor as smooth as a sound stage.

[@ResidentBob79]

Only on Janus VI, lol

[@jamalmccoy1982]

1960s technology. ...

[@briane173]

Well, I suppose if a Horta can bore a tunnel better than a well-tuned machine, no reason why they couldn't create ambient light of unknown origin and a floor fit for a garage.

[@dr.benediktrothohler7693]

That's because it's a sound stage.

[@rubiks6]

There is something more dangerous than a wounded animal - a mother protecting her children.

[@robertsnyder1890]

i have seen all episodes/ this is my favorite. a mother protecting her children, any meas necessary.

[@GlennSteel69]

Captain Kirk is simply the handsomest man ever!!!

[@dr.benediktrothohler7693]

most handsome?

[@4sticks444]

Now I know where ''Pizza the Hut'' really came from lol... I love the floors too.

[@PETERJOHN101]

Spock picks up the Horta fragment and says, "This creature secretes a highly corrosive substance allowing it to cut through these walls, now why am I holding a 4000 degree chunk of Horta ass in my @#!@@@#! HANDS!! Here Captain... YOU HOLD IT!!!"

[@briane173]

"Blow on it, dumbass!"

[@sjmuffler1]

Remembering what a Horta is called after 40 years says it was well written....

[@briane173]

Makes you want to study Horta culture....as it were.... I'll see myself out....

[@dragondancer1814]

@@briane173So long as we never take rock jokes for granite! *ducks*

[@marcochimio]

Spock: He never even had a chance to fire, Captain. You know, except for that 3 second chance to fire, Captain. Captain: Thank goodness we wore these non-red shirts to protect us.

[@judgedreddthelaw3418]

LOL...omg..those red shirts...

[@robertthomas5196]

Agreed. You just know the guy's toast.

[@vinsvids1]

I'm denser than the rocks in the mine... After 60 years, I just got that the "devil in the dark" is mankind's fear and lust for vengeance.

[@maxmach4361]

First Star Trek episode that I have seen, this and "The Thing" was a great introduction to sci-fi for 6-7yo.

[@robertforsythe3280]

I loved this episode. Always ponder the reason. We need to be careful of our actions and study before we act. Know to first do no harm.

[@dubes5594]

Nothing is more dangerous than a wounded animal that looks like hamburger and sausage and extra cheese.

[@CircHistory]

Kirk and Spock need to fear the beef and cheese monster 😂😂

[@atticstattic]

3:30 "You _did_ order your pizza with peperoni, did you not captain?"

[@QuizmasterLaw]

as a kid when i saw this i thought "lol it's a pizza" but as an adult A FIBROUS ASBESTOS PIZZA X_X

[@PaulCashman]

The fact that a security guy lived long enough to get some grey hair is remarkable in itself!

[@briane173]

3:25 I suppose the sample they shot off would be considered a "Horta culture?" Looks more like a pepperoni pizza.

[@stratmantl]

One of the red shirts in this episode played a captain of another starship when the Enterprise was testing out the M-5 computer; can't remember if that was an earlier or later episode........

[@stephenshults6277]

The older looking red shirt. He got either promoted or demoted quickly.

[@melvincunningham5660]

It was a later episode called "The Ultimate Computer".

[@flashkellam7395]

Actor Barry Russo (1925-2003) portrayed: Commander Giotto in “The Devil in the Dark”, season 1, episode 25, original airdate March 9, 1967 and Commodore Bob Wesley in “The Ultimate Computer”, season 2, episode 24, original airdate March 8, 1968

[@ddenuci]

The thing that bothered me about this episode is the staff of Janus VI does not carry a backup for the circulating pump stolen by the Horta. The circulating pump is a very old, and it is a critical part of the reactor that provides life support. Without it, the staff has about 48 hours to live. And yet no one thought about keeping a backup or two. Chief Engineer of the the miners makes a statement along the lines "well, we never had a problem with it, so we didn't think we needed a backup". Thankfully, Scotty is able to rig something up until Spock's mind meld convinces the Horta to return the original pump. I hope colony decided that maybe it was time to get a spare.

[@WayneKeen]

One would also think that the staff would be proficient in using tricorders, as they presumably want to detect minerals they want to mine. This would seem to enable them to track the creature. Of course, one would assume the same thing about the Enterprise red shirts.

[@dennispersson9466]

​​@@WayneKeenWell, ya can't always think about stuff like that, when someone is turning you into goop, on the floor! And miners, aren't necessarily forensic investigators, or cops!

[@eric0380]

yeah, star trek writers love to kill off red shirts

[@emperorskulls]

@slayne2 Scotty died once.

[@mrnaughtycat]

The mob murder the red shirt and try and kill the lava creature but there’s no menshion of them murdering the man that’s insane

[@roccobierman4985]

Yes, red shirts (commies) deserve to go anyway.

[@briane173]

Helps them to recycle dialogue -- "He's dead, Jim."

[@Walter37165]

That shell pc looks like a brick oven pizza 🍕 slice with a huge chunk of Italian sausage on it.

[@davidbaines7330]

“Paaaaaainnnn!!!!”

[@captainbroady]

it's the Horta!

[@wateim3951]

1:35, hear strange noise nearby, check color of shirt, ... damn.

[@AboveAvgMan]

The Horta = predecessor of the Alien franchise

[@briane173]

And the successor to the Liittle Caesar's franchise

[@neilspiller7264]

The cameraman is brave to be inside the tunnel looking back out -- with his back to the Horta! -- in the last shot.

[@kellyrayburn4093]

"There is nothing more dangerous than a wounded animal." Incorrect. There is one thing that is more dangerous. A mother, of any species, who is defending her young. She will stop at nothing to keep her young safe. If that means killing, so be it. Whatever it takes. Endanger her young and you sign your own death warrant.

[@jamesbizs]

Kelly Rayburn any species? Many species eat their young and others leave their babies either when they are laid, or the minute they are born.

[@theduder2617]

@@jamesbizs She specifically mentioned a mother of any species who was defending their young. Used those exact words as a matter of fact. Key word being "defending". As a result, the mentioning of all mothers who abandon, eat, or do not protect their young have no purpose in the discussion what so ever, much less are a valid argument against the initial comment. Spend less time looking for faults in order to correct others, and spend a little more time comprehending what they said. If you do, it'll be less likely someone will show up and correct you.

[@YouvebeenRicRolled]

With the exception of human mothers, who in comparison are more likely to harm or kill their young than any other species.

[@theduder2617]

@@YouvebeenRicRolled KZbin needs a LOVE button for that comment!!

[@kellyrayburn4093]

@@YouvebeenRicRolled Human mothers who are on and/or addicted to drugs. Normal human mothers are just like any other animal when it comes to' defending her young. Don't do it. Unless you are suicidal, that is.

[@shadowdance4666]

Damit Jim I'm a doctor not a bricklayer

[@phil955i]

Remember seeing that episode as a kid & it scaring me lol

[@noahbawdy3395]

This was one of my favorite episodes :)

[@constantinuslefug2874]

Red shirt. He had no chance. Red shirt? More like... DEAD shirt... hehe. Fine, I'll leave.

[@WinChun78]

3:34 The closet approximation I can come to is polystyrene..... 😃

[@timjones147]

Red Shirts = Sacrificial Lambs

[@failuretocommunicate]

The security commander in this episode is also Commodore Wesley from "The Ultimate Computer."

[@jamessullivan4391]

Every time I see this episode, I crave lasagne.

[@briane173]

LOL

[@fesswah]

I always loved the horta !

[@coralroper6876]

Attack of the giant lasagna

[@mdd1963]

we called it the "Pizza Monster" episode...

[@tedpeterson1156]

mdd1963 Hamburger Helper. It's amazing how bad some of the episodes were

[@stephenshults6277]

I thought it was a good story but a lousy monster. Looked like a guy under some old, nasty quilt/rug.

[@johcafra]

Actually it was, and his name was Janos Prohaska (look him up). At least the quilt/rug was of his own making.

[@JW...-oj5iw]

johcafra ... He was in the final episode of the original Outer Limits.

[@julianneller5315]

My first experience to this show was this episode and “The Man Trap”

[@edwardbliss8931]

The miners destroyed the eggs....yet nothing was in them.

[@neilspiller7264]

The Horta is half the size .. of the perfectly circular and smooth tunnel.

[@davidlloyd3116]

Two security guards turn up, Kirk or Spock never mention their mate was just killed.

[@simoneg8979]

Nothing more dangerous than a wounded animal? Wrong. There is nothing more dangerous than a mother protecting her young. And the more intelligent the species, the greater the danger.

[@momokochama1844]

and in this case they had to deal with both - a wounded mother protecting her young

[@briane173]

Which begs the question: How is she a mother? Who'd have sex with an overgrown fresh cow turd that eats through rock?

[@onecoolcat2478]

I'd definitely protest if given a red shirt LOL

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Then the Horta came to Earth and said take me to your leader. So they took it to see Stonehenge.

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

3:20 the gray haired redshirt played one of the Captains of the doomed starships on "Ultimate Computer"

[@adamschizo]

he sure ranked up quickly in 3 years

[@radiodf]

I wonder if that scene where one of the Red Shirts gets killed by the Horta, was where Stephan King got the idea for the slime monster in Creep Show 2,,.

[@rubiks6]

Lots of red-shirts. Must be dinner time.

[@montewright111]

“....capable of mowing down a red shirt like he wasn’t there.”

[@stephenlacher5460]

That's why red shirts die, they scream instead of fire their weapon.

[@bobfin]

Attack of the killer Lasagna!

[@marlinmiller786]

PSA: If you're going on the Enterprise, leave all your red shirts at home.

[@HarPlayer]

That was the scariest thing i saw on t.v.!!!!😃😃😄😄😄 2:46

[@cliffedward]

I read somewhere that while Bill Shatner was filming this, his Dad passed away.

[@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301]

affirmative & he insisted on no delays in making this episode

[@stoneymcneal2458]

That creature looks like an odd shaped pizza

[@Tiberius291]

Star Trek's version of the 1958 movie "The Blob" starring Steve McQueen.

[@briane173]

_The Hot-ass Lasagna_ -- starring William Shatner

[@hanoc101]

The security chief there got a heck of a promotion later in the series. (Trekkies will understand the reference)

[@patrickmcshane7658]

You mean he played the commodore in the m-5 incident

[@roberttynski6850]

it's just a bad pizza.

[@parthin]

Another redshirt bites the dust.

[@fastertrackcreative]

Remarkably flat cave floor.

[@dbloyd2]

Those security guards were annoying the captain with questions. 3:07

[@marialanier6155]

Pizza order on demand, it might be angry

[@martinzaehringer1697]

Interesting that the life form was silicon based, rather than carbon

[@georgemarsilio5122]

the captain wasa little insensitive

[@enterprise0523]

Why do all the red shirts always have to die first???

[@Petra44YT]

Asbestos? Don't just touch that stuff with your bare hands! :-D

[@danielbrissenden2555]

Poor Schmitter!

[@RAJohns]

That piece looked like some homemade pizzas I’ve eaten.

[@BedsitBob]

That security officer's reactions were rubbish.

[@EnergeticWaves]

How did you get away with putting this up? I put a minute of this show in a video and it got deleted by you tube

[@briankleinschmidt3664]

But they find out he's not an animal. He's a person like you and me.

[@srdool]

Monty Python quote ; "There's nothing more dangerous than a wounded mosquito"

[@peterburke3944]

willam shatners father died around the time this episode was made

[@FZMello]

A sausage pizza capable of emitting a powerful acid...

[@AboveAvgMan]

Sounds like papa johns

[@CaminoAir]

Hang on.....the actor playing one of the Enterprise security guards ("You all right, Captain?" - at 3.11)......is the same actor playing the commander of the battle fleet in the war games in 'The Ultimate Computer'. So did this character fly up the chain of command in one year?!!

[@Kodos13]

Correct. Barry Russo played both Commander Giotto and Commodore Bob Wesley.

[@followerofjulian1652]

Murder is murder.

[@victorwilson6826]

Where is the light in those tunnels coming from?

[@blackspider9561]

We all knew what was going to happen when we saw those red shirts walking around. How did Scotty manages to survive?

[@yamato6114]

Plot armor

[@dannylinc6247]

He threatens to play the bagpipes or offers sorean brandy as the circumstances present themselves.

[@briane173]

@@dannylinc6247I was about to say, it was probably his alcohol breath.

[@deangestner6708]

And it looks suspiciously like a sausage pizza

[@bugtusslealien3931]

Unlike most Americans with that amount of bulk, barely waddle.🤣🤣

[@prepper1013]

I guess, the only training needed to wear a Red Shirt was, to pick the right size Red Shirt.

[@paulmiller6647]

Spock=Thomas Jefferson.

[@ElizabethHensleyomegasseekerr]

Some one pointed this out to me and it is true. Mama Horta looks like a panned pizza!

[@kentd4762]

Great episode.