Star Trek: Deleted Scene - The City On The Edge Of Forever - "Kirk & Edith Have Fallen In Love"

[@geraldlee7055]

Wow, what a great scene between Edith and Kirk.❤ It explains a lot to the storyline and shouldn't have been deleted.😢🖖

[@kwebb121765]

One problem I have with the original episode is that Edith didn't seem passionately in love as Kirk was. This deleted scene goes a long way toward correcting that impression. Unfortunately, episodes had to be just about 50 minutes long every time, so some scenes had to go if they made the episode too long.

[@ers586]

Thank you for posting this and other deleted scenes. I'm old enough to have watched the Star Trek before it was called the original series. That goes back to when it was the ONLY series.

[@rconger24]

Yes, myself and with my father as well. 1966-1969. We would wear our star trek pyjamas!

[@mycreations2]

They should have left that in! Omg..provides MUCH more context!

[@daffidavit]

Been watching TOS since the first episode aired as a kid. I've never seen these out-takes before.

[@megostartrek]

Me as well, Daffidavit. So glad you are enjoying them. Many more to be uploaded. Will try to upload a few today. Thank you for your comments. 👍🖖

[@davemills2822]

So special I'm so glad I was able to see this

[@Edward_T_Martin]

This is Fantastic! I've never seen it. Now it finally makes sense why it's called "City on the Edge of Forever." Thanks for posting.

[@historybuff66]

Harlan Ellison named it for a scene at the beginning which was rewritten by Dorothy Fontana, owing to budgetary reasons. On initial investigation of the planet, Spock and Kirk spot in the distance a series of old buildings suspended in the sky. Kirk remarks “There it sits, like a city on the edge of forever…”

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

Very perceptive.

[@markw208]

Although it was not used, the writing, acting and content of The Original Series is what made it capture our hearts and imagination.

[@peterespada6226]

This scene should never have been deleted-so much context here…

[@mikekannely2286]

Arguably the best episode of Star Trek ever. Some make jokes about Shatner, but he is a very good actor. As is shown in this scene... I'd never seen this take. Thank you!

[@davidfox5383]

OMG! Thank you for this wonderful Christmas gift! Like everyone else I never even knew these existed. And like everyone else I'd love to see that director's cut with the deleted scenes restored.

[@joemammatube]

The chemistry between these two seems to go beyond acting. Magical either way. This scene reminds of the movie classics, Bogie and Bacall, yet completely different characters. The dialogue and warmth just draws you in. Thank you for posting.

[@billcatcher2701]

Watching this deleted clip on Christmas 2024. Wow...and thanks for the incredible gift! Looking forward to seeing the other "City" deleted scenes.

[@gogarrio]

Wow! I’m about to cry. How could the best Star Trek episode of all time get even better?

[@megostartrek]

There is still one more scene that I will upload, where Edith tells Kirk not to pull away. That will be coming soon. 👍🖖

[@joemammatube]

Exactly! I could watch it over and over.. So we'll done and just draws you in.

[@LoveLife-yh7ke]

magnificent! Paramont needs to Remaster the scene and put this into a directors cut of the episode. So beautiful.🎉

[@megostartrek]

Or, Paramount can hire me, and I'll do it for them, for a small fee. (P.S. - That's for you Paramount people that I know watch my channel. 👍🖖

[@LoveLife-yh7ke]

@ sounds like an excellent idea. if this was remastered into the episode, and sold as a single remastered episode, I would buy it, and I know tons of my friends would too. along with millions of other fans🖖🏻

[@paulm.newitt3246]

This scene so clearly magnifies Kirk's pain when she's killed. This feels like a Harlan Ellison; deeply emotional irony, come to life. OMG, this should have stayed in the episode!

[@terrancesteere3459]

The problem was they had very specific time allotments-needed room for commercials and that scene was long enough for 4 of them.

[@brandonflorida1092]

I had no idea that anybody had a deleted scene from City...Forever. I've seen this probably literally 100 times over almost 60 years.

[@megostartrek]

Thank you, Brandon, for your excellent comments. You will definitely want to subscribe if you love "The City On The Edge Of Forever", because I have 2 other deleted scenes from that episode that you are going to love. One day, if God allows, I will edit all of the deleted scenes into the original episode, but I would have to sell it on DVD, because, video platforms would never allow the entire episode online. Thank you, again. 👍🖖

[@jkokich]

@@megostartrekI’d buy it!

[@doktorvonwer]

@@megostartrekI would too!

[@megostartrek]

@@doktorvonwer Thank you for these encouraging words. I will look into this, as a project - i.e. - DVD of all of these scenes edited back into the original episodes. 👍🖖

[@pauld6967]

Merry Christmas. I had not known of this scene and wonder what Jim's response was to be. This was a very nice Christmas present to discover this morning. If you did a DVD release, I would join the chorus of those who would buy it.

[@michaelhall2709]

In the original Ellison draft, Kirk actually lets Edith fall down the stairs (with non-fatal consequences), since at that point in the story he already knows that she’s fated to die. But in the finale, he is unable to bring himself to allow her death in the accident, which then falls to Spock. This is exactly reversed in the version that aired. Also, in the final draft script (not Ellison’s version) there is a bit of additional dialogue that identifies the author of the poem that Kirk cites with the theme of “let me help.” It’s a long, multiple-syllabic name that sounds vaguely Hawaiian, but Kirk tosses it off as easily and knowingly as we would identifying Willam Shakespeare. I don’t know if it was actually shot or not.

[@vinceburgess9012]

Ok…you need to show all deleted scenes. This is incredible ! Thanks for sharing.

[@megostartrek]

Thank you, Vince! Yes, I have many, many more of these deleted scenes to upload, and I have 3 more deleted scenes from "The City On The Edge Of Forever." You are so very welcome. Thank you for the excellent and encouraging comments. 👍🖖

[@stevesalyer6261]

It finally explains why, in the final version of the episode, we see Edith ascending the stairs wearing only one shoe. 👍🙂

[@megostartrek]

Precisely, Steve. Even in just a small, seemingly insignificant scene like this, so many clues give explanations as to why. I have 3 other deleted scenes from "City On The Edge Of Forever" that I think you will love. Thank you for the excellent comments. 👍🖖

[@stringalongmike1953]

This is my favorite episode of Star Trek.

[@megostartrek]

Yes, Mike. Stay tuned, because I have other deleted scenes from "The City On The Edge Of Forever." One of them is a small line from Dr. McCoy to Edith Keeler, and he tells her that she has the biggest eyes he's ever seen, and she smiles, and is so elegant, beautiful, and demure. I think many of these should have stayed in that amazing episode. Thank you for your comment. 👍🖖

[@fenlandhobbit2307]

It is mine as well 😊. My second is The Next Generation episode Inner Light .

[@RAJohns]

Atta boy!

[@guysalzmann9302]

Wow. Know TOS as good as anyone. Never seen this scene before. Thanks.

[@megostartrek]

You are so welcome. Many more Deleted Star Trek TOS Scenes to come. By the time I'm finished uploading, God willing, it will be like being in a candy store. Thank you for the great comments. 👍🖖

[@JohnSmith-or8rh]

Buddy, you have a new subscriber in me for this scene that I have NEVER seen! Thanks for this GREAT deleted scene!

[@megostartrek]

Thank you, John. I have many more to upload, and will be uploading them, God willing, each day. When they are all uploaded, it will be like being in a Star Trek Candy Store. Thank you for your subscription and great comments. 👍🖖

[@mitchlbuckeye]

Wow. Sorry this was cut. It increases the impact of Ediths death.

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

agreed. But the subtly of what was edited, has it's own virtue. It worked. Kirk does confide to Spock that he had fallen in love, previously.

[@CaesarDarias]

Thank you for posting. I believe there’s a lot of footage that didn’t make it due to time- as much as 15 minutes. I hope it’s preserved somewhere. Remember that Harlan Ellison’s original script was deemed too long, too elaborate and too expensive to produce. It went through extensive re-writes even after Ellison submitted his second draft, as he was contractually obligated to do.

[@patricklynch1962]

Wish they'd kept that scene in. As another commenter stated it does a lot for showing how big the sacrifice was for Kirk at the end.

[@megostartrek]

So true, Patrick. We get to feel with both of them, and at the same time, Kirk, in the back of his mind, despite his love for Edith, knows, horrifyingly, that she must die. Thank you for your excellent comments. More to come. 👍🖖

[@love2rumba1]

This is what happens when NBC has to make room for a "Dippity-Doo" commercial...

[@KRW628]

Man! Where has this been for the last 60 years?

[@viciouspoodle5543]

You know given Joan Collins and William Shatner are both still alive, it would be nice to do something with them reprising their roles together in old age in the Nexis or something....

[@voiceguy3635]

At the Starfleet Retirees home.

[@megostartrek]

Brilliant idea!!! I hope they are reading this, and they can hire me. (Hint, hint...)... 👍🖖🏆

[@PCat2385]

Wow never saw this deleted scene Loved it

[@kimgriffin9214]

WOW!!! You must have some connections...what else have you got in your treasure trove??? Thank you for sharing this!!!

[@megostartrek]

👍😃❤

[@starexplorers1202]

Wow this scene is terrific. Great find. It's kind of funny how her fall (or stumble) down the stairs was only associated with her possible death rather than falling in love. This scene obviously makes that a matter of fact. We never get that confirmation in this episode. Only Kirk ever admits to falling in love. This is Edith's admission. Maybe it's repetitive but it makes it "their" love story rather than just his love story.

[@skymansfollies1642]

Excellent point… and those lines about “forever”… haunting and beautiful

[@megostartrek]

Very excellent points, Starexplorers and Skymansfollies. There is a double meaning in the 'falling' that both are trying to express to the other. One is love, and the other is falling through time and space, but yet, both are in love with each other. Incredibly powerful acting and writing. Many more to come. Thank you for your highly excellent comments. 👍🖖

[@commandosolo1266]

This entire set of deleted scenes is amazing! New TOS footage after all these years -- I can scarcely believe it! How on Earth did you find these? Do you work in a film vault?

[@megostartrek]

Thank you, Commando. I will reveal how I found them, some time in 2025. Haha, No, I do not work in a film vault. So glad you are enjoying them. 👍🖖

[@frank3508]

THE greatest Star Trek episode of all, of any series, of any iteration in the entire franchise.

[@gogarrio]

You took the words right out of my mouth! Exactly.

[@technoroom5]

"He knows, Doctor. He knows."

[@capester7278]

Not until this moment did I know about or see this seen. What a gift! Thank you and Merry Christmas!

[@johnmarx3919]

WOW! How did I not see this until now???

[@johnedward8316]

Thank you so much! What an absolute treat!!!

[@megostartrek]

You are so very welcome, JohnEdward. I have many, many more deleted scenes to come. So, please subscribe and stay tuned. More treats are on the way! God bless you, Brother. 👍🖖

[@richardlee2120]

This is incredible. How many more deleted scenes from Star Trek: TOS will surface?

[@megostartrek]

Thank you. I have several more to upload. Apparently, they have an entire warehouse of footage from Star Trek: TOS. Gene Roddenberry's son, Eugene 'Rod' Roddenberry, and Michael and Denise Okuda had discovered them. Great comments. 👍🖖

[@alanr4447a]

It's fascinating, because up till now we've seen Kirk say he loved Edith, but there was never an indication that she felt AS deeply for HIM! I am reminded of a point that's always been vague: HOW would Kirk and Spock make the "jump back" to their own time? The Guardian had said that if Kirk and Spock "were successful" at fixing the timeline, then "they would be returned", which indeed happens, but how does it come about? The final scene in 1930 shows them wearing period clothes, but when they arrive back in their own time, they're back in their uniforms. It seems unlikely their clothing was restored "automatically", which means they had a chance to 'change back'. Did they have some way to 'signal' the Guardian that they were ready to return? This leads to the possibility that they could've brought Edith back with them, getting her properly 'out of history', rather than forcing her to die!

[@peanut1001x]

no because the minute Kirk's back on the ship she'd just be an annoyance & all the attraction would wear off

[@stevenfarmer2660]

That was a good scene it should have been used in the episode! Maybe someday they can incorporate it into another DVD collection what's the latest scenes put back in because I'm sure there's other deleted scenes are out there somewhere!🖖🏻

[@megostartrek]

Yes, Steven. I completely agree. Magnificent acting by Bill and Joan. And yes, I have other deleted scenes that I will be uploading, hopefully, today. Thank you for the excellent comments. 👍🖖

[@bbordelon2]

Agreed even though the scenes have aged badly in color, the insertion into the episode would be great for us completists!

[@megostartrek]

@@bbordelon2 Yes, precisely. It will take me some time, as I still have many, many Star Trek TOS deleted scenes to post here, and I take care of my wife, but I will endeavor to start work on that project. Perhaps it would become like Billy Blackburn's tapes. 👍🖖

[@Snuffy03]

James Tiberius Kirk. The quintessential hound. Although it's not until The Wrath Of Khan that we see his offspring, it's amazing there was only ONE!😂😂 The man just could never keep his fly closed!! 😂😂😂. Which made him the hero of myself and every other adolescent sci-fi nerd! Keep on keepin' on Captain!

[@harveykitzman9083]

Wow! What a beautiful scene! I have never seen this before! Thank you for sharing! Do you have more?

[@megostartrek]

Thank you, Harvey. Yes, I have so many more to post, it is quite overwhelming for me. I have 3 more deleted scenes from "The City On The Edge Of Forever." One, in which, we see Edith and Dr. McCoy talking about the 'Clark Gable' movie, and McCoy says that Edith has the biggest eyes, and she beautifully smiles, and says thank you. 👍🖖

[@michaelcolllett9082]

One my favourite series when growing up 60s and 70s in uk

[@Anymouse6980]

It drives home his sacrifice, and hers,to resolve the historical changes by McCoy.

[@alanlinfield8207]

Only speculation on my part, but ... perhaps Roddenberry cut this scene because it shows Kirk more willing to save Edith and change history. Remember, Ellison wanted Spock to put history back on course, Roddenberry said it had to be Kirk.

[@hrearden6993]

I recall the scene where Collins would have fallen had Kirk not stopped her from falling.

[@lancemaley8229]

wow never saw this before. Thank you! I like the forever part.

[@nelsonsack2694]

damn, I can't believe in sixty years I've never seen this. I always wondered what they were getting at with the title, now I understand.

[@EzekielPrellus]

I think it's clear from the broadcast cut that they are in love with each other. Kirk looks at her with such concern after she slips on the stairs and the way she looks at him as he looks at her tells it all. In this deleted scene, it is a little strange that Kirk wouldn't understand what "fallen" means in the context of "already fallen for you" -- cool scene -- but I prefer the broadcast cut.

[@screenplayhouse4932]

I completely understand why this choppy mess was cut, but it's heartbreaking that the idea itself was a cut. It could have been a much simpler exchange, like -- EDITH ... I've been up and down those stairs a thousand times. I could have broken my neck. KIRK Don't worry. I'll never let you... fall. EDITH Not even... for you? Kiss.

[@keyoguitar]

Finally someone who agrees with me. The script is all over the place, and the pauses are too long, just doesn't work. Unless I'm imagining it I recall that there was a scene kept in where she's says she's been up and down those stairs a thousand times, and could have broken her neck.

[@screenplayhouse4932]

@@keyoguitar Yes. The first part is included. Everything before 'DELETED SCENE' is still there.

[@yaddamop6309]

Ohhh, that hurt to look! Poor Kirk. He knew his time with her was about to end. SO sad.

[@keyoguitar]

I see why they left this out, it's incoherent and way too lovie and corny, but mainly because the script is so bad. I remember the scene that they kept in where she nearly fell down the stairs and Kirk catches her, and then Spock says something about maybe he shouldn't have saved her then: this was a much better scene. This is my favourite OS episode, I've watched it many times. For me they got it right.

[@solotron7390]

It's the scene that mentions "Forever" and provides meaning to the episode's title. Yes, they should have included it. But, alas, we are always victims of time constraints.

[@nathanielalgernon975]

Joan Collins has relationships with every guy she meets, both on and off of shows.

[@michaelt2974]

Wow! I had no idea this existed

[@scottw11354]

Can they restore it?

[@ronbweather]

This missing scene fills in the missing pieces and explains "forever" in the title of the episode. It should have been left in but by 1967 standards, it was "too hot" for "family" prime time TV.

[@UlyssesWynnJr]

Thank You! Merry Merry CHRISTMAS! 🙏🧑‍🎄🎄🛍️🎁☃️⛄❄️🎹🎶🎵🥁🎸🏠🎥🍿💰💵💕❣️

[@SnowDaulphin]

This and the lost scene where Khan hurts McCoy….worth everything! Thanks….

[@markthompson9056]

Wish this was in the original episode

[@dtmelanson]

Beautiful scene

[@32ModB]

❤Everyone "🍂 falls"❤

[@billmilano6246]

I had never seen this before, and didn't know it existed until now. I realize that it's fiction but, man, that is heartbreaking.

[@megostartrek]

Yes, very heartbreaking. It almost makes one want to cry when watching this scene. Very powerful scene. Much more to come. Thank you for your excellent comments. 👍🖖

[@barbaradavis5137]

This is my favorite episode also

[@larryaldrich4351]

This should have been included in the enhanced DVD.

[@nicolarusso]

I need a cigarette after that scene.

[@megostartrek]

Hahahahahaha! It's worth watching over and over. One day, I will try to edit these back into the original, and make it available on DVD through this channel, for everyone to enjoy. Thanks for your comment - I laughed. 👍🖖

[@detpak]

My Question is? How did you get this scene? I've watched TOS as a kid and didn't know of this deleted scene. Got connections at Paramount?

[@megostartrek]

Actually, I'm quite surprised that others have not found what I have found, but, I can tell you that I do not have connections at Paramount, although my daughter did work for Paramount, and, honestly, to keep people interested and subscribing to this channel, I would like to reveal that in 2025. However, I am very glad you are loving these wonderful deleted scenes. I still have 2 more to upload from "The City On The Edge Of Forever", no, I think I have 3 more scenes. Joan Collins is absolutely wonderful, and Dr. McCoy has a great exchange with her about the 'Clark Gable' movie. This upcoming scene will show how, when Edith Keeler said to Captain Kirk, "You know, Doctor McCoy said the same thing." And Kirk bursts out: "McCoy!!! Leonard McCoy!!!" You will absolutely love it. Thank you for your excellent comments: I will reveal more, in the future. 👍 🖖🏆

[@detpak]

@megostartrek Thank You :) Nothing will ever be as good as TOS was.

[@megostartrek]

@@detpak I agree, 100%. 👍🖖🏆

[@johnmarx3919]

​@megostartrek that's amazing - you must be referring to the scene where MCCOY flirts with Edith! I've wanted to see that take ever since I read about it...

[@rconger24]

He "helped" a woman _again_ at 1:00.

[@gcampagn]

Kirk has always been and always will be one big bad wolf with the numerous beautiful little Red Riding Hoods that he encountered throughout the Star Trek series! Good on him! Hahahahahaha!

[@scottkronenberg]

He is truly, the Wolf in the Fold! 🤔🐺🖖

[@kensellers4082]

I think that Captain Kirk took great pleasure in “Tom-Catting” throughout the universe on that five-year-mission of the Star Ship Enterprise? I wonder if Dr. McCoy ever gave his commanding officer a 25th century version of salt-Peter to help quell the captain’s concupiscent desires.

[@megostartrek]

Very well said. Thank you for your great comments. 👍🖖

[@thechrisandmikeshow]

In the broadcast version it cuts away when they start to kiss... which is a shame as Edith is Kirk's greatest love.

[@tomtortolani8082]

There are rumors of a Gorn space ship deleted scene, that would be a kick.

[@megostartrek]

Yes, and that, I do not have, but, if you ever find out where it is, I will try to obtain it and post it here. Thank you for your great comments. 👍🖖

[@davidholman48]

This scene should have remained. It explains how Kirk could have fallen in love even during a horrible crisis.

[@megostartrek]

I agree, David. What a wonderful scene that should have remained. Thank your for your highly excellent comments. 👍🖖

[@jkokich]

Do you have deleted scenes from other series?

[@megostartrek]

No, Jkokich, but I have many, many more from Star Trek TOS that I will be uploading, daily, God willing. 👍🖖

[@nunyabizness6595]

They should have left this scene in and taken that stupid scene out where the mousey guy disintagrates himself. That scene always seemed pointless to me.

[@bradchoi9679]

Had they left it in, but cut just after they kiss, it would have gone a LONG way towards illustrating just how BIG a sacrifice Kirk made when he let the truck hit her. Kirk admitting to Spock the he was in love with her was nowhere near as effective as this one scene would have been. Oh well.... it's still the best episode of TOS, in my opinion.

[@megostartrek]

I agree 100%, Brad. Thank you for your highly excellent comments. 👍🖖

[@marysheeran519]

Exactly.

[@chriggsiii]

I wouldn't have cut it short there, just shortened the kiss; they needed the exchange about "forever;" after all, that word is right in the title of the ep so the scene should have been retained.

[@STho205]

The staff were mostly procedural writers. GR and GCoon were both cop show trained. Fontana was a starting out writer gaining experience. Ellison was a deep metaphor writer with a room full of awards....they were removing a lot of his metaphor as there rewrote and simplified the story.

[@chriggsiii]

@@STho205 At one point, in the distant past, I dimly recall reading Ellison's original version of the script. As I recall, while powerful and dramatic, it wasn't "Star Trek." It was very dark and pessimistic (druggies on a starship??!!); it needed rewrite. And some of the most powerful scenes in the final ep, as I recall, such as those painful and devastating few seconds where Kirk sees and recognizes McCoy, realizes what he is about to do and prevents him, and Edith is summarily and almost instantaneously snuffed out, were all moments with which Ellison had very little to do. All of which is to make clear that I don't see Ellison as holy writ, nor am I of the school that the ep would have been "better" if it had been left closer to Ellison's original; to the contrary, in fact. But this particular scene IS Star Trek; it is uplifting and positive, and is of a piece with the "tinta" of the rest of the ep; it should have been retained, I think.

[@144Donn]

Question: Would this scene have added or detracted from the story & flow of the episode? I guess they opted for "less is more" and snipped it!

[@kensellers4082]

Captain James T. Kirk IS God’s gift to women. 🥰😍😘

[@megostartrek]

Thank you for the great laugh!!! 😆👍🖖

[@davidc831]

These are NOT deleted scenes! They are merely additional takes of the same scene.

[@megostartrek]

Actually, many of these are deleted scenes, and a few are additional takes. Watch them all, you will see. 👍🖖

[@jymwrite]

Wow! That's a pretty interesting scene too bad they had to cut it, maybe add another dimension of Kirk.

[@sureshmukhi2316]

Like what many have already said, this scene should have been kept in. I wonder why it was cut.

[@scotpens]

I'm sure it had to be cut for time. Back then, a one-hour show had 52 minutes of story time (plus or minus a few seconds). If the first edit of an episode ran too long, it had to be tightened up. That's unfortunate, because it's a beautiful scene.

[@sureshmukhi2316]

@scotpens well if they had to cut a scene for time, they could have cut out the scene of the homeless man phasering himself. That didn't add anything to the overall story.

[@markgraham2312]

I've never seen this scene before.

[@702ringo1]

They would’ve made a great couple. Now I know why he never got over her.❤

[@megostartrek]

Yes, it makes much more sense now. You can feel the vibrations from them, in this scene. Thank you for the great comments. More to come. 👍🖖

[@viking670]

Incredible, why this scene was cut out goes beyond reasoning. The director must have been stuck on stupid.

[@scotpens]

It wasn't the director's call, but the editor's. The scene probably made the episode run too long for broadcast, so it had to go.

[@saganandroid4175]

The older I get the more TOS just makes sense and Kirk seems less of Dbag.

[@aarondyer.pianist]

What a great scene. So poignant and significant. Curious how the decision was made to exclude it. (Probably running time.)

[@northernbettygirl]

The main characters fall deeply in love with someone, only to have to leave them behind. Dr. McCoy & Natira, Spock & Leila, Kirk and Ruth. He loved Edith Keeler, and knowing she had to die was heartbreaking🥺😥

[@peanut1001x]

infatuation of circumstance

[@northernbettygirl]

​@@peanut1001x: how many times have YOU fallen in love, only to lose it? That was a retorical question. I'm guessing...never. Only lust for you👎🏼

[@peanut1001x]

@northernbettygirl guessing about & judging people is what you do - wrong

[@MrEab2010]

a bittersweet scene as i recall Spock, heartless a-hole that he can be sometimes, was watching at the bottom of the stairs disapprovingly, like, "why didn't you just let her break her neck? We can get the h^ll out of here."

[@megostartrek]

Excellent comments. Thank you. 👍🖖🏆

[@lawrencehawkins7198]

This the thing I don’t get. Instead of making all the Nu-Trek, pretty all bad, why did they just simply hire a cast, and re-shoot some of the original TV shows, fully realized in to two hour movies? A lot of of those old stories were busting at the seams, contained in those old 45 - 48 minute formats. I’d have paid cash for a 2 hour “City on the Edge of Forever.” A full 2 hour “Cage/Menagerie?” With right script additions, why a 2 hour “Space Seed,” “Omega Glory,” etc. The old episodes that couldn’t make the “Cut?” Forget ‘em.

[@TheCrossroads533]

Add it back into the film!

[@ChrisWaters]

It’s too bad Kirk couldn’t have brought Keeler with him back to the future. That would have prevented her involvement in WW II. I’m sure she wouldn’t have objected upon learning her alternative was either contributing to the death of many innocent people … or her dying prematurely.

[@pattilipscomb9898]

I always wanted Kirk to truly fall in love, Marty and have a family on the Enterprise.

[@megostartrek]

Yes, with my own series, "Mego Star Trek: The Lost Missions", Kirk actually does get married, and so does Spock. It is an alternate universe series. It is in my other videos, if you are interested. 👍🖖

[@SophieGreene91]

WOW so amazing is it real or not AI, I wonder. 😊

[@megostartrek]

No, no AI at all. Kirk and Spock were very "Anti-AI" and "Anti-Artificial Intelligence" with episodes like "Return Of The Archons" and "The Ultimate Computer." I doubt that AI could make acting as good as William Shatner and Joan Collins in this scene. Thank you for your comments. 👍🖖

[@jtkirkfan2002]

Kirk had many women, but other than the Enterprise, only one great love.

[@PaulChiesa-db5zn]

You can't understand why they left it out

[@megostartrek]

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[@conniewojahn6445]

I never cared for kissy-kissy, and I didn't/don't care for it in Star Trek. Relationship should be purely mental in cerebral shows like this. Sex, even a simple kiss, ruins it. Consequently, contrary to comments, I believe the producers were correct in omitting this scene. There are only so many minutes in a program, and there were far more important scenes to include in this particular episode. There was enough to demonstrate the feelings between Kirk and Edith without this scene. Ok, you mushy folks out there in fandom, go ahead and hate me, doesn't bother me. I've been around long enough to have seen this episode when it originally aired, and I'm sticking with my feelings and thoughts about it.

[@Wehavenevermet]

She had to die. ORRRR, he could have taken her back with him at the time she was to die. Same effect.

[@technoroom5]

Not necessarily the same effect. There would have been eternal questions about whether she was merely missing (and still alive) or not, which could have affected the timeline.

[@Wehavenevermet]

@@technoroom5 She could no longer actively effect the timeline as she would be suddenly gone long before she had the power to grow into a national movement.

[@CulhandS1965]

I've fallen? Jim always falls!

[@JayToGo]

Kirk loving the very person he is willing to let die for the good of the future. That‘s some cognitive dissonance, I would say. This conflict is virtually unbearable and hard to believe. I think it was better to cut this scene and keep the relationship more on the friend zone.

[@shib2352]

Understandable that this drivel was cut. Doesn't add anything to the story line.

[@James-w1e5k]

Like my comment on "Conscience of the King," this would've stopped the episode cold. Maybe simplify it to make more romantic and less wordy would've helped. There was a bluray dvd set put out witin the last 10 or so years with missing pieces put back in. Mostly from seasons 1 and 2. Before that, there is a book with the same info. I have it. Example: Season 2, "The Deadly Years," when Kirk is given the injection to revere his aging, we only see his torso contracting from the shot. Soon, a youthful Kirk steps out of the turbo lift. In the dvd set, we see Kirk and Spock walking the corridor from sickbay to the turbo lift. An aged Kirk walks along side an aged Spock. But by the time they get to the turbo lift, Kirk's age is almost fully reversed. These photos are in the book. But I can't remember the dvd set. I'd like to get it. However, these film clips you are showing are pure gems. Edited for time, content...whatever they decided, you have a good shovel at finding these. Thank you very much for these little Christmas gifts you keep posting. Keep up the good work.😊

[@megostartrek]

Thank you, James, for your highly excellent comments. If you ever do find out what DVD that is, I also, would love to purchase a copy, and present the deleted scenes here. I have many more gems to come. You are so very welcome, and I hope you enjoy all of them. Thank you for your wonderful words and encouragement. 👍🖖🏆

[@marysheeran519]

Why the heck did they delete this? I've never much liked this episode (gasp!) because it just doesn't spend enough time with this couple. They just obligingly fall in love, as in any other tv series of the day. This makes the episode different and spends valuable time on them. As well as knowing that Kirk will have to wait forever ... and it's the city on the edge of...why the heck did they delete this? It doesn't take long, and they could have easily cut a few minutes elsewhere.