Star Trek - The Enterprise Vs. Apollo

[@Artisan1979]

Attacked by a Greek God and Spock still sits there chillin like a villain😎

[@johnbockelie3899]

Spock got his revenge on Apollo. Spock reminded Apollo of the pointed eared Pan, So, Spock had to stay on the ship. Spock eventually got to blast Apollo's temple." Captain , neither do I prance about, nor play a Pan flute, provoking desire making people fall in love." " Well Spock, Apollo said he didn't want you down there, and that's final."" Yes, Captain".

[@MinhProjectManager]

If the Vulcan came by the ancient time they would be considered as “god” too

[@Bubbles99718]

TCB'n Takin Care of Business

[@HENSLEYMB]

Commander Spock is no Pan. Pan, in Greek mythology was half man half goat.

[@Bubbles99718]

@@HENSLEYMB Just watch the episode

[@danielh3179]

"I loved you. I would have made a goddess of you." - One of the best pick-up lines in Sci-Fi history.

[@23AlexandreJ]

If he had talked about sand, he would be married to her now.

[@leilanurena]

he gave her all the trappings of a goddess without any actual power. just like a male, all talk. too bad for him, she wasn't down. love this one: I could no more love you than a new case of...(pregnant pause here) bacteria😂😂😂

[@gabrielt6556]

Smooth af

[@calvinjackson8110]

Sure is. Apollo loves only himself. He might feel attraction, fascination and infatuation. But it is brief and capricious. His adoring smile can change to disdain and displeasure in a eyelid blink if you do or say something he doesnt like. You must ever walk lightly and with extreme caution in his presence, always acquiescing to his opinions and utterances and desires. Bow to his every whim, otherwise he is ready to hurl his lighting at you. When you no longer captivate his attention and interest he is done with you, whether you are goddess or mortal or anything in between.

[@tihoprskalo7719]

THIS IS SPARTA!!

[@RammatRamzi]

The symbolism of this episode made it extra sad. I saw it as shooting away your childhood and removing the mystery and magic from your life.

[@blockmasterscott]

1:19 The look of anguish on Apollo's face! Good job by the actor!

[@Sennmut]

Perfect casting.

[@sonnyroy497]

Yeah, he was excellent as Apollo and absolutely gorgeous.

[@ernesttorres4059]

@@sonnyroy497 What's the name of the actor?

[@tracybosworth1033]

@@ernesttorres4059Michael Forest

[@tracybosworth1033]

I know. I’ve always felt bad for the character. Michael Forest did a wonderful job.

[@benvolio15]

Apollo learns the hard way not to bring lightning bolts to a phaser fight.

[@hot2warm]

He would have been better off by just crushing the Enterprise with his energy hand.

[@theoneandonly7063]

@@hot2warm yup dumbass wanted more worshippers and a ship but lost all his power

[@girlgarde]

And as a result, they made his temple golden which you'd think he'd want as gold is his favourite colour......

[@chrismc410]

@@theoneandonly7063 as Kirk said years later "What does God need with a starship?"

[@joncouncil4454]

@@chrismc410 That's because he was referring to THE GOD of Everything, all creation... most likely implying the Judeo-Christian variety, which thanks to the Catholic Church, people think looks like a sky daddy. Hence the energy being's different appearances of which the final one resembled just that.

[@roberthoffhines5419]

The dramatic acting in this ep was as good as it got in Star Trek. The tension, good acting, great editing, good special effects....Spock being a total badass and a great job by the extras.

[@955472]

Well, you got the last sentence correct at least.

[@huhwhat6887]

The time has passed, There is no room for gods. That shit hit my soul dawg

[@michaelkaduck1915]

Michael Forest really nailed it as Apollo. He has the gravitas as though he truly were an ancient God, yet also possessing the humanity of a broken man. I love that he returned for the fan series Star Trek Continues!

[@ianstuart5660]

He was amazing again in Star trek continues!

[@Boba-Fett-GS1150Ez]

@@ianstuart5660 I watched that. He was brilliant and it showed in that episode. Everyone else looked clumsy by comparison.

[@ianstuart5660]

@davesnothere. Yes, good point, but I sure have a crush on the counselor, the tall redhead, Dr. McKenna!.. 😄😄❤️❤️

[@akirasuzami9847]

Star Trek Continues is a personal favorite.

[@sammencia7945]

Hence the Greek god psyche.

[@DawoudKringle]

Jean Luc Picard was a truly great captain. No question about it. But James T. Kirk fought a Greek god - and won.

[@tihoprskalo7719]

THIS IS SPARTA!!

[@lyndonbrookins5300]

In the animated series he fought against another god.

[@AnonIllumi]

@@lyndonbrookins5300 you say god but were they just another species equivilant to that of the Q

[@lyndonbrookins5300]

@@AnonIllumi It's possible, I do remember this quote though. Science, technology, or medicine that is at a high enough level could be indistinguishable from magic. The same could be said of beings capable to controlling the afforementioned. Are the Q or are the gods?

[@STho205]

​@@AnonIllumi Picard however did not best Q. Q still controlled him, manipulated him or guided him to the end of the series.

[@COMPOUNDCOLLECTIVE]

In his film career in my opinion this is Michael Forest best roles. I seen his many other works but he is flawless in this.

[@leilanurena]

yes, demanding, petulant, seductive, threatening and in the end a total wuss. who the frig would want to worship that?

[@maddumass]

@@leilanurena You wouldn't cry when suffer an incredible loss?

[@sonnyroy497]

He was perfect for the part.

[@paulhunter6742]

Even years later, in Fandom Star Trek Continues... brings Michael Forester back in same role. He still very fit shape.

[@Aethgeir]

They were aiming for the temple but they nailed the patio furniture as well!

[@MrJasonWell]

It probably shouldn't have been glowing at first but then the collapsing temple could have caused it to be destroyed. Nice catch.

[@tommargarites2811]

True, however, since the Temple was a power source, the furniture could have been part of the sources operating equipment and was masked by an illusion, or hologram. Afterall the best way to hide something is often in plain sight, even if disguised as part of a temple made of stone.

[@brandenburg2388]

It's just collateral destruction. The tremendous heat reflecting from the temple after being fired on by the phasers would have incinerated all objects within 50 yards of the temple......

[@johnc.8298]

The telemetry of the enterprise may have a margin of error when sighting the phasor banks on its target. This may be why Spock told Kirk he was too close when Kirk ordered the phasor attack.

[@Sennmut]

And none of the plants behind were scorched. Hh,,...

[@edpowell5754]

That was one of the good episodes. Apollo really did a very good job of acting the part, he, himself the man, fit it well.

[@Bubbles99718]

Very good? Rewatch his final speech. Spittle, bubbles coming out of his mouth, tears, his enunciation, pauses, are perfect. It's truly an epic performance

[@kevinpittman2517]

watch his return in star trek continues.... its not canon but should ne

[@ianstuart5660]

@@kevinpittman2517 Yes, definitely!

[@markbeech3455]

This episode and the gunfight at OK corral are my favourites

[@gkprivate433]

on a somewhat recent interview he discussed this role. He said at the time it was just considered a job, nothing more. He worked a few weeks and moved on. But that shows how professional they were back then. They put everything into the role, whatever it was at the time.

[@nighthawk0077]

The world is so very different know. This type of role today would seem simplistic, almost childish.

[@LordGreystoke]

@@nighthawk0077television was still in relative infancy back in the 60s.

[@andromedach]

The music after the enterprise stops firing is just so perfectly set

[@drewk8472]

Great performance from Michael Forest!

[@huskerjpg]

Always liked this episode. Apollo was played by Michael Forest, who is still with us in 2022 at the age 93. Forest guest starred in my favorite Dick Van Dyke Show episode, The Loves of Joe Coogan, playing a Catholic priest, in 1964.

[@DavidLS1]

Michael Forest reprised his role as Apollo in the first episode of Star Trek Continues, a surprisingly well-made fan series here on KZbin. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXiQq5yKd6aemLM

[@sonnyroy497]

Gorgeous man.

[@BigSlimyBlob]

He actually played Apollo again in 2013 in the fan Trek series "Star Trek Continues".

[@optillian4182]

Apollo shot lightning from his fingers before Palpatine made it cool.

[@aspitube2515]

George Lucas watched Star Trek as a kid

[@williamhaynes4800]

Apollo is better though. He shook up Enterprise with lightning from only 1 hand. Wimpy Palp had to use both hands.

[@ramonedetroitguam6075]

the og sith

[@williamhaynes4800]

@@ramonedetroitguam6075 Damn straight

[@chrismc410]

@@aspitube2515 even he wept when Gene Roddenberry died on 1991

[@johntabler349]

There's several times in the original series where the Enterprise engages in tense life or death struggles only to have a sympathetic ending. It's never at the expense of the drama action or tension they fight to win but when they do win no victory laps just a mature regret that what had to be done had to be done

[@shawn78789]

One of the saddest endings to a Star Trek original series.

[@leilanurena]

City on the Edge of Forever is the saddest

[@shawn78789]

@@leilanurena Yes, I agree. What about the two episodes with Spock. One he falls in love with a woman on a frozen planet where she is banished for life “All Our Yesterdays” 1966 with 26 year old Mariette Hartley. Or, 1967 “This Side of Paradise” with 30 or 31 year old Jill Ireland, soon to be wife of who…….Charles Bronson, movie 🎥 star of one of the Greatest Western movie of ALL TIME “ Once Upon a Time in the West”. Oh yeah!

[@leilanurena]

@shawn78789 Bronson. another king of cool, check him out in Breakout, he costars with Jill Ireland in this movie

[@shawn78789]

@@leilanurena Will do, 6.1 rating with Robert Duvall and Randy Quaid. Have a great weekend.

[@eloquentwizard7492]

This episode has one of my favorite quotes from the entire franchise. “Mankind has no need for gods. We find the one quite adequate.” -Kirk Truly one of the best episodes.

[@Bubbles99718]

Yikes, no thx. Was a strange slip in an otherwise secular universe.

[@brianpaulbrundage]

I like how the Klingons handled theirs

[@eq1373]

@@Bubbles99718 it was not a secular universe in the 60s when this aired. It wouldn't have aired at all if they tried it.

[@Beer_Dad1975]

@@eq1373 Gene Roddenberry was certainly an agnostic (I'd say Atheist but he never accepted that as far as I know) as far back as the early 60's and outright personally rejected all forms of religion - but he was only co-writer on this episode and probably didn't have any particular objection to that line.

[@BobSmith-kd4oc]

I have no need of God's because I already am one

[@rhyswong8976]

Outdated graphics aside, this scene still plays out so well.

[@Bubbles99718]

The sound design is next level great and still towers above everything

[@spywhale]

I am impressed by the sharpness of the colours

[@pierregordon5493]

I'm 57 years old. Growing up as a child and watching the original series, the graphics were stated to art to me! Lol now we have artificial intelligence creating movies. To boldly.. go with no men has gone before

[@davidg.9932]

A very Happy 90th Birthday William Shatner. Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec. March 22, 1931 Born in Canada, But a U.S. treasure. Your legacy is worldwide. Thanks Tiberius..

[@BodhranBrian]

Spock,sitting calmly in the Command Chair kicking ass! He's the man!!!

[@gavind7967]

Kirk would be a terrible neighbor....vaporizing your gazebo and picnic table

[@Daehawk]

Feel a little sad for Apollo.

[@CaptGage]

Yeah, a little.

[@jyesucevitz]

If you really like star trek (which I guess you do) I trust you've at least heard of the fan film series (no, not fat middle aged men with cardboard cut outs for pros. Real sets built from the original Trek blueprints. ) in the med to late 2010's they created a series of 11? 45min episodes that filled in the final 2 years of their 5 year mission. Their 1st episode was Pilgrim of Eternity. A continuation of this episode with the original actor who played Apollo reprises his role as the aged God being punished by the other gods. Now he's seeking Kirk and the Enterprises help. Great stuff.

[@indriadrayton1132]

@@jyesucevitz I'll check it out!

[@indriadrayton1132]

@jcllings that was Zeus, tho'. Sad, very sad.... this episode. This is, to me, an indictment against man's hatred of the One True God, only using the gods of Greek mythology as a type.

[@indriadrayton1132]

@jcllings that was Zeus, tho'...

[@mrmike1884]

Michael Forrest Reprised his role as Apollo on Star Trek Continues. A Web Fan Series. Was really well done.

[@HarborLockRoad]

Amen, i just posted that myself!!! 👍😀

[@aarongranda7825]

One of my favorite episodes. Love the phaser sound. The sfx are good. First time I saw it at nine years old I thought they had found god a la Star trek v many years later.

[@lawrencebittke8478]

I was taking a literature class at that time which included ancient Greek mythology so this episode was especially entertaining.

[@Bubbles99718]

So many kids go thru a mythology phase so this hit a lot hard. And Greek in particular is loved by all

[@joedawson7205]

I remember being a kid and feeling so sorry for Apollo. This made me so sad. He was "other" but his failings and needs were very human. Who has not tried to hold on to what one loves and moreover, what would one not do if we had the power to do so?

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

Well......Apollo kinda back in ST Continue.

[@nelsonzambrano5788]

very deep and very true - Thank you...

[@huhwhat6887]

Men's greed has no limit

[@corssecurity]

A lesson in Trek judging other species by human morality? It simply hadn't really occurred that he may be wrong. He didn't ignore his own set of moral codes. He operates to his own set of beliefs. Of all the fates that could befall one in space having an indefinite lifespan on a paradise planet. Never cold or too hot. Plenty to eat and drink. To gather together from abundance and live an agrarian lifestyle. Hardly the most horrible fate. But being a prisoner in a gilded cage... Not acceptable. A Canadian SciFi author Robert J Sawyer wrote Illegal Alien. A UFO lands outside the Royal Ontario Museum. Communications are tried. Eventually semiphore results in communication. (flags) "Take me to an Anthropologist." Invertebrate. These aliens are not humanoid. Four lower limbs for locomotion, upright. Cylindrical. Optic sensory at the top of the body. Presumably thier front. The Canadian government in consult with the UN grants full diplomatic status. Things go well until a guard protecting them is found dead. His legs severed by monofilament wire. They have less than honorable motifs. They studied the stars and found no intelligent live in the local vacininty. There belief ie they are the supreme beings the favored of their creator. Now they orbit a binary system Somewhat unstable. They orbit a G type star for a few hundred thousand years. Then the companion star a white dwarf arrives. Cold dark the planet starts orbiting the dwarf. About one million years. years. They go underground and hibernate only to return & when the orbit shifted back to the G type star. Only when they awoke some noise was detected. Not random, patterns. They were no longer alone. Much was discussed no doubt. Now this new species of primitive animal shows up practically on thier door steps. Soon they will hibernate, but these animals are devolved quickly. They are a threat. They could attack in the next million years. Well then go and sterilize the planet. They are the supreme species and any threat must be exterminated. Thier God would not allow any immoral act. So if creator does not come to stop them then they have its permission.

[@Bubbles99718]

"Would it have hurt us, I wonder, to have gathered just a few, laurel leaves"

[@jessfrankel5212]

This was one of Star Trek's finest. Nice retelling of the legend and myth, good music at the end when the Enterprise fires through the hand to destroy the temple, and solid acting by Michael Forrest and Leslie Parrish, whose gown manages to stay in place. (For years I couldn't figure out how they did it). The producers also got away with depicting a possible rape scene, and even though I was a kid when I first saw this about fifty years ago, I knew something was wrong. My parents liked the show, and they thought this episode an excellent one. It still compares and exceeds, IMO, anything out there.

[@jessfrankel5212]

@Bobbie Charles Yes, I remember reading that story long ago.

[@kentshelton3451]

Imagine a woman giving birth to a god-child. Tabitha from Bewitched would have had some serious competition! Lol

[@davidnco1]

There was a possible rape scene in the enemy within

[@jessfrankel5212]

@@davidnco1 When 'evil' Kirk smacks her around....he's drunk as anything. The wiki article says it clinically--"sexually assaults her." It was a very good episode, difficult to watch, but one of the best.

[@jessfrankel5212]

@@kentshelton3451 I just remembered something. A lot of Star Trek TV episodes were then written by James Blish in book form (perhaps a few years later) who expanded on the backgrounds of all the characters. When he did the story of this episode, he added at the end that Lt. Palamis was pregnant. And I think Bones says something about a god-child...long ago, so my memory is a little hazy. ETA: In my original post, I said that James Blish wrote the TV episodes. He didn't. He did, however, write entertaining anthologies based on the episodes. My bad.

[@HENSLEYMB]

“We’ve outgrown you” Kirk said. That can apply today to leadership principles. Gone are the days when a person in a leadership position is a surrogate father. As McCoy put it, “ simple farmers and shepherds “ were in aye of someone as Apollo. Years ago, I worked for a municipality in which the city manager tried to get involved in the personal affairs of the employees. He tried to get employees to read certain books, go to certain churches and also make career changes. It took someone with courage to tell him “we’ve outgrown you, your type is anachronistic.”

[@zoompt-lm5xw]

We kicked those types right and in return we got HR departments that force us to watch certain PowerPoints, go to certain "churches" and also make career changes. I dare you to outgrown those new types, now.

[@HerrEllsworth]

Sounds like what the National Education Association was trying to do to the public schools. Go Parents!!

[@calvinjackson8110]

The rest of that quote is just as profound: "We've outgrown you. YOU ASK FOR SOMETHING WE CAN NO LONGER GIVE."

[@leslieblouir1364]

One of the greatest episodes of all time

[@dkeith45]

Star Trek Continues E01 "Pilgrim of Eternity"

[@STho205]

That had a marvelous surprise ending.

[@gkprivate433]

yes he should have gotten or should get some acting award for that. He did a wonderful job as he reflects on his age and he probably drew upon his real life in which he is now old and decaying

[@alexxbaudwhyn7572]

I consider all StC canon

[@STho205]

@@alexxbaudwhyn7572 it is the closest to the type of writing that was done in the US in 1967/68. That had moved to movie writing after 68, then died out. The producer worked on replicating music, even composing arranging and playing some of the music to use the stock music, but stretch it to scene length. The Producer/ star looked the part. He understood acting in 1969. His immediate costars were passable substitutes and the junior costars did a good job for amateurs. The stories mostly made sense to the era and the episodes that did exist in 66 to 69, even the poorer quality ones. Explaining "Turnabout Intruder" as this is the first starfleet female captain considered for the heavy cruiser command actually makes sense, and excuses Roddenberry for that apparently sexist story. In 2014 there are plenty of female USN captains and even admirals for five decades...yet how many nuclear aircraft carriers have female COs? That script also adapted the 1969 "Starship Class" designation the show had to the Heavy Cruiser "Constitution Class" that was invented in the 70s by Trekkies. Lolani was the first best episode of Star Trek TOS since the end of season 2. The concluding episode was a work of art in retro production.

[@GenVirtu]

That was actually really good.

[@photonicus]

After centuries without the worship of others to nourish him, Apollo was in a weakened state. Had he been at full power he might've been able to wipe out the entire fleet.

[@LindaMerchant-pm8vn]

Lasers vs Apollo's lightning bolt three of them

[@danielroberts6212]

It’s a TV show

[@BreadofLife-z9b]

Love this episode. Michael Forest did an excellent job. He was also very handsome..

[@spuwho]

In the novelized version of this episode, the last chapter has Caroline reporting to sickbay with morning sickness. McCoy calls Kirk to sickbay and says "she's pregnant Jim".

[@northernbettygirl]

wow. I never knew that!

[@fr9714]

1. She was raped. 2. Abortion would be legal and easy in the 23rd century so there’s no future plots there

[@johnfabian1355]

That was the original ending but was considered too mature for 1960’s television.

[@browonmb]

I've read a lot about this episode over the years, one interesting story, according to Allan Asherman's The Star Trek Compendium, was an abandoned ending that would have revealed Lt. Palamas was pregnant by Apollo. The idea was used in the Sci-Fi novel "Star Trek: New Frontiers" and the Star Trek comic by John Byrne, New Visions "Of Woman Born". Would be a great character for a new Star Trek series, imagine a security officer (or a Captain) that could grow or toss lighting bolts!

[@paulhunter6742]

Being born half human ie half diety would be interesting premise. Would Apollo's love child chosen human path or seek out his Father?

[@IAmJimRetzer]

There was a made-for-internet fan sequel starring the original actor entitled Wanderer of Eternity. Spot-on recreation of the original and highly recommended.

[@tomf3150]

Pilgrim of Eternity.

[@johnc.8298]

It was a YT crowd funded video within "Star Trek Continues".

[@XMIR10C]

I felt sorry after this episode. it felt like I lost something. ..

[@leilanurena]

In closing, I say this: Mr.Spock is the king of cool💖

[@suburbantimewaster9620]

Kirk: Would it have hurt us, I wonder, just to have gathered a few laurel leaves? Me: Yeah, big time. Call me cold, but I've got no sympathy for Apollo. He abducted a bunch of people out of nowhere and basically said "worship me or die." What did he think was going to happen?

[@girlgarde]

He shouldn't have tried to force them to worship him, what Apollo should've done was chat with Kirk and his crew and have an exchange of ideas with them and the Federation. He should've been like "I'm glad to see that my children have grown up to become strong and wise." and aided Humanity with his knowledge and wisdom while treating them as equals. Instead, he tried to dominate them and treated them like the Greeks of old but the problem is, his "children" grew up and didn't want to go back to being cared for like children, they'd evolved beyond his ability to control which he found out the hard way.

[@joes6883]

Indeed. That explanation is pretty close to the one that has been in place since time began. The One True God sent His son to Earth as a sacrifice, an atonement so to speak for the sins of man. If Christ is Not accepted and Obeyed, we too shall die. That is an eternal punishment for refusal to make Jesus Christ your Savior and follow His Way. Only you won't die in the sense of not knowing anything anymore and just going into oblivion like so many believe. Oh no, this is a death into eternal damnation, with pain and anguish and horror and that person will live forever in that state. While those who have accepted Christ and put Him as their Lord and Savior will spend Eternity with Him in Heaven. Call me whatever you wish, but I must say, I have sympathy for those who refuse such a Gift,,from the God who Sacrificed so much. I look forward to the time when, Christ will come back for His church and we will be, " beamed up" so to speak and off this wretched planet.

[@Danny451]

Joe s, it's been a year now since your reply. Did "Jesus" come back yet?

[@ghosty426]

Basically, he was a big bully.

[@producer4real]

Fuck Apollo! He can eat a giant dick.

[@geraldscott4302]

This episode is one of the better depictions of one of my favorite premises in tv shows and movies, that of good bring down evil in such a wonderfully poetic way.

[@lesigh1749]

Apollo is not really evil. A tad arrogant and entitled perhaps, but he did help create human civilization. He thinks he is owed some worship for that.

[@ssnadera6498]

Damn that was some good background music

[@pipsqueak631]

Reminded me of The Journey To The Center Of The Earth from the fifties.

[@tubularfrog]

Leslie Parrish also starred in the original "Manchurian Candidate".

[@floyddwarrel4726]

STar Trek Continues is highly recommended to see more of this guy.

[@Bubbles99718]

Great 1st episode of that series

[@citizenterryk]

"gee, looks like you're screwed, Apollo!!".......:D

[@alexxbaudwhyn7572]

Spock- Apollo, release our people! Apollo- Talk to the Hand

[@amandatownsend5132]

True to the myths Apollo can never get the girl/guy

[@Bubbles99718]

He got her

[@ironicweeb4111]

@@Bubbles99718he had many lovers but most of them died or turned to plants so this one got off easy

[@jimmyrodasmolestina979]

Wow !! The Enterprise destroyed the Roman Greek empire !!!

[@Kardasi]

There is no Roman Greek Empire! Romans took all the Habits, the Mythology and the Culture from the Ancient Greeks! Even Roman Gods are taken from the Greek Mythology! Open a damned Book, get educated

[@danielpalma1426]

You mean Byzantine? 🤣

[@jimmyrodasmolestina979]

What ever !!! The aztecs empire assyrian empire

[@JackReynolds-w7g]

If I were Leslie Parish on that episode, I don't care if it was her 'duty', - I personally would have felt like absolute crap for what I had done to Apollo.

[@jeffisaacson3804]

LOL Kirk says we can't worship you any longer and be your slaves, then at the end says welll.... MAYBE we could have worshiped him just a little bit.

[@harvey2906]

The best season for me. I like the episode where Kirk fighting against a greek God. Better than the whole "Discovery" Show. And Leslie Parrish is a feast for the eyes. Such a beautiful woman should appear more often on Star Trek. She added value to the episode. 🖖

[@alexandrenunesdeoliveira9417]

Destroying ancient monuments is sheer vandalism... 😂

[@TheCoolProfessor]

"We've outgrown you. We men are no longer afraid to show our nipples."

[@victorpradha9946]

Yes...free the nipple from its unholy confinement. This applies to everyone. See you at the next convention.

[@000distructzero]

Can we appreciate how reinforced and strong Apollo's power source was... Took that long for a constitution class star ship firing all phaser banks to level that structure.

[@danthemankhan]

And yet, twenty yards away, several human beings barely had their hair tousled. They should have been incinerated.

[@CliffuckingBooth]

The only problem was that he didn't want them to leave (loosing freedom).

[@calvinjackson8110]

He needed their worship to sustain the reason his existence as a god.

[@cha5]

“APPROACH ME!!!” 😤 “We’re busy.” 😏 I always loved Kirk’s complete and utter diss of Apollo there.

[@Bubbles99718]

I do love all of Apollo's mello dramatic dialogue though. You protest, you risk much. I've grown weary of discussion and argument. Mortal, you have earned this!

[@JohnHoulgate]

"I wish we hadn't had to do this," -- Dr. McCoy 🤣🤣🤣

[@ronagoodwell2709]

"Would it have hurt us, I wonder, to have gathered a few laurel leaves?" Bending a knee to power insures that power will remain, and you will remain... on bended knee. Time to grow up, and stand, and take our rightful place in the universe. Before we are eaten.

[@billbright1755]

You can listen to the crystalic fusion reactor moaning out its one note song, and dream about the Goddess you knew the night before.

[@SOCORROSILVA-in7px]

Thank you very much, Admiral Titan Entertainment, for uploading this interesting video of "Star Trek: The Original Series" so that I can see it again sometime in the nearby future. Please have a nice weekend today. ™ June 03, 2023 @ 12:45 am ™

[@corssecurity]

Apollo didn't ask, he demanded and threatened death if he didn't get what he demanded. Forgive me my friends? How about apologizing to the crew of the starship?

[@bryanschmidt7336]

One of the better episodes of the second season

[@cathytrottier8944]

I remember this one, good episode.

[@shawnsargent2799]

Their were a few episodes from the original star trek that I could watch over and over again. This is one ;and the other is when Kirk's friend is given abilities during an electrical storm and kirk had to kill him.

[@Mad.Maxx.77]

"Where No Man Has Gone Before..." I believe was the title of that episode. One of my favorites. Gary's ESP abilities were enhanced to superhuman levels making him almost a god. He was Kirk's best friend at the time.

[@paulhunter6742]

All Apollo asks was Enterprise crew break down their ship; bend knees and worship him the rest of their lives. No big Deal, Right?

[@raffaelecafiero3608]

Beatiful acting. A great actor indeed. Actor from theather are in a superior class.

[@peterfelixjohnlieggi5459]

I love this one, a God by any other God can't beat the Enterprise!

[@GoogleAccount-zu8yp]

Was lucky enough to have three evening off a week. Saw this the day of its original broadcast September 22, 1967

[@JimmySteller]

“Would it have hurt us, I wonder, just to have gathered a few laurel leaves?” Way to wonder that after it’s too late, Kirk.

[@petemoss8522]

Bones) I wish we hadn't had to do this. Kirk @ 3:54) So do I. Yeah, Kirk sounds really broken up.

[@indriadrayton1132]

@ no, they felt sad. Remorseful, even, but they did what they had to do.

[@tomf3150]

@@indriadrayton1132 and two years later, Pilgrim of Eternity

[@contessa.adella]

We come in peace..shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill.

[@davidcawrowl3865]

Looks like the lady was doing the "walk of shame" at 0.21, lol.

[@MrReded69]

In the original script, she ended up pregnant by him. In Peter David's New Frontier series, a member of the bridge crew turns out to be her grandson.

[@indriadrayton1132]

She was confronted by a very angry, and very large Apollo previously, hence the walk of shame afterwards. Frightening, when you fill in the blanks....

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Oh snap you're right

[@victorpradha9946]

Sure looked like they were "implying" or hoping we would infer that she was ravaged by Apollo.

[@Dave.S.TT600]

Leslie Parrish married the Jonathan Livingstone Seagull author..Richard Bach

[@elizabethczepiel5220]

Thought it was one of the saddest episodes made. Sequel would have been interesting as she was pregnant.

[@victorpradha9946]

They made it look like Apollo "ravaged" her...messed up hair, disoriented, collapsing in Scotty's arms.

[@agactual7901]

She was knocked up by a greek god? Dammed, she's gets around 😉

[@papapabs175]

You would have thought Apollo would have mentioned his twin sister Artemis, especially as she was the elder twin.

[@KianaK0423]

You got phased Apollo. Deal with it.

[@chrismc410]

He's lucky photon torpedoes weren't added to said phasing.

[@chrismc410]

@Bryon Rogers that didn't stop Chekov from firing one to the ground in Star Trek 5 in the Sha-Ka-Ree affair.

[@chrismc410]

@Bryon Rogers i think with photon torpedoes having antimatter warheads and usually launched at warp, surface or subterranean hardly matters, whatever it hits won't be happy.

[@danielhausser8038]

Would it have hurt us, I wonder, just to have gathered a few laurel leaves..? Kirk gets my favourite line 🖖❤️🖖

[@EyeLean5280]

So many of these original series episodes were about power and the abuse of power.

[@Ravikumar-vu1ie]

This made me feel sorry for Apollo.

[@Rosarioforever]

One of my favorite episodes.

[@jeffclark1129]

The destruction of Apollo's temple was executed much better than the destruction of Vaal in "The Apple." Shining like the sun and crackling with energy, finally wavering out of existence, including the marble bench. That was awesome special FX there. Also, Apollo grew to giant size before finally teleporting away! I do feel sorry for him, though. Not only was the ancient Greek god rejected by Carolyn Palamas, but the entire Enterprise crew. I'd LOVE TO SEE HIS SISTER ARTEMIS!!! SHE IS ONE HOT GODDESS, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION!!!

[@indriadrayton1132]

Jeff Clarke Atemis had a multitude of beasts like a cat or sow. The statues of her were pretty scary.

[@calvinjackson8110]

She might be "hot" to you but you would not have survived saying this to her face! She was lovely yes, but she guarded her chastity and purity with a furious vengence! Any male(god or mortal) who presumed to assert himself on her or make advances to her paid the ultimate price! Artemis did not play!!!

[@marlonlo9661]

"We've outgrown you!" "There is no room for gods!" That was when I encountered what Nietzsche meant by God is Dead.

[@markfurman4386]

This clip is missing Apollo's 3rd (and echoing fade away) "TAKE ME!. .ME. . me . . Me e e. . ." You just hear the first two utterances by the actor. They took out the rest. . .

[@Alvan81]

I don't recall the storyline? If he was a fake God, who teleported him out of there, The Real Ones?

[@novel886]

He WAS Apollo.

[@corbin_4738]

Apollo can make their communicators stop working, their ship transporters stop working, but apparently making their phasers just stop working is beyond him. '...in search of new life...' Well, they answered a question that haunted mankind for millenia. Wonder how that got reported to Starfleet? Kirk, "Well, turns out Ancient Greeks were right. Their gods really exist. [Laughs] I should say *existed.* We came across Apollo - yes, the god Apollo, and boy we blasted that s.o.b. Now, their gods are all gone. Anyways, all fine and dandy. On to the next planet to force our morals on - to he!! with the Prime Directive. They either listen to us or we're not wasting time on them."

[@indriadrayton1132]

He couldn't stop the phasers because they were reconfigured the frequency of the phasers to one that Apolli couldn't read and were simultaneously shooting at his power source full throttle.. AND... it's in the script!

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

The biggest violation of the Prime Directive (if that's possible), I think, was A Piece of the Action.

[@girlgarde]

Why did Kirk get mad at Scotty for going to help Carolyn get to cover? Apollo could've seen her and hurt her some more and she didn't need any more abuse from him. Kirk seemed to show a lack of concern for her in the later parts of this episode like he was angry at her for unintentionally endangering his plans to stop Apollo from enslaving his crew.

[@markmyjak7739]

Amazing! You can hear lightning in space. I had to laugh to see the giant hand in space grabbing the Enterprise.

[@Bubbles99718]

That was added in in the updated version. Although it is supposed to be there originally they didn't have the tech to show the hand actually holding the ship.

[@gavc6442]

They would babe had the tech, time and money were the causes of problems now and then

[@billwipperman9492]

How can the Enterprise have it's shields up if they're surrounded by a energy field?

[@johnc.8298]

More power to the shields while a phaser is being emitted? I thought they had to drop the shields in order to fire upon an enemy.

[@landonjones258]

No. You may be thinking of the transporters. They had to drop shields in order to use those, because you can't beam through shields.

[@georgekokkos5347]

This episode is more philosophical than ten books

[@CaptGage]

This was a cool-ass climax. I did feel a bit bad for Apollo, but more for Carolyn.

[@indriadrayton1132]

She ended up pregnant....

[@girlgarde]

It must've been emotionally wrenching for her to have to reject Apollo to save her crewmates from eternal slavery at his hands even IF he intended to a benign overlord who loves his followers.

[@HepCatJack]

Apollo wasn't the same after losing to Rocky.

[@lol101lol101lol10199]

The Last Psychiatrist's book brought me here

[@white_heat.truth76]

Too bad Kirk couldn't had convinced him to go to work as an enforcer for The Federation before The Enterprise zapped him.

[@pentaxpro]

If Apollo used the plants in the episode, This Side of Paradise, maybe the crew would have succumbed to his wishes.

[@iamemjarrobinson8713]

They would have been the Lotus leaves.

[@supercaptainbatdoggy]

"Would it have hurt us just to gather a few laurel leaves?" Kirk contemplates if it would have been so bad to do one small task, to please a race of beings who gave us so much of our history which made us what we ultimately became. As deep an idea if there ever was one.

[@komradewirelesscaller6716]

Great stuff!! Watching the "Big E" firing her phaser banks from orbit and blasting Apollo's temple. The rest of the ending to this episode l would certainly rank as one of the saddest of the original series. Capped off nicely at the end with Kirk's philosophical ponderings.

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

I agree it is one of the saddest. I think the absolute saddest is when Miramani dies at the end of Paradise Syndrome.

[@marlonlo9661]

Captain Kirk should have been a Philosopher instead.

[@johnc.8298]

And it did so with the shields up? Could the Enterprise do that?

[@Bubbles99718]

@@marlonlo9661 He is, "All this and power too..."

[@dataquester]

Watch tos continues, n c the finally of this story n it is the same dude that played Apollo n da 60s!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cjallen2]

“Hey, there’s some half-naked guy throwing weak Force lightning at us….”

[@Prettykennedy652]

The Apollo episode was my favorite of all the others