The Omega Glory: Kirk's Greatest Speech

[@michaelblackwell7408]

My grandfather would sometimes get irritated at Star Trek and make us go to bed early which was quite upsetting to three little boys who had lost their mom two years earlier. Then one night we were watching this episode when grandpa walked in. He listened to it and after that he never made us miss it again.

[@GravesRWFiA]

good science fiction makes you think. shatner's delivery is usually irritating. imagine that voice ordering a pizza, bleah. but for a speech like this? no, it is perfect. Written with a pride never seen before or since. WE THE PEOPLE

[@fredWaxBeans11111]

@@GravesRWFiA lol, Now you've got me imagining Kirk ordering a pizza....with the stereotypical overemphasized words. and pauses...... "I...........want a Large.................Pepperoni ..........And...........Mushroom..........And.......Onion.........Pizza"

[@SteveBrant55]

Beautiful story. Thank you. And a testament to the power of this show.

[@joelzulueta5585]

That was a great story, Michael. Thank you!

[@jasonsmith4330]

People like to laugh at Shatner's acting, but at moments like this I only see a great performer delivering a great moment as it should be done.

[@DOSRetroGamer]

He *does* have a weird delivery though.

[@toyguy1956]

@@DOSRetroGamer if you understand William shatners history he started acting doing Shakespeare on Canadian tv in the early 60s that’s part of the reason I feel he over acts like this

[@benlevan5645]

@@toyguy1956 And in Shakespeare, overacting is part of the gig to help emphasize everything.

[@Onemic2008]

A visibly emotional Shatner confessed to Sir Patrick Stewart that for years he felt ridiculed and embarrassed by criticisms of the show and his performance in particular. It was only after he saw the gravitas and majesty Stewart brought to the Captain’s chair that he fully grasped the importance of the role and the show.

[@randymillhouse791]

Your... COMMENT was...... SPOCK ON!

[@solason3115]

My history teacher told me "if you want to become a great speech giver, listen to Hitler or one of or presidents." and I said "nah, ill just listen to Capt. Kirk speak."

[@kwebb121765]

Add on Captain Picard.

[@uwillnevahno6837]

Orange man and his oathbreakers almost burned the document in JAN of 2021

[@hellstromcarbunkle8857]

@@uwillnevahno6837 Not almost. It's already done. The lack of conviction proves the document is now what G.W. Bush called "a godamned piece of paper"

[@uwillnevahno6837]

@@hellstromcarbunkle8857 yes, I agree, to some it is nothing more than something to take a pic in front of for their social media. just because another mediocre president - with a debatable military service - values it as a piece of parchment - when his dad fought in WW2 - doesn't mean the rest of us should.

[@hellstromcarbunkle8857]

@@uwillnevahno6837 Presidents with exemplary military histories have violated that Supreme Law of the Land repeatedly,,,Eisenhower in Vietnam comes to mind and we need protection from the men at arms who do not value the law of the land

[@jimjim292]

The greatest reading of the U.S. Constitution by a Canadian ever.

[@shadowpoet4398]

Lol, so true tho. It was so well done

[@MisaelKpo]

I wonder why so many people only see it as a USA patriotic speech and leave it at that. I'm not from the US and find it very moving. Yes, is a product of its time, being literally Kirk preaching the US constitution but the essence of the message, that freedom and liberty should be for all people holds true to this day and for the future as long as there is people anywhere. Which in turn is how I see this scene and the whole of all good old media, the meaning behind it is what matters not the literal sense.

[@yourhuckleberry6757]

I can say things that might get you arrested if you said them in your country. We stopped kneeling.

[@MisaelKpo]

@@yourhuckleberry6757 we are actually pretty free in my country. The people who wrote our constitution actually studied the US constitution. Although, yes, we may have problems, is not the norm, nor supported by law to be silenced.

[@yourhuckleberry6757]

@@MisaelKpo Many countries have civil liberties.. some countries are more liberal than some of our states. We have liberty and freedom. If it's not hurting anyone we can do whatever we want.

[@yourhuckleberry6757]

@@MisaelKpo I'll explain... America isn't even on the top ten list of free countries. This is because globalists trick people into thinking rights guaranteed by the government is freedom. That's civil liberties. Freedom is thinking and doing what you want. Freedom is not being taken care of by a government. That's why we're dog eat dog. In a free society you get what you put in. Eventually increasing socialism will be inevitable because of automation. Civil liberties will naturally increase with technology. Freedom will only be devalued by the weak who depend on socialism. I hope you guys adapt well. Happy trails 👣

[@MisaelKpo]

​@@yourhuckleberry6757 I agree that the US has a level of freedom and liberties above the rest of the world. But we are not that far off, specially when you look at the foundation of our countries. Just to give you an example, one of the articles of our constitution states that the private activities of men that don't affect moral or public order, and don't harm third parties, are exempt from authorities. And I can definitely asure you that we have freedom of the press. By the way, I don't intend to make a comparison one-to-one with the US and say we are exactly the same. What I'm saying is that Kirk's speech can be taken in a much broader sense, even if it's specific to fit the US's worldview. I just find it horrible to take it as an imperialist worldview, when the message fits many worldviews.

[@TheLenaweeTrekker]

"They must apply to everyone, or they mean nothing." Sometimes, we all have to be reminded of that truth, including myself.

[@robertsnyder1890]

i was just about to leave the same comment.

[@RRL110]

@Kevin McDougall Democrats are an inclusive party. Republicans are an exclusive party, doesn't fit with the constitution as intended.

[@ClassicStreetIron]

@@RRL110 Democrats say they are inclusive, and that is true until you don't believe what they do.

[@hellstromcarbunkle8857]

@@ClassicStreetIron And what is it you don't believe? That "Equal rights under the law" does NOT mean everyone? Because that is the only place Republicans truely express their distain for the rule of law.

[@randydavis7718]

Especially Now!

[@divisioneight]

Captain Kirk ought to come back and visit Washington and give the White House and Congress this lesson again.

[@axisofpeter]

Well, you wrote that during Obama’s, when the White House was fully devoted to the Constitution. But the present orange occupant of the Oval Office clearly could use some ‘splaining of the Constitution and separation of powers! You had great predictive powers when writing. Did not apply then but surely does now.

[@phukfone8428]

+Axis of_Peter you are Beyond delusional

[@PWingert1966]

At least they can read in Washington. Understanding what they are reading, a different matter.

[@ryanhawe8234]

The Department of Temporal Investigations would never allow such an obvious "I am from the future, listen to me" incursion. Another Starfleet officer did go back to the early 21st century, though, and effect positive change .... memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Bell_Riots#

[@vincepurpura8905]

Ryan Hawe Before that, a certain bridge crew went back to the latter 20th century, and saved Earth. Without them, no Bell riots, no Zepherm Cochrane, no first contact, no nothing.

[@miafillene4396]

When was young, this speech made me think...now that I am older, I weep. one of the best in Trek, hands down.

[@geraldjackson9974]

It truly is an emotional moment!!!

[@TOW2MAN]

It gets me every single time.

[@phx4closureman]

1:40 *"They must apply to EVERYONE or they mean NOTHING! Do you understand ?!?!?!?!"* Brilliant!

[@PhflyDan1]

The Eagle Word! Some super strong literary...

[@PWingert1966]

Now if they could only read the rest of the document cocrrectly.

[@phx4closureman]

P. Wingert 👍🏿👍🏿👌👌

[@martinbasic9802]

Written by slave owners.

[@swwilliams1326]

@@martinbasic9802 Black slave owners or White slave owners?

[@fr9714]

Look at that swagger and charm Kirk has. What an amazing actor he is. The way he walks, talks and enunciates the words breathed so much life into the Constitution and you felt a connect with him.

[@144Donn]

This and "Risk is our business"..are the two best Kirk speeches.

[@sumo73]

"Risk is our business", "The Omega Glory" and the speech at the end of "Mirror Mirror" for me.

[@irishgrl]

sumo73 agreed 1000%

[@DeltaSpartan198]

And A Taste of Armageddon, the horrors of war speech is applicable in today's world of drone combat.

[@steveprestegard5151]

Perhaps ironically for two of the not-so-great episodes. The Taste of Armageddon and Mirror, Mirror speeches are probably the best combination of great episode and great speech.

[@richardb6260]

Always like the "I will not kill today" speech from "A Taste of Armageddon".

[@mkocel]

"Liberty and freedom have to more than just words" - the best words

[@martiglesias60]

Liberty and freedom are the same?

[@dahawk8574]

@@martiglesias60 No. Not at all. Liberty is the latitude you are accorded within a certain framework of constraints. Freedom has no artificial constraints imposed. And this is why Liberty is a greater concept than Freedom. As for what the essence of the word means, it helps to look into its Latin roots. Consider the abbreviation for the British Pound: £. And in American English, the word pound is abbreviated 'lb'. Both come from the Latin 'libre'. Same with the zodiac sign Libra. All of those words, along with the word 'liberty' are rooted in that Latin concept of 'libre'. The word refers to a BALANCE. These are scales where one thing is put onto one side, and it is balanced by another thing onto the other side. Well with liberty, what is placed on one side of the scales is 'freedom', and this is balanced by 'constraints to freedom' on the other side of the scale. Inherent in the word 'liberty' is "What are the proper limits to personal freedom?" Put another way: Liberty is Freedom that has been tempered by Justice.

[@SergeantPsycho]

It's cool because the Enterprise is Constitution class, so he knows it's importance better than anyone. Plus I like the way he looks at the flag.

[@yourontheair]

Constitution class meaning please. thanks

[@SergeantPsycho]

@@yourontheair The USS Enterprise is of the type, Constitution Class starship.

[@yourontheair]

@@SergeantPsycho thanks

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

It’s even funnier because Shatner is Canadian.

[@99goat99]

In the case of Star Trek, "Constitution" class pays homage to the Constitution of the Federation, as in the United Federation of Planets, not of the United States. But of course, that's a thin distinction since the show was an American show during the time of the cold war, and obviously words like "United" and "Constitution" weren't chosen by accident.

[@mosesCordovero-uw5vw]

this is why this episode is among the very best ones. it is for those of us who love and appreciate America

[@Xurreal]

He just kept talking in one long incredibly unbroken sentence, moving from topic to topic, so that no one else had a chance to interrupt-it was really quite hypnotic.

[@MonteLeeMyPOV]

LOl Picard!

[@JesseP.Watson]

He does... And at 2:25 ...Spok tries to get a word in and Kirk talks over him. That's the only time I've seen that in Star Trek - can quite clearly see Leonard Nimoy either recoil in irritation - or- realise it wasn't his line - but I'm guessing he was supposed to have a line there and Kirk carried straight on to close the scene. ...Since Spok says nothing more it would be a bit strange for him to jump in with a line he never had there.

[@JesseP.Watson]

It's hard to make out but I think Nimoy says "doctor" - McCoy is looking at Spok like he expects a line. ...And only reluctantly returns to look at Kirk. To my eye, I think Shatner just cut a bit of dialogue there on the spot between Spok and McCoy - to the irritation of both, the way they rather non-commitedly leave the scene says as much to me, like they didn't expect that take to get accepted... But Shatner carries on regardless... Like a proper prima donna. ...Aye, well, he is the lead afterall.

[@davewanamaker3690]

@@JesseP.Watson Maybe Spock did deliver a line, but it was cut out in the edit room?

[@JesseP.Watson]

@@davewanamaker3690 Yes, you could be right there.

[@bostonaudi]

One of Kirks great moments. I give the ending of Mirror Mirror a slight edge, another great speech to bearded Spock.

[@thewolfdoctor761]

"In every revolution, there is one man with a vision." Some things you never forget.

[@phx4closureman]

That speech to Spock goatee was another great one!

[@NipkowDisk]

@@thewolfdoctor761 Along with mirror Spock's reply, "Captain Kirk, I shall consider it."

[@Taospark]

Kirk really should have given the chief all the patch notes to the Constitution. "By the way, watch out for political parties, chieftain. We're still not sure if that was a bug or feature."

[@hYBRYDcOBRA]

I thought you meant the blueprints for the constitution class ship lol.

[@stevekillgore9272]

LOL

[@ridergilwin1494]

Bugs are just unexpected features!

[@proudamerican183]

If Mojang was writing it, they would say it's a feature even if it is a bug.

[@yourhuckleberry6757]

The democratic republican party was American. Independence day is July 2. Now we're democrats or Republicans that celebrate Jefferson and Adams coincidentally dying an hour apart on July 4... Our founders hijacked a shell corporation of the tea company. Their words are taking over 200 years to devalue...lol

[@amberpolumbo6693]

Absolutely outstanding acting from Shatner The man a living icon and tv legend. Thanks for so many memories Mr Shatner

[@MrKelsto]

This speak is especially relevant today and should be reverberated to everyone "WE THE PEOPLE...", "MUST BE APPLIED TO EVERYONE..."

[@sto59]

Once again Gene Roddenberry to Alex Kurtzman "This is how it's done son."

[@miafillene4396]

This speech still makes me weep. Its the beauty. The emotion that Shatter put into this speech. Its..just amazing.

[@conan84cowen94]

Who is Shatter?

[@miafillene4396]

@@conan84cowen94 Shatner. My Spellcheck is messing with my mind again.

[@johnkranyics281]

Pretty good job for a Canadian! 👍👍🇨🇦

[@ArmyJames]

It was a bit over the top, let's be honest.

[@RW4X4X3006]

@@ArmyJames The American constitution is exceptional, honestly

[@randumb_productions]

This came up in my feed on July 4th, 2023. Forever blessed

[@doll3655]

I show this video every year in college ethics class I teach. I do so as a part of an exercise I do regarding things in your past that formed your ethical core. This formed mine as an atty. When I was a gov. atty., I tell my class, I was asked so many times to assert legal positions that treated people differently, usually based on sexual identification. I always remember Kirk's speech. I then ask the class to tell me a story about what in their past helped form their ethical core. It's always a great exercise.

[@squaretriangle9208]

Very important business!

[@TheEmeraldMenOfficial]

You are a genius. Remember that.

[@markuyehara7880]

Did your students often bring up the farcical irony of these words being said to the backdrop of slavery and genocide? The more important lesson isn't whether or not we choose to treat others equally but that often we tend to falsely fulfill ideals like equality by moving the goalpost as to what makes someone an "other". In cases like this, high minded ideals become an armor of false righteousness instead of a tool of honest evaluation.

[@briane173]

@@markuyehara7880 All depends on the lens through which you view the ideal. The Preamble says "....In order to form a more perfect union...." It doesn't say "in order to form a perfect union." Perfect is not possible, especially in a system run by _people._ People with flaws and agendas. People with parochial interests. What matters here is the American _Idea._ That WE have the ultimate power to shape our destiny - that our public officials have no power over us that WE didn't consent to. That if our leaders don't measure up to that ideal, WE have the power to vote them out. Name another place where _the people_ have that power over their government. The fact that we don't exercise it is a product of a complete lack of education on how this system is designed to work. We haven't taught civics for over two generations now. That might be by design - after all, the last thing our politicians want is an educated populace. It's still up to us, in the final analysis. We didn't inherit this American Ideal; it's not a birthright, it has to be fought for and defended by every succeeding generation or else it fails. There's lots of examples of America not living up to its ideals; there's just as many examples of America wising up and getting past its own contradictions. If our system fails, it's 100% on We The People. WE were given the ultimate power over our public servants. There's no place else to turn to; can't blame the other party, can't blame our "rulers." Not when the Constitution gave _the people_ the freedom and power to choose who governs them. If there's a problem with this in the 21st Century, it's that we seem to _want_ to be ruled, because we don't want to bear the responsibility for being engaged in public affairs. So much easier to blame someone else than to blame ourselves for our shortcomings. None of this has to do with the failings of Constitutional government; if it fails, it fails because We The People failed to uphold our end of the bargain.

[@TOW2MAN]

God bless you.

[@DampRabbitVideo]

"I do not fully understand one named Kirk, but the holy words will be obeyed." This can be a learning moment. Understand before you obey..

[@PhflyDan1]

I SWEAR it! ❤👊🏾😇

[@McMahonHater]

American words spoken best by a Canadian actor.

[@YourePrettyGood]

Well canadians are certainly North "American". lol

[@McMahonHater]

+AlexJetB indeed, thats why we reffer to you Yankees as our cousins... that and our common history with the British.

[@garysmith146]

he read what he was supposed to read. Show writers wrote this. What do you think, William Shatner made this up as he went along? He was paid to do this.

[@McMahonHater]

+Gary Smith What are you talking about? Nobody said Shatner wrote it.

[@garysmith146]

Did I once say that Shatner wrote this?

[@harrietharlow9929]

i get tears in my eyes every time I see this. Especially at the end where you see Old Glory, worn and tattered, but still there. But Captain Kirk's words--even more than 50 years later, they still resound.

[@ljjones2464]

Nice to know I’m not the only one.

[@user_16309]

Would it been out of place or inappropriate for Kirk to have saluted the flag in this scene? Powerful as it is without. I’ve always wondered about this.

[@harrietharlow9929]

@@user_16309 That's an excellent question. I don't think it would have been but I'm not an expert in flag etiquette.

[@user_16309]

@@harrietharlow9929 Thanks.

[@harrietharlow9929]

@@user_16309 You're very welcome.

[@curtissmith1967]

As he said, "no words have said this thing of importance in quite this way".

[@TK2692]

Wow, it's pretty eerie to listen to this speech in 2024.

[@KonElKent]

My God, that's some fine acting.

[@TOW2MAN]

Kirk's finest speech of his career. It has become prophetic, and even more meaningful. This should be required viewing in Civics/American History class.

[@raymondsearch5289]

Huge Trek fan back in the day...and this gem of a scene is truly timeless! A post-apocalyptic scenero that may actually soon come to pass. Share, share, share!

[@finnmccool684]

"We the People." If only.

[@briancolon9398]

Finn McCool yes indeed, & justifiably so. the way it should & needs to be; forever, & ever.😞

[@johannpopper1493]

And more of which defeated slavery and still try to restore autonomy to native Americans and secure justice for all.

[@rogeryoung9934]

Ya'll are all welcome to get the fuck out :)

[@stormcutter59]

@@MarcillaSmith Nobody should be paying ANY reparations! And I'll delete my last comment since the one it was designed for flew the coop. Reparations is a joke. And anybody who claims they should be made is a racist themselves. It's easy to make one group of people an enemy by calling them something you yourself are. Perfect smokescreen with the perfect form of attack. Textbook liberal tactics of subjugation. As we are seeing today.

[@MarcillaSmith]

@@stormcutter59 And so I have deleted mine, in kind. It is striking to me that you have chosen to place these two sentences, one right after the other: "And anybody who claims they should be made is a racist themselves. It's easy to make one group of people an enemy by calling them something you yourself are."

[@ericnk58]

The TOS episode of which I am most proud.

[@davewanamaker3690]

One of my favorite speeches!

[@WweJth]

Spoken by a true Canadian...

[@vanmoody]

We the people ehhhh?

[@Mongler37]

Sometimes it takes a Canadian to remind us what it means to be American. Like Steven Crowder and Gavin McInnis.

[@kellyrayburn4093]

The actor is a Canadian. The character the actor portrays is American. A farm boy from Iowa. The actor has no choice but to speak the words, speaking as the one he portrays; unless he is prepared to breach his contract.

[@albertnada4681]

@@kellyrayburn4093 I don't think Shatner had an issue with any of it. Americans aren't perfect, but niether are Canadians. However we are sister nations born of the British Commonwealth. In other words BFFs lol.

[@kellyrayburn4093]

@@albertnada4681 No. He didn't. But it wouldn't matter what he thought. Actors very seldom get script control.

[@oldtymer9106]

Hollywood, or wherever they make TV shows now, would never make an episode like this today. And that's why I rarely watch TV shows anymore.

[@AlanSmitheeman]

Nobody could own the room like Kirk!

[@thatguyinelnorte]

One of the best speeches on any tv show from that decade... and may others...

[@YoRocky89]

"Do you underSTAND?" Love that!

[@stevekillgore9272]

No kneelers

[@scottsmith3056]

That actor was so good with his over-the-top performance that he sounded remarkably like William Shatner himself. Good job, sir!

[@SigmaChi04]

Captain James Tiberius Kirk's greatest speech of all time from the Star Trek: The Original Series show is always most excellent for their magnificent moral messages.

[@BobTurnerSocialMkt]

In Hoc, brother. Thanks for commenting!

[@proudamerican183]

As an American, this gives me chills of pride.

[@LaurenMiddleton28]

The USA needs Captain T. KIRK RIGHT NOW.... MORE THAN EVER..

[@paulhennig175]

Long live Ron Paul!

[@haywoodjohnson2865]

This episode was waaaay ahead of its time ⏲️ !!!!

[@shadowpoet4398]

Still one of my favorite moments in Trek

[@Swizzenator]

This show had such an inspiring message.

[@reginaldinoenchillada3513]

35 seconds in, eyes won't stay dry. That Canadian guy was really feeling the old declaration of not being british and screw the idea of royalty and don't tread on me.

[@asatruteacher]

THIS is where I learned the Preamble to the Constitution.

[@FuzzyElf]

Cool!

[@RCAvhstape]

This and Schoolhouse Rock taught me everything I need to know.

[@dalepeto9620]

In grade school we were required to memorize it

[@jayjay-bz3rr]

I always thought, “Peace or utter destruction, it’s up to you “. Was Kirk’s legendary words

[@GNeuman]

Captain Kirk reading the Constitution and commanding a Consitution class Starship...Life doesn't get much better.

[@ilttpvvm]

...with liberty and justice for all.

[@CarlosSanchez-bg4wf]

Definitely his best here. I'm loving it

[@panks96]

Thank you for posting this Bob! WE THE PEOPLE of the United States!!

[@aharper113]

Hope - One of the many reasons I love Star Trek! Hope that “these truths we hold to be self evident” will one day apply to Us All.

[@Torgo1001]

"We merely showed them the meaning of what they were fighting for. Liberty and freedom have to be more than just words."

[@mckessa17]

A Canadian speaking like a proud American. Very cool.

[@FreakyTeeth]

"must apply to everyone", after all.

[@christiane.g.4142]

It was a great and glorious nation! Such a tragic shame we lost it!

[@huskerjpg]

This episode gets a lot of criticism but I loved it as a kid and still do.

[@Planktontwo]

Just saw this episode and this country has much to learn from it. We The People as you. Peace and try to love one another. Not the bs that goes on today.

[@apb38]

Someone needs to read the Declaration of independence on world news every night.

[@overdrive7349]

These words should and must apply to everyone. We need to remind ourselves that sometimes.

[@thebluedragon07]

It's amazing how certain meanings of symbols and ideals are changed and manipulated today to the point where they've lost their true meaning.

[@rogeryoung9934]

Amazing how little bitches pretend that's what's happening....

[@Cryptonymicus]

@@rogeryoung9934 All you have to do is look at the Pledge. The original version, written by a socialist, said nothing about any gods. But the "christian" extremists just couldn't leave it alone and so they perverted it, like they pervert everything.

[@peregrinec5477]

"The holy words will be obeyed. I swear it."

[@sto59]

More important now more then ever !

[@Spacejockey426]

"Liberty and freedom have to be more than just words." My God, how true that is - and if this simple idea is forgotten, then they can both be lost, let to be slipped away and a fascist authoritarian tyranny (or worse) to take their place . . .

[@DWNicolo]

School'em James T. Kirk!

[@mikebasil4832]

They must apply to EVERYONE! That’s damn right! 🖖🏻🖖🏼🖖🏽🖖🏾🖖🏿

[@thewolfdoctor761]

Yep - to billionaires AND millionaires.

[@paulhennig175]

If I ever was in the military I'd love to have him as a drill sergeant! 😎👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@thcollegestudent]

So many people hear what they want from this speech...the meaning muddled over time, the words spoken but...their meaning is lost. So quick to label, so quick to judge. "Can you tell if someone is evil just by looking at them!?" "It is not written only for the Yangs, but for the Kohms as well." Not just for people who agree to one way of life, but for all to live their own lives, for all to have what is promised, not just for those deemed worthy. "WE the people," all of us, not just the one's we understand, not just those that look like and act like us. Further more, I think JJ Abrams and I saw 2 different Star Trek's

[@Cryptonymicus]

Abrams did the same thing that the first ST films did and exactly what Nimoy pointed out in his interviews: they turned Star Trek into an action fest with fancy fx. Not what ST:TOS was about.

[@BobHibbert]

I know that this is considered to be one of the worst episodes, but I have always loved this speech. Don't just follow the letter of the law, but its spirit as well.

[@lorensims4846]

Pure Gene Roddenberry. Yes, he created the series, but he also wrote this episode to present this message as clearly as he could.

[@JohnAnderson-jy2js]

This episode mudd's women and where no man has gone before we're all submitted to be used as possible pilot episodes I'm glad they went with no man has gone before this episode is right where it should be the characters were established

[@lorensims4846]

@@JohnAnderson-jy2js Actually, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was created as the first ever 'second' pilot only after Lucille Ball (head of the Desilu studio where the series was filmed) lobbied NBC network executives to give the show another chance after they dismissed the original pilot "The Cage" as "too cerebral" for and 'action/adventure' TV series. Interestingly, The Big Bang Theory was also sold on a second pilot. The first pilot was said to be atrocious. They only kept the two leads.

[@JohnAnderson-jy2js]

@@lorensims4846 actually the three pilot outlines were written where no man has gone before was the most ambitious that was why it was chosen to be produced

[@lorensims4846]

@@JohnAnderson-jy2js That big fight at the end was why it sold.

[@lorensims4846]

@@JohnAnderson-jy2js Mudd’s Women wouldn’t have worked. Not enough ‘action.’

[@TheAdventurer1]

Hah, ha! I love it! Vintage Shatner - the Shatner cadences, the Shatner stresses (in weird places), the Shatner ham overacting. Even so, I love it. You go Bill!

[@towe8708]

^ this^ It’s a beautiful thing, he is a treasure to behold!

[@adamtrudeau5606]

@@towe8708 Glorious Shacting!

[@ProfHarveyCrichton]

Boldy said Capt. Kirk!

[@Michael-wy2iz]

Star trek...TOS. morality plays, patriotic plays. We need them back.

[@NegdoshaManido]

Who else has forgotten the meaning of these words? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone? It's 2021. Do you know where your liberty is?

[@85set05]

God, that twist felt like taking crazy pills they really put suspension of disbelief to the test with this one and its made even worth by the fact that they stated, that this type of parallel evolution of symbols doesn't really happen about 2 episodes earlier so we cant even tell our self this is just the kind of thing that happens in the star trek universe.

[@ZJBorg]

1:40 - "(The Words of the Constitution) Must Apply To Everyone Or They Mean Nothing." Feels particularly timely 60 some years later.

[@pattimcb31]

Kinda makes me want to turn on Netflix and watch some of these classic episodes again

[@bethfiori4708]

They hold up, still fantastic television.

[@edwardsawtell5712]

More relevant in 2021 than ever before!

[@dawnbaxter33]

From IMDB: 'During the final scene on the planet, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are standing together before they leave. During a pause in one of Shatner's lines, Nimoy starts saying something on top of Shatner, then abruptly stops. The camera keeps rolling and you can see Nimoy's eyes roll over as he realizes his mistake.'

[@BalefireBombshell]

Purportedly this is due to the line that Shatner delivers at that moment actually meant to have been Nimoy's. Furthermore you can see DeForest looking at Nimoy, then casting a perplexed look over at Shatner.

[@veger5872]

@@BalefireBombshell Shatner had a chip on his shoulder, ask Sulu! 🙂

[@CarlosSanchez-bg4wf]

One of my top 3 episodes if not #1. I loose it everytime I hear this speech. Well done sir

[@battlestarmarc]

TOS Star Trek was awesome. Great episode.

[@melaniebullock8698]

I call all the others ' fake star treks '

[@phx4closureman]

0:48 *same music from "Mirror Mirror" episode, "In every revolution, there's a man with a vision!"*

[@nightwolf1966]

I like this show its something we all can live by if only we would do it

[@sosidecop64]

God bless America. And Kirk.

[@Hiraghm]

What Kirk is saying that the best, the only acceptable, form of government for people who would be free is the republic. A nation of Law. That document, the E Plabnista, is not a permission slip granting permission for citizens to do or have certain things, but a cage constraining government. This was always the difference between the yangs and the comms, whether they be found in Asia, in America or among the stars. Those to whom the individual and his rights are sacred, and those to whom the individual does not exist except as an abstract representation. Yangs, who view government as a necessary evil, and comms, who view gov't as the source of all good. Yangs who view government as an impediment to prosperity, and comms who view government as the solution to all problems. The Law, as a check on the ambitions of those who lust for power over others, who lust to "do good", to fundamentally transform the world to match their vision of it. The Law, limiting government to its proper role of protecting the rights of the individual.

[@glenntaylor6432]

Hiraghm That about sums it up .Extremely well written.

[@JohnDoe-rk9bx]

Remember this was made in the 60s it’s 60 years old but the words: WE THE PEOPLE are still the same.

[@paularose8430]

Kirk said it We The People. I love that when he made that speech . I just love that episode.

[@CircHistory]

I like to imagine that after filming this scene William Shatner's like: "oh fuck I'm Canadian"

[@11Stucat]

I got chills at the 2:40 mark. Just watched this on MeTV tonight. Happy Constitution Day.

[@ronconger3795]

JUst watched it myself Damn Good I thought

[@gregshock]

And here we are over 50 years later and half the people seem to hate those words, while the other half are desperately clinging to them, because they’re so important. One more thing, we’re in a helluva predicament because the “Comms” have used our own principles of fairness and justice against us.

[@Pondimus_Maximus]

OUTSTANDING! The music was just perfect, too! 😀 🖖

[@surelywoo]

Back when it was okay to be proud of the good things about this country.

[@MarylandSpace]

This scene is one of the best all time scenes from Star Trek. Another, "It's no tribble at all." Thank you for sharing this scene.

[@JohnDoe-rk9bx]

WE THE PEOPLE!

[@mikevanroy9356]

"do ordain and es *hits parchment* TABlish this Constitution..." *600 year old Constitution disintegrates*

[@thatguyinelnorte]

Important actors are more subtle ... ;-)

[@VincentTorneyPlus]

CPT. Kirk keepin’ it real and droppin’ #RealTalk across the known and unknown universe!

[@johntuttle2825]

Yeah Kirk really told it like it is. He would be a great history teacher too. Too bad more people today don't believe and talk like Kirk did. This country was founded on God! I always like this episode. God bless America and everyone!

[@charleswest6372]

One of his many great speeches. Great ST Captain.

[@Legitcar117]

If only people believed in the constitution anymore.

[@Emper0rH0rde]

Now it's little more than an obstacle for overly-lionized felons.

[@Legitcar117]

Emper0rH0rde very true, you don't get speeches like this anymore

[@Emper0rH0rde]

LegitGaming117 And when you do, the person making it is decried as a liar, or a chump, or a xenophobe. It's why the idea of a person of stout moral character being elected president of the United States is little more than a pipe-dream these days.

[@thcollegestudent]

Don't miss the most important part of this speech: "It is not written only for the Yangs, but for the Kohms as well."

[@JoeInCT418]

That's the whole point. Either it applies to all, or it applies to none. The message is universal; it matters not that a Canadian spoke them in Star Trek. I might suggest that William Shatner was a citizen of North America; a man at home in both his native Canada, and in his adopted United States. No one knew for many years that he was a Canadian; finding out meant nothing. All of the crew of the Enterprise have a heritage from many countries, cultures, and races. That is the whole point. We are a nation of many people from many places. Where we came from is not important; where we are going together is.