This is one of my favorite Star Trek prime episodes. The reason I like it so much is that has Captain Kirk winning a battle of wits with a space probe which has changed its mission for the worst for all life in the Universe. And his weapon is logic, far more the province of the Vulcan, Mr. Spock.
After a couple of devastating pulse attacks the Enterprise takes on board a small earth probe thought lost for centuries. It's called Nomad and having met another probe out in space it took on a new mission, to remove all imperfections from the Universe. And in its universal view, all biological life is most inefficient and henceforth imperfect.
However the scientist back on earth who designed Nomad was also named Kirk and therein lies the weapon that William Shatner uses to best the probe. This story contained one of the best performances by Shatner in the series as he uses his wits and logic to show that Nomad isn't perfect either.
Great writing and great acting from Shatner, don't miss this one.
After a couple of devastating pulse attacks the Enterprise takes on board a small earth probe thought lost for centuries. It's called Nomad and having met another probe out in space it took on a new mission, to remove all imperfections from the Universe. And in its universal view, all biological life is most inefficient and henceforth imperfect.
However the scientist back on earth who designed Nomad was also named Kirk and therein lies the weapon that William Shatner uses to best the probe. This story contained one of the best performances by Shatner in the series as he uses his wits and logic to show that Nomad isn't perfect either.
Great writing and great acting from Shatner, don't miss this one.