- Kirk beams down to the planet Gideon and appears to find himself trapped on a deserted Enterprise. Spock on the real Enterprise must use his diplomatic skills to deal with the uncooperative inhabitants of Gideon and find the Captain.
- While beaming down to the planet Gideon, Captain Kirk finds himself still in the transporter room. He can find no one on the ship, now apparently abandoned by the entire crew. He does find one other occupant on the Enterprise, a beautiful young woman, Odona, who does not know how she got there. Back on the real Enterprise, Spock tries to deal with Gideon's representatives who claim that Kirk never arrived and claim no knowledge of his whereabouts. Soon, Odona falls deathly ill, which is exactly what the leaders of Gideon were hoping for. Spock soon realizes that there is problem with the beam down coordinates they were provided.—garykmcd
- Beaming down to Gideon (a potential Federation-member planet), Captain Kirk finds himself still in the transporter room but alone, his entire crew gone. He soon discovers one other occupant - Odona, a beautiful young woman, ostensibly from Gideon but who does not know how she got there. It's literally a large-scale deception, and back on the real Enterprise, Spock deals diplomatically with Gideon's leaders who say Kirk never arrived and claim no knowledge of his whereabouts. Their proclivity to mince words strongly suggests something's off about their story. Finding Starfleet equally unsupportive in the Enterprise finding its captain, Spock must consider breaking direct orders to cut through the bureaucratic lies surrounding Kirk's disappearance, which could also cut into Gideon's closely guarded secret.—statmanjeff
- Gideon, a potential Federation-member planet, finally agrees to negotiate but only with Captain Kirk. Though Kirk's beam out should have put him down on the planet, he finds himself alone on the ship (unknowingly an empty copy), with himself bruised during a 9-minute memory laps. He finds Odona aboard, who asks him why he brought her to his ship. She was transported from an auditorium when a feeling of asphyxiation started, and which she believes may have been on another planet. They are now, apparently, out of orbit somewhere else in space. Meanwhile, back on the real Enterprise, Gideon's ambassador Hodin denies Spock permission to search for Kirk's whereabouts on medical grounds, saying their thorough search found him nowhere. Only Spock has the self-control to stand Hodin's infuriating insinuations, and he finally gets permission to exchange visitors to test the transporter. A Gideon High Council member arrives safely, but Hodin reneges on allowing Spock onto the planet, as was agreed. Meanwhile, Odona enjoys being alone with Kirk because her home world is extremely overcrowded. As she kisses him, the viewing screen suddenly fills with the sight of hooded people watching, then turns back again. The Gideon High Council, having secretly observed the pair, now reveals their purpose in abducting and keeping the captain; but, as Starfleet Command still refuses Spock permission to intrude upon Gideon, Spock decides whether or not to break orders and act alone.—KGF Vissers
- While beaming down to the planet Gideon (which is not a part of the Federation and have refused any Federation presence on their soil. They are free of sickness. After long negotiations, they have now agreed to a delegation of One), Captain Kirk finds himself still in the transporter room. He can find no one on the ship, now apparently abandoned by the entire crew. He does find one other occupant on the Enterprise, a beautiful young woman, Odona (Sharon Acker), who does not know how she got there. Odona has no clue about what Gideon is and where she comes from. The images on board the ship show that Kirk is no longer in orbit around Gideon.
Back on the real Enterprise, Spock tries to deal with Gideon's representatives (Ambassador Hodin (David Hurst)) who claim that Kirk never arrived and claim no knowledge of his whereabouts. Spock wants to send a search party to look for Kirk, but Hodin would not give his permission. The planet is protected by a screen and hence Spock cannot scan it and is reliant on the Gideons for coordinates as well. Spock contacts Federation for help, but bureaucracies are slow.
Kirk tries to contact star-fleet, with no luck. But the ship seemingly responds to his navigational orders. Odona tells Kirk that where she is from, people dream of being alone as her place is too crowded, with people everywhere. Kirk and Odona soon kiss and this is witnessed (on the ship's screen) by all of Gideon's leaders. When Kirk opens a viewing port, he sees Leaders of Gideon peering inside, for an instant, before turning to views of open space. Kirk knows he is not on-board the Enterprise. Soon, Odona falls deathly ill, which is exactly what the leaders of Gideon were hoping for.
Spock continues to negotiate with Hodin to beam down to the planet for a search. Hodin says that he doesn't want an incident with the Federation since Kirk has already disappeared and now Spock could also. To test the transporter, Hodin suggests beaming up one of his men instead. Hodin gives the coordinates again. Spock soon realizes that there is problem with the beam down coordinates they were provided. They are not to the location of the Gideon council chamber, but to a location nearby. Starfleet command denies Spock's request to beam down to the surface to look for Kirk.
Hodin appears on Kirk's "ship" and reveals that Odona is his daughter and he wished she would get ill. Hodin takes Odona away, but keeps Kirk captive. Hodin reveals that Gideons came to know of a past disease that Kirk had, during their negotiations with federation. They used Kirk to infect Odona. Spock disobeys Starfleet and beams to the location where they transported Kirk. Hodin reveals to Kirk that Gideon had a germ free environment and people flourished. Birth rates grew and life spans increased. Planet became too crowded. So, they are introducing new germs into the population to reset the life-cycle of an entire civilization. Hodin wants to continue using Kirk's blood to spread the infection and reduce the population. Spock arrives and rescues Kirk, along with Odona. Kirk takes Odona to the Enterprise and McCoy saves her. Odona tells Kirk that now she can take Kirk's place on Gideon and he is free to leave.
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