“Who Mourns for Adonais?”
Written by Gilbert Ralston
Directed by Marc Daniels
Season 2, Episode 2
Production episode: 2×04
Original air date: September 22, 1967
Star date: 3468.1
Mission summary
The Enterprise is completing a survey mission of Pollux IV, an M-class planet with a “strange lack of intelligent life.” Spock describes it as “quite ordinary,” which should be your first clue that it’s probably a death trap. The second clue comes when the viewscreen, which previously displayed a beautiful image of the blue planet, now shows the image of a giant green hand.
CHEKOV: Am I seeing things?
SULU: Not unless I am, too. Captain, that thing’s a giant hand!
But wait, is it?
KIRK: What is it, Mr. Spock? Is it a hand?
Guys, it’s a hand. Really. This isn’t so hard.
UHURA: It’s almost as if it means to grab us!
Maybe it just wants to…lend a hand?
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