Sure enough, the finale is
TCOTEOF (
The City on the Edge of Forever) written by
Harlan Ellison. This one has it all: time travel, romance, angst, lunatics, war, humour and a sexy chick. It is probably the most intelligently written script ever penned for
Star Trek, though poor
Harlan had to go through quite a trial to get his finished product on the screen.
The sexy chick is a social worker (
Edith Keeler) who tries to set up a peace movement, then
Kirk falls in love with her, tragedy happens and everything is back to normal at the end except for a heart-trodden
JT Kirk. Joan Collins is wonderful in the role of the innocent do-gooder and how she ended up her career playing harpies and tramps is beyond me. Personally, my favourite role of hers is as the sleazy realtor in the b-movie,
Empire of the Ants.
Sure enough, the finale is TCOTEOF (The City on the Edge of Forever) written by Harlan Ellison. This one has it all: time travel, romance, angst, lunatics, war, humour and a sexy chick. It is probably the most intelligently written script ever penned for Star Trek, though poor Harlan had to go through quite a trial to get his finished product on the screen.
The sexy chick is a social worker (Edith Keeler) who tries to set up a peace movement, then Kirk falls in love with her, tragedy happens and everything is back to normal at the end except for a heart-trodden JT Kirk. Joan Collins is wonderful in the role of the innocent do-gooder and how she ended up her career playing harpies and tramps is beyond me. Personally, my favourite role of hers is as the sleazy realtor in the b-movie, Empire of the Ants.
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