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Requiem for Methuselah: Directed by Murray Golden. With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Daly. On a planet, looking for an urgent medicinal cure, Kirk, Spock and McCoy come across a dignified recluse living privately but in splendor with his sheltered ward and a very protective robot servant.
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- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Murray Golden
- 1969-02-14
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Teaser
Its crew suffering from the deadly Rigelian fever, the USS Enterprise pays an emergency call on a supposedly barren planet, Holberg 917G, to gather ryetalyn, a rare element that is the key ingredient of the antidote. Beaming down to the planet, Kirk, McCoy, and Spock are attacked by a hovering robot called M-4. The landing party draw their phasers to fire back, but find M-4 has somehow neutralized the weapons. An old man arrives to halt the robot's attack, and introduces himself as Flint. How...
Act One
Kirk asks Flint to reconsider but Flint still refuses. As a result, Kirk flips open his communicator orders that Scott have the Enterprise lock phasersonto their coordinates. When the situation seems completely hopeless, Flint relents and gives Kirk two hours to obtain the ryetalyn. Flint orders M-4 to gather the ryetalyn. In the meantime, Flint invites the landing party to his impressive home. When they arrive, Kirk, Spock and McCoy find in the living room what appears to be authentic but un...
Act Two
Flint introduces Rayna to McCoy and Spock. Her first time encountering a Vulcan, she wishes to discuss field density with him at a later time. Flint explains that Rayna's parents were in his employ and died in an accident. They placed her in his custody and she has been with him ever since. Rayna explains that the landing party are the only other men she has ever seen, which McCoy replies, "the misfortune of men everywhere and our privilege." Flint seems to encourage encounters between Kirk a...
"If you do not leave voluntarily, I have the power to force you to leave – or kill you where you stand." 1. - Flint, to Kirk "Are you a student of history, sir?" "I am." 1. - Spock and Flint, as Flint recalls the bubonic plague "What is loneliness?" "It is thirst. It is a flower dying in the desert." 1. - Rayna and Flint "Do you think the two of us...
Production timeline
1. Story outline by Jerome Bixby, 6 September 1968 2. Revised story outline, 24 September 1968 3. Second revised story outline, 2 October 1968 4. First draft teleplay, 4 November 1968 5. Second draft teleplay, 18 November 1968 6. Final draft teleplay by Arthur Singer, late-November 1968 7. Revised final draft teleplay by Fred Freiberger, 26 November 1968 8. Additional page revisions by Freiberger, 29 November 1968, 2 December 1968, 6 December 1968 9. Filmed: 2 December 1968 – 10 December 1968...
Story
1. This episode's title is a dual allusion: first to a ritualistic liturgy of Roman Catholicism (and other related religions), the "Requiem" being a Mass for the dead, and second to Methuselah, son of the Biblical prophet Enoch and paternal grandfather to Noah, who was the longest-lived Human being in the Bible (in Genesis 5:21-27) having lived 969 years; existing for nearly a millennium, Methuselah's lifespan has historically become a proverbial reference for longevity. 2. In a story outline...
Production
1. The Brahms paraphrase that Spock plays was written especially for this episode by Ivan Ditmars. The sheet music shown is from Brahms, his 16 Walzes, Op. 39. 2. The TOS Season 3 DVD release incorrectly spells Rayna's name "Reena" in the end credits. Her name is shown in the episode very clearly as RAYNA during the reveal of the multiple versions of the android. The correct spelling could be seen in the end credits on the earlier LaserDisc and VHS releases, and was later restored for the TOS...
Starring
1. William Shatner as Capt. Kirk
Also starring
1. Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock 2. DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy
Guest stars
1. James Daly as Flint 2. Louise Sorel as Rayna Kapec 3. James Doohan as Scott 4. Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
" Requiem for Methuselah " is the nineteenth episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by Jerome Bixby and directed by Murray Golden, it was first broadcast on February 14, 1969. In the episode, the crew of the Enterprise encounters an immortal human.
- February 14, 1969
- Murray Golden
- 076
- Jerome Bixby
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Requiem for Methuselah. Star Trek. Jump to Edit. Summaries. On a planet, looking for an urgent medicinal cure, Kirk, Spock and McCoy come across a dignified recluse living privately but in splendor with his sheltered ward and a very protective robot servant.
Requiem for Methuselah Aired Feb 14, 1969 Sci-Fi Fantasy Adventure Reviews Kirk falls for the ward (Louise Sorel) of a man (James Daly) who holds a cure for the ailing Enterprise crew.
Jan 5, 2007 · Requiem For Methuselah. By Michelle Erica Green. Posted at January 5, 2007 - 9:56 PM GMT. See Also: 'Requiem for Methuselah' Episode Guide. Plot Summary: With the entire crew facing...
