This is a pretty lame offering. A famous explorer and philanthropist who has been missing for five years shows up in a disabled spacecraft. He is brought aboard, but there are some questions about him. On board, in all the gin joints, etc, is his long suffering fiancée. She is really about as sharp as a bowling ball. She goes to see her beloved and he tells her there is nothing left between them. We then find out that the thing is some sort of octopus shape-shifter who can turn himself into anything he wants. He is a spy for the Romulans, who have been using him to get the Enterprise into the neutral zone. The plot is bad enough, but the portrayal of this woman is really insulting. She cares about him even after she sees he is an intergalactic octopus.
Review of The Survivor
