The Enterprise is out looking for the lost starship Defiant and they find it with
crew all dead and dead violently. Space itself is breaking down and the Enterprise starts to feel the same effects.
William Shatner led an away team to the Defiant, but when the rest beam back, Kirk is left just as the Defiant disappears. So with oxygen space suit he's only got hours left wherever he is.
At that point a nasty group of aliens called Tholians tell the Enterprise now commanded by Leonard Nimoy to get out of their space. Two Tholian ships start weaving a spider's web like structure to hold the Enterprise.
This episode is good because of the inherent conflict between Spock and Dr.
McCoy. Usually that's mediated by Captain Kirk, but he's not there at the moment and Leonard Nimoy might just get permanent command of the Enterprise. The scenes with Nimoy and DeForest Kelley crackle more than usual here.
William Shatner led an away team to the Defiant, but when the rest beam back, Kirk is left just as the Defiant disappears. So with oxygen space suit he's only got hours left wherever he is.
At that point a nasty group of aliens called Tholians tell the Enterprise now commanded by Leonard Nimoy to get out of their space. Two Tholian ships start weaving a spider's web like structure to hold the Enterprise.
This episode is good because of the inherent conflict between Spock and Dr.
McCoy. Usually that's mediated by Captain Kirk, but he's not there at the moment and Leonard Nimoy might just get permanent command of the Enterprise. The scenes with Nimoy and DeForest Kelley crackle more than usual here.