The Immunity Syndrome
- Episode aired Jan 19, 1968
- TV-PG
- 50m
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7.5/10
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The Enterprise encounters a gigantic energy draining space organism that threatens the galaxy.The Enterprise encounters a gigantic energy draining space organism that threatens the galaxy.The Enterprise encounters a gigantic energy draining space organism that threatens the galaxy.
Bill Blackburn
- Lieutenant Hadley
- (uncredited)
John Blower
- USS Enterprise Lt. Cmdr.
- (uncredited)
Frank da Vinci
- Lt. Brent
- (uncredited)
Bob Johnson
- Starbase 6 Commander
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Jay D. Jones
- Science Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Jeannie Malone
- Yeoman
- (uncredited)
Eddie Paskey
- Lieutenant Leslie
- (uncredited)
Frieda Rentie
- Enterprise Lieutenant
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe space amoeba optical effects were created by Frank Van der Veer of Van der Veer Photo Effects. The amoeba itself was a mixture of liquids pressed between two thin sheets of glass. As the sheets were moved, the liquid would flow, as if the amoeba were pulsating.
The same technique was used to present "psychedelic" light shows in the late 1960s when bands were playing at venues such as the Fillmore West and the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco.
- GoofsAs Spock is about the enter the shuttlecraft hangar, McCoy presses a button that opens the door. The button's nameplate states "hanger" when it should read "hangar".
- Alternate versionsSpecial Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song
- ConnectionsFeatured in Harlem Theater (1968)
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The Enterprise vs. another mysterious space entity thingy
When Kirk breaks out the green shirt, you know things are about to get serious!
I'd wager fully 1/4 of all vintage Star Trek episodes involve Kirk and his crew staring at the main viewer screen on the bridge at some sort of mysterious space cloud. Some are better than others, and "The Immunity Syndrome" is better than most.
What makes this rather unambitious episode work isn't the premise, but rather the execution. It's a tightly focused 50 minutes with a script that "gets" the characters, and as a result, the actors seem to be in a comfort zone. Let's face it, OS Trek relies on Kirk, Spock and McCoy. It's not an ensemble the way a Next Generation was. So as go the "big three", so goes the episode. Thankfully they're in fine form here and the episode benefits as a result.
I'd wager fully 1/4 of all vintage Star Trek episodes involve Kirk and his crew staring at the main viewer screen on the bridge at some sort of mysterious space cloud. Some are better than others, and "The Immunity Syndrome" is better than most.
What makes this rather unambitious episode work isn't the premise, but rather the execution. It's a tightly focused 50 minutes with a script that "gets" the characters, and as a result, the actors seem to be in a comfort zone. Let's face it, OS Trek relies on Kirk, Spock and McCoy. It's not an ensemble the way a Next Generation was. So as go the "big three", so goes the episode. Thankfully they're in fine form here and the episode benefits as a result.
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