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Wolf in the Fold

[EXOTIC MUSIC PLAYING]

CAPTAIN, I THINK I'M GOING TO LIKE ARGELIUS.

OBVIOUSLY A MAN OF GOOD TASTE.

YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT ALL THESE WOMEN--

WELL, THAT ALL THIS IS--

YES, YES, YES. MM-HMM.

THE ARGELIANS THINK VERY HIGHLY OF THEIR PLEASURE.

WELL, NOW, THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT IF I EVER HEARD ONE.

THIS IS A COMPLETELY HEDONISTIC SOCIETY.

YOU LIKE HER, SCOTTY?

AYE.

WHY SHOULDN'T I?

GOOD. I'VE INVITED HER TO JOIN US AT THE TABLE.

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO MEET HER.

NOW, THAT'S WHAT I CALL A REAL CAPTAIN--

ALWAYS THINKING OF HIS MEN.

[BANGING]

SCOTTY, SCOTTY, IN ARGELIUS THEY USE THE LIGHTS.

NOW, NO ONE HAS TO TELL AN OLD ABERDEEN PUB-CRAWLER

HOW TO APPLAUD, CAPTAIN.

Kirk: HAVE ONE OF OUR PILLOWS?

'TIS A FINE FOGGY NIGHT TONIGHT, AND I DOUBT

IF ANYONE HAS EVER TOLD YOU OF THE MARVELOUS

FOGS WE HAVE IN ABERDEEN.

Woman: NEVER A WORD,

BUT I'M DYING TO LEARN.

WELL, THEN, WHY DON'T I SHOW YOU?

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A WALK IN THE FOG WITH A BONNY LASS.

OR A...HANDSOME GENTLEMAN.

Woman: WHY DON'T WE?

YOU DON'T MIND, DO YOU?

I MIGHT EVEN GET BACK TO THE SHIP ON TIME.

WE WON'T LEAVE WITHOUT YOU, SCOTTY.

RELAX AND ENJOY YOURSELF.

MY WORK IS NEVER DONE.

McCoy: MY WORK, JIM. THIS IS PRESCRIPTION STUFF.

DON'T FORGET, THE EXPLOSION THAT THREW SCOTTY

AGAINST A BULKHEAD WAS CAUSED BY A WOMAN.

PHYSICALLY HE'S ALL RIGHT.

AM I RIGHT IN ASSUMING THAT?

OH, YES, YES AND, MATTER OF FACT,

CONSIDERABLE PSYCHOLOGICAL DAMAGE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED--

FOR EXAMPLE, HIS TOTAL RESENTMENT TOWARD WOMEN.

HE SEEMS TO BE OVERCOMING HIS RESENTMENT.

OF COURSE, IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, WHEN HE GETS BACK TO THE SHIP,

HE'S GOING TO HATE YOU FOR MAKING HIM LEAVE ARGELIUS,

BUT THEN, HE WILL HAVE LOST TOTAL RESENTMENT TOWARD WOMEN.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED AS FAR AS SCOTTY IS CONCERNED.

BONES... HMM?

I KNOW A LITTLE PLACE

ACROSS TOWN WHERE THE WOMEN--

OH, YES, I KNOW THE PLACE.

I KNOW THE PLACE. LET'S GO.

I THINK IT'S THAT WAY.

I THINK IT'S THAT WAY, TOO.

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

SHE'S DEAD, JIM.

STABBED A DOZEN TIMES.

[MOANING]

Kirk: SPACE-- THE FINAL FRONTIER.

THESE ARE THE VOYAGES OF THE STARSHIP "ENTERPRISE."

ITS FIVE-YEAR MISSION--

TO EXPLORE STRANGE, NEW WORLDS...

TO SEEK OUT NEW LIFE AND NEW CIVILIZATIONS...

TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE.

Kirk: "CAPTAIN'S LOG,

"STARDATE 3614.9.

"PLANET ARGELIUS II.

"WHILE ON THERAPEUTIC SHORE LEAVE,

"MR. SCOTT HAS FALLEN UNDER SUSPICION

"OF HAVING BRUTALLY MURDERED AN ARGELIAN WOMAN.

"THE CHIEF CITY ADMINISTRATOR, A MR. HENGIST,

"HAS TAKEN CHARGE OF THE INVESTIGATION,

BUT HAS LEARNED LITTLE OF VALUE."

Hengist: I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, GENTLEMEN.

ARGELIUS IS THE LAST PLANET IN THE GALAXY I'D EXPECT A THING LIKE THIS TO HAPPEN.

WE'RE JUST AS SHOCKED AS YOU ARE, MR. HENGIST.

IF THIS WAS MY HOME PLANET, RIGEL IV,

I'D HAVE A DOZEN INVESTIGATORS WORKING ON THE MATTER,

BUT THEY DON'T EXIST HERE.

YOU'RE NOT A NATIVE OF ARGELIUS, SIR?

OH, NO, NO. ARGELIUS HIRES ITS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS

FROM OTHER PLANETS. HEH!

THE ARGELIANS AREN'T VERY EFFICIENT, YOU KNOW,

A GENTLE, HARMLESS PEOPLE.

UH, MR. SCOTT. UH, MR. SCOTT.

NOW, UH, ARE YOU SURE

YOU'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE?

I--I DON'T REMEMBER.

Hengist: REALLY, SIR, THAT IS HARDLY HELPFUL.

SCOTTY...

YOU LEFT THE CAFE WITH THE GIRL.

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT?

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

[SIGHS]

WELL, WE WERE...

WALKING IN...THE FOG.

UH, I WAS UP AHEAD

TRYING TO LEAD THE WAY.

I HEARD THE GIRL SCREAM.

I REMEMBER STARTING TO TURN.

I DON'T REMEMBER ANOTHER THING.

SCOTTY, YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER.

JIM.

IF HE SAYS HE CAN'T REMEMBER, HE PROBABLY DOESN'T.

YOU KNOW SCOTTY.

I KNOW THAT A MURDER HAS BEEN COMMITTED.

YOU DON'T THINK, BY ANY CHANCE, THAT SCOTTY WAS--

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHAT I THINK.

BUT YOU DON'T JUST THROW HIM TO THE WOLVES.

BONES, I HAVE A DIPLOMATIC RESPONSIBILITY.

THIS HAPPENED UNDER ARGELIAN JURISDICTION.

IF THEY WANT TO ARREST HIM, TRY HIM, EVEN CONVICT HIM,

I HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH IT.

BUT HE'S SUFFERING FROM A SEVERE CONCUSSION.

WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN.

IT'S NOT PROMISING, CAPTAIN.

MR. SCOTT INSISTS HE REMEMBERS NOTHING,

BUT MY DETECTOR READINGS INDICATE

THAT ONLY HIS FINGERPRINTS ARE ON THE MURDER WEAPON.

YES, MR. HENGIST, THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE

IN THE CAFE ABOUT THE TIME OF THE MURDER.

SEVERAL OF THEM LEFT JUST BEFORE MR. SCOTT AND THE GIRL DID.

UH, SO I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE STAFF.

THEY'RE BEING LOCATED, AND WE WILL QUESTION THEM,

BUT, UH, THE OUTLOOK FOR YOUR FRIEND IS QUITE GRIM.

WHAT IS THE LAW IN THESE CASES?

Man: THE LAW OF ARGELIUS

IS LOVE.

GENTLEMEN, OUR PREFECT, JARIS.

SIR, UH, CAPTAIN KIRK AND DR. McCOY.

AND THIS IS MY WIFE, SYBO.

AND, UH, THIS MAN IS SCOTT,

THE ONE I SENT YOU THE MESSAGE ABOUT.

HMM. HE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A MAN

CAPABLE OF SUCH AN ACT.

STILL, IT'S BEEN SO LONG.

GENTLEMEN, BEFORE OUR GREAT AWAKENING 200 YEARS AGO,

WE HAD WAYS OF LEARNING THE TRUTH

IN SUCH MATTERS.

WE SHALL RETURN TO THEM.

THE ARGELIAN EMPATHIC CONTACT?

YOU KNOW OF THIS?

YES, WE'VE HEARD OF IT.

I ASSUMED IT WAS A LOST ART.

MY WIFE IS A DESCENDANT

OF THE ANCIENT PRIESTESSES OF OUR LAND.

SHE HAS THE ANCESTRAL GIFT.

GENTLEMEN, I HAVE COME TO INVITE YOU TO MY HOME.

UH, PREFECT, UH, DON'T YOU THINK THIS SHOULD BE HANDLED

IN AN OFFICIAL MANNER, UH, THROUGH MY OFFICE?

IT SHALL BE HANDLED IN AN OFFICIAL MANNER, MR. HENGIST,

SINCE I AM THE HIGHEST OFFICIAL.

GENTLEMEN, LET US PROCEED TO MY HOME,

WHERE, WITH THE AID OF MY WIFE,

WE SHALL LEARN THE TRUTH.

PLEASE.

DEPENDING ON YOUR WIFE'S EMPATHIC ABILITIES

IS ALL VERY WELL, PREFECT,

BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY WE CAN FIND OUT

WHAT IT IS MR. SCOTT CANNOT REMEMBER.

SINCE YOU FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO LET US GO BACK UP TO OUR SHIP,

I CAN BEAM DOWN A TECHNICIAN

WITH A PSYCHO-TRICORDER.

McCoy: UH, PREFECT, IT WILL GIVE US A DETAILED ACCOUNT

OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED TO MR. SCOTT IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

Hengist: OH, I-I'D ADVISE AGAINST IT, PREFECT.

THIS IS PURELY AN ARGELIAN MATTER.

Prefect: MY WIFE MUST MEDITATE

FOR A TIME BEFORE SHE'S READY.

I SEE NO REASON WHY WE SHOULD NOT USE

THAT TIME TO GOOD ADVANTAGE.

VERY WELL, CAPTAIN.

KIRK TO "ENTERPRISE."

"ENTERPRISE." SPOCK HERE.

MR. SPOCK, BEAM DOWN A TECHNICIAN WITH A PSYCHO-TRICORDER, PLEASE.

USE THESE COORDINATES.

ACKNOWLEDGED. COORDINATES RECEIVED.

KIRK OUT.

McCoy: PREFECT, THE PSYCHO-TRICORDER

WILL REQUIRE PRIVACY IN ORDER TO BE EFFECTIVE.

HMM. THERE IS A SMALL CHAMBER BELOW THIS ROOM.

PERHAPS THAT WILL SUFFICE.

CAPTAIN...

NEWS OF THIS...

FRIGHTFUL MURDER...

IS SPREADING AMONG MY PEOPLE.

THEY ARE GREATLY DISTURBED.

I HAVE ALREADY HEARD TALK

OF CLOSING ARGELIUS TO SPACE VEHICLES.

WELL, THAT WOULD BE MOST UNFORTUNATE.

ARGELIAN HOSPITALITY IS WELL-KNOWN,

AS WELL AS ITS STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE AS A SPACE PORT.

YES. I BELIEVE IT'S THE ONLY ONE IN THE QUADRANT.

CAPTAIN.

Hengist: UH, THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WE SHOULD QUESTION.

UH, PERHAPS I SHOULD GO EXPEDITE THEIR ARRIVAL HERE.

YES, PLEASE DO SO, MR. HENGIST.

ANYONE WITH ANY CONNECTION WITH THIS MURDER

SHOULD BE PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY.

LIEUTENANT KAREN TRACY REPORTING AS ORDERED, CAPTAIN.

LIEUTENANT, I WANT A 24-HOUR REGRESSIVE MEMORY CHECK MADE ON MR. SCOTT.

Tracy: YES, CAPTAIN. WHERE SHALL I SET UP?

IF YOU WILL JUST FOLLOW ME, LIEUTENANT.

SCOTTY, COOPERATE COMPLETELY

WITH LIEUTENANT TRACY.

MAYBE WE CAN CLEAR THIS THING UP.

I CERTAINLY HOPE SO, SIR.

I CAN'T STAND THIS NOT KNOWING.

CAPTAIN, UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS,

SCOTTY WOULD HAVE NEVER DONE SUCH A THING.

WELL, THAT BLOW ON THE HEAD--

IT COULD PUT ALL HIS PREVIOUS BEHAVIOR PATTERNS

INTO THE JUNK HEAP.

OF COURSE, THERE'S ANOTHER POSSIBILITY.

EXPLAIN.

HYSTERICAL AMNESIA.

WHEN A MAN FEELS GUILTY ABOUT SOMETHING,

SOMETHING TOO TERRIBLE TO REMEMBER,

HE BLOTS IT OUT OF HIS CONSCIOUS MEMORY.

ARE YOU READY, SYBO?

I AM READY.

MAY I HAVE THE KNIFE, PLEASE?

CERTAINLY.

AMONG OTHER GIFTS, SYBO HAS THE ABILITY

TO RECEIVE IMPRESSIONS

FROM INANIMATE OBJECTS.

DO YOU HAVE IT, CAPTAIN?

THE KNIFE?

NO.

BUT I PUT IT HERE WHEN WE ARRIVED. IT'S GONE.

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

SCOTTY.

SHE'S DEAD, JIM...

JUST LIKE THE OTHER ONE.

STABBED... OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

DRINK THIS.

[SNAPS FINGERS]

AN ARGELIAN STIMULANT, DOCTOR.

QUITE EFFECTIVE AND QUITE HARMLESS.

GO AHEAD, SCOTTY.

UH...LIEUTENANT.

CAPTAIN? WHERE'S--

Kirk: LIEUTENANT TRACY IS DEAD, SCOTT.

YOU WERE FOUND ALONE IN THE ROOM.

DEAD? BUT, UH--

WHAT HAPPENED DOWN THERE?

I WAS...

SITTING THERE.

SHE WAS TAKING THE READINGS...

AND NOW I'M SITTING HERE.

IS THAT ALL THAT HAPPENED?

I TELL YOU, I DON'T REMEMBER.

I MUST HAVE PASSED OUT.

IT COULD BE, JIM--

THAT HEAD INJURY.

YEAH...

THAT HEAD INJURY.

THINK, SCOTTY.

CAPTAIN, I'VE BEEN TRYING.

I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING.

THERE'S NO WAY INTO THAT PLACE FROM UP HERE.

PREFECT,

IS THERE ANOTHER ENTRANCE TO THAT CHAMBER?

YES, THERE'S A DOOR THAT LEADS INTO THE GARDEN,

BUT THAT'S BEEN LOCKED FOR YEARS.

LOCKS CAN BE PICKED, JIM.

CHECK IT.

UH, PREFECT, UH, BOTH OF THESE MEN WERE

AT THE CAFE THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER.

WHERE HAVE THEY BEEN DURING THE PAST FEW MINUTES?

UH, CAPTAIN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE.

Kirk: THERE'S BEEN ANOTHER MURDER, HENGIST--

ONE OF MY CREW.

THE SAME AS KARA.

WHY, TH-THAT'S TERRIBLE. I...

UH, YOU,

MY MEN PICKED YOU UP NEAR HERE. WHAT WERE YOU DOING?

PLEASE, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT. I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE.

WELL, HOW WAS THE GIRL KILLED?

STABBED, AND THERE'S NO SIGN OF THE WEAPON.

IF ONLY I HAD FACILITY--

YOU.

YOU WERE A MUSICIAN AT THE CAFE.

YOU PLAYED FOR THE MURDERED GIRL.

SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL, SHE DANCED FOR ME.

SHE WAS MY DAUGHTER.

PREFECT,

HOW COULD A THING LIKE THIS HAVE HAPPENED HERE?

THE MAN WHO DID IT MUST BE FOUND.

HE MUST BE PUNISHED.

AND YOU.

YOU LEFT THE CAFE BEFORE SCOTT AND KARA.

IS THIS TRUE? WHO ARE YOU?

MORLA OF CANTABA STREET, PREFECT.

I WAS THERE. I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE.

DID YOU KNOW KARA?

OF COURSE HE KNEW HER.

THEY WERE TO BE MARRIED,

BUT HE BEHAVED DISGRACEFUL,

UNHEARD OF!

HE WAS...JEALOUS OF HER.

THAT IS VERY DISQUIETING.

I KNOW IT WAS WRONG, PREFECT,

BUT I JUST COULDN'T HELP MYSELF.

I LOVED HER,

AND WHEN SHE WENT OVER TO THE TABLE WITH THESE MEN,

I JUST COULD NOT STAND TO WATCH, SO I LEFT, I WENT HOME.

JEALOUSY HAS OFTEN BEEN A MOTIVE FOR MURDER.

YES, I KNOW.

THAT IS WHY THE EMOTION IS SO STRONGLY DISAPPROVED OF HERE.

PREFECT, I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE, I COULDN'T!

WE SHALL SEE, MORLA.

SORRY, JIM.

THE LOCK MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PICKED.

BE HARD TO TELL, EVEN WITH THE TRICORDER.

CAN YOU PROVE YOU WENT DIRECTLY HOME?

UH, CAPTAIN, UH, MAY I CONTINUE WITH THE QUESTIONS, PLEASE?

WELL, GET ON WITH IT, MAN. JUST DON'T STAND THERE.

Prefect: CAPTAIN, CAPTAIN.

YOU'RE BEHAVING VERY MUCH LIKE A MAN

WHO IS DESPERATELY TRYING ANYTHING

TO SAVE HIS FRIEND.

WOULD YOU BE AS DESPERATE

TO SAVE ARGELIUS AS A SPACE PORT

FOR YOUR STARFLEET?

WELL, OF COURSE I'M TRYING TO SAVE MY FRIEND...

IF HE'S INNOCENT, AND HE HASN'T BEEN PROVEN GUILTY.

UH, NEED I REMIND YOU OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, CAPTAIN?

IN BOTH CASES, YOUR FRIEND SCOTT WAS DISCOVERED OVER THE BODY

AND LATER CLAIMED TO REMEMBER NOTHING.

Sybo: I AM READY, JARIS.

GENTLEMEN, SIT DOWN, PLEASE.

ON ONE CONDITION, PREFECT--

THAT THE ROOM BE SEALED SO THAT NO ONE CAN LEAVE

OR ENTER WHILE THE CEREMONY IS GOING ON.

THE ROOM IS SEALED.

CAPTAIN, DO YOU MEAN MY NECK IS GOING

TO HAVE TO DEPEND ON SOME SPOOKY MUMBO-JUMBO?

[COMMUNICATOR BEEPS]

KIRK HERE.

SPOCK HERE, CAPTAIN. MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH YOU?

YES. EXCUSE ME, GENTLEMEN.

YES, MR. SPOCK?

CONCERNING THE SITUATION YOU RELATED TO US-- IN MY OPINION,

THE ARGELIAN EMPATHIC CONTACT IS AN INTERESTING PHENOMENON,

BUT THE TECHNIQUE IS NOT SOUND ENOUGH TO RISK A MAN'S LIFE.

WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST, MR. SPOCK?

SIMPLY THAT WE BEAM MR. SCOTT ONBOARD THE "ENTERPRISE"

AND EMPLOY OUR COMPUTERS TO LEARN THE TRUTH.

THESE ARE A PROUD PEOPLE.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CUSTOMS, THEIR OWN LAWS,

AND WHILE WE'RE HERE, WE'RE SUBJECT TO THEM.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE THIS MATTER BE RESOLVED

ACCORDING TO ARGELIAN LAW. IS THAT CLEAR?

QUITE CLEAR, CAPTAIN.

I DON'T LIKE IT ANY MORE THAN YOU DO, SPOCK,

BUT THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. KIRK OUT.

Sybo: LET US BEGIN.

LET THE CIRCLE NOT BE BROKEN.

CONCENTRATE UPON THE FLAME

WHICH BURNS UPON THE ALTAR OF TRUTH.

YES...

THERE IS SOMETHING HERE...

SOMETHING TERRIBLE.

I FEEL ITS PRESENCE--

FEAR, ANGER, HATRED.

ANGER FEEDS THE FLAME.

OH...

OHH...

THERE IS EVIL HERE,

MONSTROUS, TERRIBLE EVIL,

CONSUMING HUNGER,

HATRED OF ALL THAT LIVES,

HATRED OF WOMEN,

A HUNGER THAT NEVER DIES.

IT IS STRONG,

OVERPOWERING,

AN ANCIENT TERROR.

IT HAS A NAME--

BERATIS, KESLA,

REDJAC!

DEVOURING ALL LIFE, ALL LIGHT.

A HUNGER THAT WILL NEVER DIE!

REDJAC!

REDJAC!

AAH!

THREE MURDERS...

AND SCOTTY THE ONLY POSSIBLE ANSWER EACH TIME.

I DON'T CARE WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES INDICATE, JIM.

SCOTTY SIMPLY COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT.

NORMALLY, NO, BUT THAT BLOW ON HIS HEAD--

AH, NO, CAPTAIN.

SCOTTY, I'M SORRY.

YOU DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHETHER YOU DID IT OR NOT.

I AGREE WITH YOU, CAPTAIN.

I AM PERFECTLY SATISFIED MR. SCOTT IS GUILTY.

BUT NOT RESPONSIBLE.

THAT IS UNPROVEN, SIR.

WE CAN PROVE IT IF HE'S INSANE.

GENTLEMEN! PLEASE.

HOW COULD ANY MAN DO SUCH MONSTROUS THINGS?

Kirk: THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE TO FIND OUT, SIR.

MR. SCOTT--

SIR, I SWEAR TO YOU I DID NOT

KILL YOUR WIFE OR THE OTHER LADIES.

BY YOUR OWN ADMISSION, YOU DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU DID OR DIDN'T.

YOUR SO-CALLED FAILING MEMORY--

MR. HENGIST.

ON THE "ENTERPRISE," WE CAN MAKE

A RECORDING OF THE REGISTRATIONS

OF MR. SCOTT'S CONSCIOUS AND SUBCONSCIOUS MIND.

AND THEY WILL TELL US

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM IN THE RECENT PAST.

McCoy: THERE WOULD BE NO ROOM FOR DOUBT.

WE WOULD KNOW, AND AFTER ALL, THAT'S

WHAT WE'RE AFTER, ISN'T IT, PREFECT, TO KNOW?

Prefect: YOU, SIR, CLAIM

TO REMEMBER NOTHING ABOUT THE MURDERS.

AYE.

IF THIS IS SO,

YOU MAY HAVE KILLED WITHOUT KNOWING IT.

WILL YOUR MACHINES TELL US THIS?

NO DOUBT WILL REMAIN.

VERY WELL.

WE WILL GO TO YOUR SHIP...

AND HE WHO IS GUILTY

WILL FACE THE ANCIENT PENALTIES,

BARBARIC AND HORRIBLE THOUGH THEY MAY BE.

THE ANCIENT PENALTY FOR MURDER

WAS DEATH BY SLOW TORTURE.

THAT LAW HAS NEVER BEEN CHANGED.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, MR. SCOTT?

AYE...

I UNDERSTAND.

"CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 3615.4.

"WITH MR. SCOTT IN A TECHNICAL STATE OF ARREST,

"WE HAVE BEAMED ABOARD THE 'ENTERPRISE'

TO CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION."

EACH TESTIFIER WILL SIT HERE,

PLACE HIS HAND ON THIS PLATE.

ANY DEVIATION FROM THE FACTUAL TRUTH

WILL BE IMMEDIATELY DETECTED

AND RELAYED TO THIS COMPUTER, WHICH WILL

IN TURN NOTIFY US.

DR. McCOY HAS ALREADY FED THE COMPUTER HIS MEDICAL REPORTS.

OUR LABORATORY EXPERTS ARE EXAMINING THE MURDER WEAPON

AND WILL GIVE THEIR DATA TO THE COMPUTERS FOR ANALYSIS.

SHALL WE BEGIN?

MR. SCOTT, WILL YOU TAKE THE STAND?

COMPUTER, IDENTIFY VERIFICATION.

Computer: WORKING.

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER MONTGOMERY SCOTT.

SERIAL NUMBER SE19754T.

VERIFIED.

SUBJECT'S PRESENT PHYSICAL CONDITION.

WORKING.

SUBJECT RECENTLY RECEIVED SEVERE BLOW ON SKULL.

DAMAGE HEALING.

SOME PERIPHERAL ABNORMALITIES.

SUFFICIENT ABNORMALITIES TO ACCOUNT

FOR PERIODS OF FUNCTIONAL AMNESIA?

WORKING.

NEGATIVE.

CAPTAIN, I DON'T SEE HOW THAT CAN BE.

UNLESS SCOTTY'S LYING ABOUT HIS LOSS OF MEMORY.

I'M NOT LYING, CAPTAIN.

I DON'T REMEMBER A THING ABOUT THE FIRST TWO MURDERS.

COMPUTER, ACCURACY SCAN.

Computer: SUBJECT RELAYING ACCURATE ACCOUNT.

NO PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES.

CAPTAIN...

I DIDN'T BLACK OUT WHEN MR. JARIS' WIFE WAS KILLED.

ALL RIGHT, SCOTTY,

LET'S HAVE IT.

WE WERE HOLDING HANDS.

WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT, THE CIRCLE WAS BROKEN.

I HEARD THE POOR LADY SCREAM, AND I WAS--

I WAS NEAR THE HEAD OF THE TABLE ANYWAY.

I WENT TOWARD HER, BUT...

THERE WAS... SOMETHING IN MY WAY.

SOMETHING? YOU MEAN, SOMEONE.

NO, CAPTAIN, SOME...

THING.

COLD, IT WAS, LIKE A...

STINKING DRAFT OUT OF A SLAUGHTERHOUSE,

BUT IT WASN'T R--

REALLY THERE.

LIKE A--

IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

COMPUTER?

SUBJECT RELAYING ACCURATE ACCOUNT.

NO PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S HIT IT ON THE HEAD.

SCOTTY...

DID YOU KILL SYBO?

NO, CAPTAIN.

THAT I'M SURE OF.

HE'S BEEN SAYING THAT RIGHT ALONG.

MEANS NO MORE NOW THAN IT DID BEFORE.

SCOTTY, LIE TO ME. HOW OLD ARE YOU?

UH...22, SIR.

INACCURATE. INACCURATE.

DATA IN ERROR.

AFTER THE LIGHTS WENT OUT, MR. SCOTT,

WHO WAS HOLDING YOUR HAND?

MORLA ON THE ONE SIDE AND YOU ON THE OTHER, SIR.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING, CAPTAIN.

WITH A ROOM THAT SMALL-- THE LIGHTS WERE OUT--

ANYONE WOULD'VE HAD TIME TO KILL THE LADY.

Hengist: BUT I REMIND YOU, WE FOUND

MR. SCOTT HOLDING HER IN HIS ARMS, THE KNIFE ST--

I'M SORRY, SIR, BUT I MUST.

THE KNIFE STILL IN HER BACK AND BLOOD ON HIS HANDS.

THE VERIFIER SHOWED THAT HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH

WHEN HE SAID HE DIDN'T KILL HER.

THERE WERE TWO OTHER WOMEN MURDERED.

MR. SCOTT...

DID YOU KILL KARA?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

DID YOU KILL LIEUTENANT TRACY?

[SIGHS] I DON'T REMEMBER.

COMPUTER, ACCURACY SCAN.

SUBJECT RELAYING ACCURATE ACCOUNT.

NO PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES.

ALL THAT PROVES IS THAT HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH

WHEN HE SAYS HE DOESN'T REMEMBER.

THIS IS A WASTE OF TIME.

AFTER WE TAKE THE TESTIMONY HERE, WE'LL RUN

A PSYCHO-TRICORDER ANALYSIS OF MR. SCOTT'S MEMORY,

WHICH IS WHAT WE WANTED TO DO ON THE SURFACE.

THAT WILL GIVE US A COMPLETE RECORD.

WILL THAT SATISFY YOU, MR. HENGIST?

WELL, IF YOU CAN CONVINCE ME

THAT THE MACHINE IS INCAPABLE OF ERROR

AND IF IT SHOWS HE DID NOT KILL THE WOMEN.

THERE WILL BE NO ERROR.

AS FOR THE REST OF IT,

THE READINGS WILL SHOW.

I THINK YOU CAN STEP DOWN NOW, MR. SCOTT,

IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS.

I OBJECT TO THE ENTIRE PROCEDURE.

MR. HENGIST, WE ARE HERE ON MY AUTHORITY.

WE WILL COOPERATE.

PREFECT, I KNOW YOU MEAN WELL, BUT I'VE HAD EXPERIENCE--

FOR THE TIME BEING, WE WILL ACCEPT

CAPTAIN KIRK'S EXPLANATION

OF THE MACHINE'S ACCURACY AS FACTUAL.

I DO, HOWEVER, RESERVE TO MYSELF THE RIGHT

TO MAKE THE FINAL DETERMINATION.

WE CAN ASK NO MORE.

MR. MORLA, WILL YOU TAKE THE STAND?

WHERE WERE YOU AT THE TIME THAT KARA WAS MURDERED?

I'M NOT SURE. WALKING HOME, I--I ASSUME.

I WAS ANGRY.

ANGER IS A RELATIVE STATE, SIR.

WERE YOU ANGRY ENOUGH TO DO VIOLENCE?

I'VE NEVER DONE VIOLENCE IN MY LIFE.

I DON'T THINK THAT I COULD.

YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE ME. I WOULDN'T KILL HER.

I COULDN'T.

I LOVED HER,

AND SHE LOVED ME.

THAT'S NOT TRUE!

HE MIGHT THINK SHE LOVED HIM,

BUT SHE DIDN'T.

SHE TOLD ME.

HE WAS JEALOUS

ALL THE TIME.

THEY FOUGHT CONSTANTLY.

DID YOU KILL LIEUTENANT TRACY?

NO.

DID YOU KILL SYBO?

NO.

COMPUTER, VERIFICATION SCAN.

SUBJECT RELAYING ACCURATE ACCOUNT,

THOUGH SOME STATEMENTS SUBJECTIVE.

NO PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES.

ALL RIGHT, MR. MORLA, I THINK YOU CAN STEP DOWN NOW.

SYBO SPOKE OF A HUNGER THAT NEVER DIED,

SOMETHING THAT THRIVES ON...FEAR,

TERROR, DEATH.

MR. SPOCK, MAYBE WE'RE GOING ABOUT IT THE WRONG WAY.

LET'S ASSUME THAT SYBO WAS A SENSITIVE--

THAT SHE DID SENSE SOMETHING, SOMETHING EVIL.

SENSITIVITY OF CERTAIN ARGELIAN WOMEN

IS A DOCUMENTED FACT, CAPTAIN.

MY POOR SYBO'S TALENT WAS GENUINE, GENTLEMEN.

WHAT SHE TOLD YOU WAS TRUE.

ALL RIGHT, THEN,

WHAT WAS IT SHE SAID, EXACTLY?

MONSTROUS EVIL, ANCIENT TERROR...

THAT DEVOURS ALL LIFE AND LIGHT.

SHE SAID SOMETHING ELSE--WORDS THAT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

YES.

REDJAC...

BERATIS...

AND, UH...KESLA.

OBSCURE, MEANINGLESS WORDS.

TO US, PERHAPS, BUT TO THE COMPUTER?

AH, MR. SPOCK, CHECK THEM OUT.

COMPUTER, LINGUISTIC BANK.

DEFINITION OF FOLLOWING WORD--

REDJAC.

WORKING.

NEGATIVE FINDING.

THERE IS NO SUCH WORD IN THE LINGUISTICS BANK?

Computer: AFFIRMATIVE.

SCAN ALL OTHER BANKS.

WORKING.

AFFIRMATIVE.

A PROPER NAME.

DEFINE.

REDJAC.

SOURCE-- EARTH, 19th CENTURY.

LANGUAGE--ENGLISH.

NICKNAME FORMAT--

MURDERER OF WOMEN.

OTHER EARTH SYNONYMS--

JACK THE RIPPER.

JACK THE RIPPER?

WELL, THAT'S RIDICULOUS. HE LIVED HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO.

A MAN COULDN'T SURVIVE ALL THESE CENTURIES.

JUST BEFORE SHE DIED,

MY WIFE SAID...

IT IS A HUNGER

THAT NEVER...DIES.

BUT ALL MEN DIE.

YES, ALL MEN DIE,

AND JACK THE RIPPER COULDN'T BE ALIVE

IF HE WERE A MAN,

BUT EVERYTHING WE'VE UNCOVERED POINTS

TO JACK THE RIPPER, WHICH IS AN IMPOSSIBILITY, ISN'T IT?

OR IS IT?

HUMANS AND HUMANOIDS MAKE UP ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE

OF THE LIFE FORMS WE KNOW OF.

THERE ARE ENTITIES POSSESSED OF EXTREMELY LONG LIFE SPANS,

VIRTUALLY IMMORTAL.

WE KNOW THAT...

SOMEONE OR...

SOMETHING...KILLED THREE WOMEN.

IF IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR IT TO BE HUMAN,

IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING ELSE, SOMETHING DRIVEN TO KILL.

BUT SYBO SAID THAT IT FEEDS ON DEATH.

IN THE STRICT SCIENTIFIC SENSE, DOCTOR,

WE ALL FEED ON DEATH, EVEN VEGETARIANS.

YES, BUT IT SAID MORE THAN THAT; NOT JUST DEATH, BUT FEAR.

SAID IT ALSO FEEDS ON FEAR.

Spock: WHICH WOULD TEND TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSITION

THAT THE MURDERER WAS NOT HUMAN.

DERIVING SUSTENANCE FROM EMOTION

IS NOT UNKNOWN IN THE GALAXY,

AND FEAR IS AMONG THE STRONGEST

AND MOST VIOLENT OF THE EMOTIONS.

SURELY, PREFECT, THIS HAS GONE FAR ENOUGH.

SOMEONE-- SOME MAN HAS KILLED THREE WOMEN.

WE HAVE THE PRIME SUSPECT IN OUR HANDS.

ARE WE GOING TO LET HIM GO AND START CHASING GHOSTS?

NO, MR. HENGIST,

NOT GHOSTS.

POSSIBLY NOT HUMAN, BUT NOT GHOSTS.

MR. SPOCK, CHECK OUT THE POSSIBILITIES.

COMPUTER, DIGEST LOG RECORDINGS

FOR PAST FIVE SOLAR MINUTES.

CORRELATE HYPOTHESES.

COMPARE WITH LIFE FORMS REGISTER.

QUESTION-- COULD SUCH AN ENTITY

WITHIN DISCUSSED LIMITS EXIST

IN THIS GALAXY?

Computer: THE DRELLA OF ALPHA CARINAE V

DERIVED NOURISHMENT FROM THE EMOTION OF LOVE.

THERE IS SUFFICIENT PRECEDENT

FOR EXISTENCE OF CREATURE,

NATURE UNKNOWN,

WHICH COULD EXIST ON EMOTION OF FEAR.

COMPUTER, EXTRAPOLATE MOST LIKELY COMPOSITION OF SUCH ENTITY.

Computer: WORKING.

TO MEET WITH SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS,

ENTITY WOULD EXIST WITHOUT FORM IN CONVENTIONAL SENSE.

MOST PROBABLE-- MASS OF ENERGY

OF HIGHLY COHESIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD.

COMPUTER...

COULD THE DESCRIBED ENTITY

ASSUME PHYSICAL FORM?

Computer: AFFIRMATIVE. PRECEDENT--

MELLITUS, CLOUD CREATURE OF ALPHA MAJORIS 1.

FAIRY TALES. GHOSTS AND GOBLINS.

Kirk: NO, I HAVE SEEN THE MELLITUS MYSELF.

IN ITS NATURAL STATE, IT'S GASEOUS.

WHEN IT'S AT REST, IT'S SOLID.

MR. SPOCK, LET'S ASSUME THE EXISTENCE OF THIS CREATURE.

I POINT OUT THAT JACK THE RIPPER SLEW AT WILL

IN THE HEART OF THE MOST POPULOUS CITY OF OLD EARTH

AND WAS NEVER IDENTIFIED.

DOESN'T SEEM LIKELY, DOES IT?

I SUGGEST THE POSSIBILITY OF A HYPNOTIC SCREEN,

WHICH BLINDS ALL BUT THE VICTIM

TO THE PRESENCE OF THE KILLER.

IS THAT POSSIBLE?

EXTREMELY POSSIBLE; THERE ARE MANY SUCH

EXAMPLES THAT EXIST IN NATURE.

WELL, THIS IS FANTASY!

WE ALL KNOW THE MURDERER IS SITTING RIGHT HERE WITH US.

I MEAN, YOU'RE TRYING TO CLOUD THE ISSUE.

I'VE GOT A MIND TO--

I AM SATISFIED THE COURSE

OF THIS INVESTIGATION IS VALID ENOUGH.

PLEASE BE SEATED, MR. HENGIST.

ALL RIGHT, MR. SPOCK, WHAT DO WE HAVE?

A CREATURE WITHOUT FORM

THAT FEEDS ON HORROR AND FEAR,

THAT MUST ASSUME A PHYSICAL SHAPE

TO KILL.

AND, I SUSPECT, PREYS ON WOMEN

BECAUSE WOMEN ARE MORE EASILY

AND MORE DEEPLY TERRIFIED,

GENERATING MORE SHEER HORROR THAN THE MALE OF THE SPECIES.

COMPUTER, CRIMINOLOGICAL FILES.

CASES OF UNSOLVED MASS MURDERS

OF WOMEN SINCE JACK THE RIPPER.

Computer: WORKING. 1932.

SHANGHAI, CHINA, EARTH--

SEVEN WOMEN KNIFED TO DEATH.

1974.

KIEV, U.S.S.R., EARTH--

FIVE WOMEN KNIFED TO DEATH.

2105. MARTIAN COLONIES--

EIGHT WOMEN KNIFED TO DEATH.

2156.

HELIOPOLIS, ALPHA ERIDANI II--

10 WOMEN KNIFED TO DEATH.

THERE ARE ADDITIONAL EXAMPLES.

CAPTAIN, THOSE PLACES ARE ALIGNED DIRECTLY

BETWEEN ARGELIUS AND EARTH.

YES.

WHEN MAN MOVED OUT INTO THE GALAXY,

THAT THING MUST'VE MOVED WITH HIM.

COMPUTER, IDENTIFY THE PROPER NAMES

KESLA AND BERATIS.

Computer: WORKING.

KESLA--NAME GIVEN

TO UNIDENTIFIED MASS MURDERER OF WOMEN

ON PLANET DENEB II.

BERATIS--

NAME GIVEN TO UNIDENTIFIED MASS MURDERER OF WOMEN

ON PLANET RIGEL IV.

ADDITIONAL DATA--

MURDERS ON RIGEL IV OCCURRED ONE SOLAR YEAR AGO.

YOU COME FROM RIGEL IV.

WELL, MANY PEOPLE DO. IT'S NOT A CRIME.

NO, BUT WHAT WE'RE INVESTIGATING IS.

WOULD YOU MIND TAKING THE STAND, MR. HENGIST?

WHY, I WILL NOT.

MR. HENGIST.

PREFECT, THIS HAS GONE FAR ENOUGH.

I WILL NOT TAKE THE STAND.

I CAN APPRECIATE YOUR POSITION, SIR.

YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF CIVIL DISTURBANCES LOCALLY.

IF YOU ARE THE ENTITY FOR WHICH WE SEARCH,

WHAT BETTER POSITION FROM WHICH TO KILL

WITH IMPUNITY?

AND JUST AFTER YOU LEFT JARIS' HOUSE,

WE DISCOVERED THE MURDER KNIFE WAS MISSING.

Kirk: AND YOU WERE UNACCOUNTED FOR

WHEN LIEUTENANT TRACY WAS MURDERED.

Spock: AN ENTITY WHICH FEEDS

ON FEAR AND TERROR

WOULD FIND A PERFECT HUNTING GROUND ON ARGELIUS,

A PLANET WITHOUT VIOLENCE,

WHERE THE INHABITANTS ARE AS PEACEFUL AS SHEEP.

THE ENTITY WOULD BE

AS A HUNGRY WOLF IN THAT FOLD.

GENTLEMEN, I KNOW SOMETHING OF THE LAW.

YOU'RE ENGAGING IN SHEER SPECULATION.

PERHAPS.

MR. SPOCK...

THE MURDER WEAPON.

Spock: COMPUTER,

REPORT ON ANALYSIS OF EXHIBIT "A."

Computer: WORKING.

EXHIBIT "A" ON VISUAL.

COMPOSITION OF BLADE-- BORIDIUM.

COMPOSITION OF HANDLE-- MURINITE.

DETAILS OF CARVING ON HANDLE CONFORM

TO FOLK ART FORMS, INDICATING PLACE OF ORIGIN.

SPECIFY POINT OF ORIGIN.

ARTIFACT PRODUCED BY HILL PEOPLE

OF ARGUS RIVER REGION, PLANET RIGEL IV.

NOW, THEN, MR. HENGIST...

HE'S DEAD, JIM.

BUT THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

[HENGIST'S VOICE] REDJAC! REDJAC! REDJAC!

REDJAC! REDJAC!

[MANIACAL LAUGHTER]

THE COMPUTER WILL NOT RESPOND TO THESE CONTROLS.

THE ENTITY IS UNQUESTIONABLY CONTROLLING IT.

AND THE COMPUTER

CONTROLS THE SHIP.

REDJAC! REDJAC! REDJAC! REDJAC! [MANIACAL LAUGHTER]

SCOTTY, GIVE ME A HAND.

NO USE, CAPTAIN. THE BYPASS CIRCUITS ARE BLOCKED.

AUDIO CUTOFF, SPOCK.

CAPTAIN!

Woman: WHAT'S HAPPENING, CAPTAIN?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Kirk: IT MEANS THAT THING CAN CONTROL

THE ENTIRE OPERATION OF THE SHIP, INCLUDING THE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS.

YOU MEAN IT COULD KILL US ALL?

INDEED IT WILL TRY, BUT NOT IMMEDIATELY.

WE KNOW IT FEEDS ON FEAR AND TERROR.

THERE ARE NEARLY 440 HUMANS ABOARD THIS SHIP.

SURELY IT WILL TRY TO BREED FEAR AND TERROR BEFORE IT KILLS.

ALL HANDS, THIS IS THE CAPTAIN.

STAY AT YOUR POSTS.

REMAIN CALM.

CAPTAIN OUT.

BONES...

WHAT'S THE SEDATIVE SITUATION?

I'VE GOT SOME STUFF THAT WOULD TRANQUILIZE AN ACTIVE VOLCANO.

GOOD. START DISTRIBUTION IMMEDIATELY.

THE LONGER WE CAN HOLD BACK THAT FEAR,

THE MORE TIME WE'LL HAVE TO GET THAT THING OUT OF THE COMPUTER.

PREFECT, YOU'LL ALL BE SAFER HERE.

SPOCK, COME WITH ME.

SPOCK, DON'T YOU HAVE A COMPULSORY SCAN UNIT

BUILT INTO THE COMPUTER BANKS?

YES, WE DO, CAPTAIN, BUT WITH THE ENTITY IN CONTROL--

WELL, AREN'T THERE CERTAIN MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS

WHICH SIMPLY CANNOT BE SOLVED? INDEED.

IF WE COULD FOCUS THE ATTENTION OF THE COMPUTER ON ONE OF THEM...

THAT OUGHT TO DO IT.

SPOCK!

APPARENTLY OUR FRIENDS LEARN VERY QUICKLY.

TOO QUICKLY. BRIDGE.

FREE FALL!

OUT OF CONTROL. PUT IT ON MANUAL.

BRIDGE.

[ALARM SOUNDS]

THAT WAS DUE TO BE NEXT. LIFE SUPPORT MALFUNCTION.

WE DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME, CAPTAIN.

WELL, YOU SAID IT YOURSELF, SPOCK,

IT WANTS TERROR, NOT JUST DEATH.

CAPTAIN, THE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM OVERRIDE JAMMED.

ALL RIGHT, MAN YOUR STATION, MR. SULU.

Sulu: AYE, SIR. Entity: CAPTAIN KIRK!

CAPTAIN, YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME.

CUT THAT THING OFF.

YOU AND ALL ABOARD YOUR SHIP

ARE ABOUT TO DIE!

TRY AND CUT THAT THING OFF.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD A MALFUNCTION THREATEN US.

MAN YOUR POST, MR. SULU.

PREPARE YOUR MANUAL OVERRIDES. YOU MAY NEED THEM.

AYE, SIR.

SPOCK.

NORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL LEVELS HAVE BEEN RESTORED,

CAPTAIN, BUT IT WILL NOT LAST LONG,

A FEW HOURS AT BEST.

THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TIME.

LET'S GET AT IT.

WHAT'S GOING ON, CAPTAIN?

NEVER MIND, MR. SULU.

- TRANQUILIZER? - YES, SIR.

EVERYONE, INCLUDING YOURSELF.

YES, SIR.

Entity: YOU CANNOT STOP ME NOW, CAPTAIN.

IT WILL DO YOU NO GOOD.

I CONTROL ALL CIRCUITS.

YOU CANNOT SILENCE ME.

YOU CANNOT REACH ME.

YOUR MANUAL OVERRIDES ARE EXTREMELY LIMITED IN LIFE.

SPOCK?

PROCEEDING, CAPTAIN, BUT I WILL NEED SOME TIME.

YES, I KNOW.

Entity: SOON ALL CONTROL WILL BE RESTORED TO ME!

THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO PREVENT IT!

IF YOU DESTROY THIS SHIP, YOU DESTROY YOURSELF.

[MANIACAL LAUGHTER]

I AM WITHOUT ENDING.

I HAVE EXISTED FROM THE DAWN OF TIME,

AND I SHALL LIVE BEYOND ITS END!

I SHALL FEED,

AND THIS TIME, I DO NOT NEED A KNIFE.

YOU WILL ALL DIE HORRIBLY,

IN SEARING PAIN!

IT IS ATTEMPTING TO GENERATE TERROR, CAPTAIN.

I MAY CUT OFF YOUR OXYGEN AND SUFFOCATE YOU!

[MANIACAL LAUGHTER]

CAPTAIN...

WHOEVER HE IS,

HE SURE TALKS GLOOMY.

MAN YOUR POST, SULU.

IF ANY OF THE OTHER SYSTEMS GO OUT, SWITCH TO MANUAL OVERRIDE

AND ABOVE ALL...

DON'T BE AFRAID.

WITH AN ARMFUL OF THIS STUFF,

I WOULDN'T BE AFRAID OF A SUPERNOVA.

READY.

IMPLEMENT.

COMPUTER,

THIS IS A CLASS "A" COMPULSORY DIRECTIVE.

COMPUTE TO THE LAST DIGIT THE VALUE OF PI.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!

NO, NO!

AS WE KNOW, THE VALUE OF PI

IS A TRANSCENDENTAL FIGURE WITHOUT RESOLUTION.

THE COMPUTER BANKS WILL WORK ON THIS PROBLEM

TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL ELSE UNTIL WE ORDER IT TO STOP.

YES, THAT SHOULD KEEP THAT THING BUSY FOR A WHILE.

THE ARGELIANS WILL BE THE FIRST TO PANIC.

LET'S GET BACK TO THE BRIEFING ROOM.

HA HA HA HA!

I WONDER WHO IT IS WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AFRAID OF.

[LAUGHTER]

Scott: WELL, SIR?

I DOUBT VERY MUCH WHETHER THE COMPUTERS WILL BE INHABITED

BY MORE THAN A GROUP OF FIGURES FOR A WHILE.

THERE IS RESISTANCE, CAPTAIN,

BUT THE DIRECTIVE IS SUCCEEDING.

BANK AFTER BANK IS TURNING TO THE PROBLEM.

IF YOU DRIVE IT OUT OF THE COMPUTERS, IT'LL JUST HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

WELL, I'M ALMOST FINISHED-- JUST JARIS AND ME.

[MANIACAL LAUGHTER]

[LAUGHTER FADES]

COMPLETE COMPUTER CONTROL, CAPTAIN. THE ENTITY HAS FLED.

YES, BUT WHERE TO?

BONES, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN

IF THAT THING ENTERED A TRANQUILIZED BODY?

WELL, IT MIGHT TAKE UP KNITTING, NOTHING MORE VIOLENT THAN THAT.

AND YOU SAY EVERYONE'S HAD A SHOT BUT YOU AND JARIS?

AND YOU AND MR. SPOCK, CAPTAIN.

WELL, I'M WILLING TO TAKE A CHANCE ON MR. SPOCK.

BETTER GIVE YOURSELF A SHOT, DOC.

NO, I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK I OUGHT TO STAY CLEAR.

DO AS I SAY.

ALL RIGHT.

[CHUCKLES]

EXTEND YOUR ARM, MR. JARIS.

[HENGIST'S VOICE] NO, NO, KILL YOU ALL!

DIE! MAKE YOU SUFFER!

EVERYBODY KEEP BACK OR I'LL KILL HER!

I'LL KILL HER! KEEP BACK!

McCoy: BETTER BE CAREFUL.

YOU'RE GOING TO HURT SOMEBODY WITH THAT THING.

OOH! HA HA HA!

YOU'LL SUFFER! YOU'LL--

SUFF... HA HA HA HA HA.

I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU.

LET'S GET HIM TO THE TRANSPORTER ROOM, QUICK!

[LAUGHING] YOU'LL...

DIE, DIE, DIE.

EVERYBODY DIE. HA HA!

[LAUGHING]

KILL, KILL, KILL YOU ALL.

[BEEPS]

DEEP SPACE. FULL POWER.

WIDEST ANGLE OF DISPERSION. MAINTAIN.

NO NEED TO GET EXCITED, CAPTAIN. I'LL DO IT.

YOU DO IT, SPOCK.

EVERYBODY DIES. HA HA HA!

YOU WILL ALL SUFFER. YOU ALL...

Man: YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SHOVE ME, MR. SPOCK. I'D HAVE GOTTEN ROUND TO IT.

[DOOR SLIDES OPEN]

WELL, JARIS IS ALL RIGHT. HA HA!

NOW, WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THAT THING, CAPTAIN, YOU SEND IT BACK TO THE PLANET?

NO. WE BEAMED IT OUT INTO OPEN SPACE, SCOTTY,

WIDEST POSSIBLE DISPERSION.

THE THING CAN'T DIE.

Spock: POSSIBLY, DOCTOR.

ITS CONSCIOUSNESS MAY CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME,

CONSISTING OF BILLIONS OF SEPARATE BITS OF ENERGY,

FLOATING FOREVER IN SPACE,

POWERLESS.

BUT IT WILL DIE FINALLY.

YOU SEEM VERY HAPPY ABOUT THE WHOLE THING.

WELL, WHY NOT? FOR A WHILE THERE,

I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER I WAS INNOCENT OR GUILTY.

HA HA HA HA!

BONES, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR

THIS TRANQUILIZER TO WEAR OFF?

OH, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE OR SIX HOURS.

I GAVE HIM A PRETTY BIG SHOT, JIM.

YES, I CAN SEE THAT.

WELL, MR. SPOCK, FOR THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX HOURS,

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE HAPPIEST CREW IN SPACE.

'COURSE, WE WON'T GET MUCH WORK DONE.

CAPTAIN, SINCE YOU CAME TO ARGELIUS TO REST,

I SUGGEST YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY.

THAT'S A SPLENDID IDEA, MR. SPOCK.

I KNOW A CAFE WHERE THE WOMEN ARE SO--

I KNOW THE PLACE, JIM.

LET'S GO SEE!

YOU GENTLEMEN, IN YOUR CONDITION?

DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.

MR. SPOCK, THIS CAFE HAS WOMEN THAT ARE SO...

NO, I GUESS NOT.

ALONE?

GENTLEMEN...

[LAUGHING]