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#45: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 2, episode 19 "A Private Little War"

Written by Jud Crucis, directed by Marc Daniels.

Stardate 4211.4 through 4211.8 (May 2268)

"I thought my people would grow tired of killing." - Apella

The Enterprise returns to a planet that was the first away mission Captain Kirk commanded for further scientific research. He reminisces making friends with a local tribe of humanoids and particularly a man named Tyree when he and Commmander Spock hear yelling over the rise. They see a rival tribe of humanoids called Hill People laying an ambush with what look like Earth flintlock weapons, which the people of this planet should be centuries away from inventing. Kirk spots Tyree himself and some of his people simply using bows and arrows slowly walking into the trap and startles the Hill People, giving their position away. In the resulting crossfire, Spock is shot in the back and rushed back to the ship. With Spock fighting for his life under the care of Doctor M'Benga (Booker Bradshaw), and a Klingon ship detected entering the system, Kirk and Doctor McCoy beam down to the planet dressed as locals to figure out how just the Hill People's technology could have leapfrogged and to make sure Tyree's tribe is alright.

Originally released: 2 February 1968

"A Private Little War" on Memory Alpha

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