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#5: Star Trek: The Original Series, season 1, episode 1 "The Man Trap"
Written by George Clayton Johnson, directed by Marc Daniels.
Stardates 1513.1 through 1513.8 (November 2266)
- The given Stardate has this episode occurring entirely within the timeframe of The Corbomite Maneuver, making it too early.
"But it's a mystery. And I don't like mysteries." - Captain James Kirk
The Enterprise is sent to do a routine medical checkup on an archeology couple; Robert and Nancy Crater. Doctor McCoy (Deforest Kelly) is slightly apprehensive because Nancy is an old flame of his. When they meet, not only does she remember him but she appears exactly as he remembered her. But Captain James Kirk and Crewman Darnell (Michael Zaslow) see a somewhat different woman. This confusion turns into terror when, one by one, Darnell and others are found dead. Someone or something is killing Enterprise crewmembers and Kirk suspects the Craters are not telling him everything.
Originally released: 6 September 1966
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