The City On The Edge of Forever is another time-travel episode of Trek that doesn't hold up if you think about it too hard: The Enterprise is experiencing turbulence caused by ripples in time emanating from the planet below. During the disturbance, McCoy accidentally injects himself with a drug that sends him loopy. The crazed physician beams himself down to the planet's surface, with Kirk and a landing party in hot pursuit. Before they can stop him, McCoy leaps into an ancient stone portal that transports him to Earth, circa 1930. Immediately, The Enterprise and the entire federation winks out of existence, the doc having somehow changed the course of history. Spock and Kirk follow McCoy into the past to try and put things right.
Sounds like a lot of fun, and it is, with the captain and his first in command trying to go unnoticed in depression-era New York; Joan Collins is there too, as mission worker Edith Keeler, who Kirk falls in love with but whose untimely death will ensure that the future remains as it should be. The problem is, when the Enterprise disappeared, so should have Kirk and the crew members on the planet's surface, meaning that they wouldn't be around to rectify matters. I had a good time as Kirk and Spock become accustomed to the early 20th century, and the ending is pure tragedy, as Jim must prevent McCoy from saving Edith's life, but the plot-hole is just too big to ignore*.
*In IMDb's 'Incorrectly regarded as goofs' section, this plot-hole is explained away in later Star Trek productions, but in my opinion, something this obvious should have been addressed in the same episode. And while I'm at it, what was McCoy doing with such a large dose of Cordrazine in his syringe?
6.5/10, rounded up to 7 for IMDb.
Sounds like a lot of fun, and it is, with the captain and his first in command trying to go unnoticed in depression-era New York; Joan Collins is there too, as mission worker Edith Keeler, who Kirk falls in love with but whose untimely death will ensure that the future remains as it should be. The problem is, when the Enterprise disappeared, so should have Kirk and the crew members on the planet's surface, meaning that they wouldn't be around to rectify matters. I had a good time as Kirk and Spock become accustomed to the early 20th century, and the ending is pure tragedy, as Jim must prevent McCoy from saving Edith's life, but the plot-hole is just too big to ignore*.
*In IMDb's 'Incorrectly regarded as goofs' section, this plot-hole is explained away in later Star Trek productions, but in my opinion, something this obvious should have been addressed in the same episode. And while I'm at it, what was McCoy doing with such a large dose of Cordrazine in his syringe?
6.5/10, rounded up to 7 for IMDb.