47 42 15.12.1967 06.11.1979 25 24 (U) Art Wallace Ralph Senensky Sol Kaplan L'ossessione (9) 02.1979 L'ossessione Obsesion Obsession Tödliche Wolken Fukushu! Gas-kaiju (Revenge! Gas Monster) Obsessão Prima metà di ottobre 1967

Guardiamarina Rizzo Jerry Ayres Infermiera Christine Chapel Majel Barrett-Roddenberry Guardiamarina Garrovick Stephen Brooks Addetto alla sicurezza Eddie Paskey

Trama

Data Stellare 3619.2: Durante l'esplorazione del pianeta Argus X alcuni componenti dell'equipaggio vengono uccisi da una nuvola gassosa composta prevalentemente di dikironio. Le modalità dell'attacco riportano alla mente di Kirk alcuni fatti avvenuti undici anni prima quando era imbarcato sulla Farragut il cui equipaggio è stato decimato dalla stessa forma gassosa.

YATI

• In questo episodio, Rizzo è Guardiamarina, mentre in The Deadly Years era Tenente.

Citazioni

Spock: I need you advice.
McCoy: Then I need a drink. [T:18:00]

Spock: There are many aspects of human irrationality I do not yet comprehend. Obsession, for one. The persistent single-minded fixation on one idea. [T:18:17]

McCoy: Monsters come in many forms. And do you know the greatest monster of them all? Guilt. [T:20:18]

McCoy: The semi-conscious mind is a tricky thing. A man never knows just how much is real or how much is imagination. [T:24:23]

Kirk: Intuition, however illogical, Mister Spock, is recognized as a command prerogative. [T:25:02]

Spock: ...hesitation ...is an hereditary trait of your species, and suddenly faced by the unknown, or imminent danger, a human will invariably experience a split second of indecision. He hesitates. [T:34:33]

Kirk: Don't misunderstand my next question. Mr.Spock, why aren't you dead? [T:36:33]

McCoy: Crazy way to travel. Spreading a man's molecules all over the universe. [T:46:05]

Scott: Captain, thank heaven!
Spock: Mister Scott, there was no deity involved. It was my cross-circuiting to B that recovered them.
McCoy: Well, then, thank pitchforks and pointed ears. [T:46:27]