The Eye of the Beholder

Season 1, Episode 15, Aired
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While searching for a lost ship, Kirk, Spock and McCoy are captured and placed in a zoo by advanced, telepathic aliens.
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  • Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are captured by a slug-like race and put in a zoo.

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    By Celedorian, Feb 13, 2011 Report Abuse
    The focus of this episode rests on the shoulders of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, and that's usually enough to make things interesting. This episode, however, meanders quite a bit before getting to the meat of the story, and the Kirk, Spock, Bones banter isn't enough to cover up this problem (though there are some very pretty backgrounds, representing various parts of the "planet of the week".) Things pick up in the second half, with some interesting alien designs and some nice plot points, making it a solid and memorable Star Trek installment. All in all, it's a typical animated episode.moreless

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  • Kirk, Spock and McCoy become prisoners in a zoo

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    By GameraTrekkie, Jan 13, 2011 Report Abuse
    This is a very well written and even cute episode of the animated series. I say that it is cute just because of what the slug-like aliens look like, they aren't scary at all, but they aren't trying to be. It is a good story when you get humans captured and having to be looked at like zoo animals by other aliens. They turn out to be very intellegent and also very friendly. Overall, this is another really great episode I enjoyed and didn't get bored at all. A good mix of really good writing and acting. This is a recommended episode.moreless

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    • In one shot, the Ariel crew have their insignia on the wrong side of their uniforms. Edit
    • Lt. Cmdr. Markel has Commander stripes. Edit
    • In one shot Spock has normal human eyebrows. Edit

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    • This episode along with "Once Upon a Planet" was released on The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek: Volume 8 for VHS. Edit
    • This title is a popular one - both a Next Generation episode and a Trek novel also use it. Neither one bears any relation to this episode. Edit
    • Allan Dean Foster's Star Trek Log novelization of this episode added on a second "half" of original material which had the Enterprise seeking out a huge flat transparent alien organism, capable of swallowing suns, for the Lactran's collection. Edit

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    • Kirk: According to their log they beamed down six weeks ago. Spock: Five weeks, 3 days, 2 hours, and 4 minutes to be exact, Captain. Kirk: Careless of me, Mister Spock. Edit
    • Kirk: What else do they know about us? Spock: We are considered simplistic, but in the process of evolving into a higher order. McCoy: Even Vulcans?? Spock: Yes, even Vulcans. Edit

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