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The plot of this episode is a variant of the \u201cmad scientist theme.\u201d\u00a0 The Enterprise is transferring supplies and receiving freight from a penal colony Tantalus V.\u00a0 An escapee hides in a crate and is loose in the Enterprise.\u00a0 When he is captured it is discovered that he is part of the staff named Dr. van Gelder.\u00a0 The director of the penal colony, Dr. Adams, claims that van Gelding was driven mad through exposure to a device called the neural neutralizer that is used for therapy on the mentally ill.<\/p>\n

But McCoy has suspicions and recommends that Kirk go to the planet and investigate the real reason for van Gelding\u2019s madness.\u00a0 McCoy selects a young woman named Lt. Helen Noel to accompany Kirk down to the surface.\u00a0 Noel and Kirk had a romantic episode during the \u201cChristmas Party\u201d the previous year.<\/p>\n

While investigating the neural neutralizer, Noel plants a suggestion in Kirk\u2019s head that their little encounter was really a serious romance.\u00a0 But immediately after this, Dr Adams has Noel restrained and uses the machine to convince Kirk that he was madly in love with Helen Noel.\u00a0 After the session, Noel and Kirk are returned to his room and once Helen convinces him that his romantic impulse is a false memory produced by Dr. Adams through the neural neutralizer, he helps her into the HVAC duct with the intention of turning off the force field to allow communication with the Enterprise.<\/p>\n

While she approaches the power plant Kirk is brought back by Dr. Adams for a more painful treatment meant to make Kirk a compliant victim of Adams\u2019 plans.\u00a0 Finally, Noel shuts down the power and Kirk overpowers Adams.\u00a0 Spock comes to the rescue with a security theme but when the power is restarted Dr. Adams overdoses on the neutralizer that suffuses his unconscious body and dies.<\/p>\n

Parts of the episode were interesting, parts were ridiculous.\u00a0 I enjoyed the silly banter and embarrassment between Kirk and Helen Noel.\u00a0 It was slightly clever.\u00a0 The fact that they mention a Christmas Party instead of the politically correct term Holiday Party was refreshing.\u00a0 The plot was fairly predictable but not terrible.\u00a0 The actress playing Helen is definitely a babe.\u00a0 As a regular story it would earn a 6.\u00a0 As for the mockability index, there are several notable moments.\u00a0 Whenever van Gelding tries to tell McCoy and Spock about things that the neutralizer compels him not to talk about, he writhes in agony and makes the goofiest faces imaginable.\u00a0 And in this episode Spock performs his first \u201cVulcan Mind Meld.\u201d\u00a0 Melding with van Gelding he becomes practically weepy which is truly embarrassing to view.\u00a0 So, I would give the overall score as 6\/\/5.<\/p>\n

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