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118			  RETURN OF THE ARCHONS
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WRITER: Boris Sobelman

GUESTS: Harry Townes
	Torin Thatcher
	Charles Macauley
	Christopher Held
	Brioni Farrell
	Sid Haig
	Jon Lormer
	Morgan Farley
	Ralph Maurer
	Eddie Paskey
	David L. Ross

AIRED:  February 9, 1967

HACK-MAN rating: .740
Usenet rating:   .451

QUOTES:
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 - "Are you of the body?" --McCoy
 - "Festival!" --Crowd
 - "Impossible.  He's under extremely strong mind control." --Spock


			  RETURN OF THE ARCHONS

PLOT:
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An entire planet is under the  total mental  control of  a mysterious being
known as "Landru", who turns out to be the  ruling computer.   Kirk, et.al.
find a cult-like society where everyone  is mindless,  spaced out, content,
except during  "festival"  when  everyone goes  crazy.   Hooded people keep
order, using hollow rods as weapons.

Kirk decides that this isn't the  way a  society should  live, and destroys
the computer (again).

FACTS:
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 - Is Torin Thatcher related to Kirk Thatcher ("Star Trek IV")?

OPINIONS:
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You gotta watch this episode just for McCoy's facial  expressions when he's
brainwashed.  :-)