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138			  THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
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WRITER:	Dorothy Fontana

GUESTS:	Jill Ireland (Leila Kalomi)
	Frank Overton
	Grant Woods
	Dick Scotter

AIRED:	March 2, 1967

HACK-MAN rating: .750
Usenet rating:   .766

QUOTES:
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 - "You never  told me if you  had another  name." --Blonde   "You couldn't
   pronounce it." --Spock
 - "That cloud looks like a dragon on Baron Garrius Seven." --Spock
 - "Your father was a  computer  and  your  mother  was  an  encyclopedia."
   --Kirk   "My father is an  mbassador and my  mother  is a  teacher  from
   Earth." --Spock
 - "Striking  a fellow officer  is a  court-martial offense." --Spock   "If
   we're both in the brig, who'll build the subsonic transmitter?" --Kirk
 - "Even with  automatic pilot, I can not pilot it alone."  --Kirk  "What a
   stupid concept!" --HACK-MAN
 - "Poetry, Captain. Non-regulation." --Spock
 - "For the first time in my life - I was happy." --Spock


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PLOT:
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Strange spores cause the entire crew of the  Enterprise to  mutiny and beam
down to a planet where  all work  is done  in unity  and contentment, where
sickness and hatred do not exist.  Gee, what an original thought, eh Gene?.
If Kirk beams down, they will all be  stranded and  be unable  to beam back
up, since the idiots who designed the ship made a  requirement that someone
be aboard to operate the transporters (the first person to  board must have
used a shuttlecraft, eh?).

Spock finds a blonde he met  on Earth  six years  ago (Leila)  and falls in
love with her.  Kirk is shot by the spores and is  ready to  beam down, but
because of  his  superior  dedication  to  the  ship  (or  some  such bogus
handwaving) he snaps out of it.  He calls  Spock to  say he  will be coming
down, but needs a hand with carrying down some supplies.  Kirk then insults
and strikes Spock in order to get HIS emotions riled to shake  the spell of
the spores.

FACTS:
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 - Spock's mother was a teacher on Earth.
 - Spock show emotions.

OPINIONS:
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A really  enjoyable  episode.    One of  the few  that can  make this claim
without a lot of action or humor.