--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 162 WOLF IN THE FOLD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WRITER: Robert Bloch GUESTS: Joh[n?] Fiedler Charles Macauley Pilar Seurat Joseph Bernard, Charles Dierkop Judy McConnell Virginia Ladridge Judy Sherven Tania Lemani AIRED: December 22, 1967 HACK-MAN rating: .785 Usenet rating: .566 QUOTES: ======= - "With an armful of this stuff I wouldn 't be afraid of a supernova." --Sulu - "Pi is a transcendental figure without resolution." --Spock - "[you'll all die horribly! die, die,] everybody die, ah ha ha ha ha!" --Jack T. Ripper WOLF IN THE FOLD PLOT: ===== Scotty blacks out and appears to be the only logical suspect in a series of bizarre murders on the peaceful planet Argilias. It turns out to be an entity who has traveled to many worlds killing lots of people. It started out on Earth as Jack the Ripper, and spread out into the galaxy when the Earth-people did. He is now blamed for many mass murders, including Earth's 1974 USS ____, 2105 Martian Colony murders, ____ Rigel murders, etc. When they figure out who he is, Jack the Ripper non-physically enters the computer. McCoy gives "happy shots" to the entire crew (except Spock and Kirk, but for some reason Jack the Ripper doesn't enter their bodies) to keep Jack from possessing their bodies. Spock has the computer compute to the last digit of pi (which of course, it devotes all of its memory to). FACTS: ====== - The names that the entity was referred to by were Jack the Ripper, Baratis, Redjac, Kesla, Mr. Hengist. - Scotty's serial number is #SE197514. - No Uhura. - Scotty falls for Kara, the belly dancer. - The timid guy from the old "Bob Newhart" show plays Jack the Ripper. OPINIONS: ========= It has its moments. The first viewing will keep you guessing. There's enough action and plot development that requires deductive reasoning to make this a very good episode.