Review The Enemy Within (1966)

Doctor Omega

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Doctor Omega

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Even James Doohan gave praise to Shatner's acting in this episode.

Funny how Kirk forgot he had shuttles in this story.

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Grace Lee Whitney disagreed with this story's conclusion that the evil side of a person's nature was necessary for being an effective commander and had to be accepted and worked with, rather than rejected. As a born again Christian, she felt that humans should always be attempting to exorcise their darker sides.

The fact that she came face to face with the darker side of "an executive" from the show, shortly after filming this episode affected her deeply, personally and career wise.

As for THE ENEMY WITHIN, a good episode, written by Richard Matheson, a true talent.
 
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