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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300213593
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6300213595
Label: CBS Paramount International Television
Manufacturer: CBS Paramount International Television
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: CBS Paramount International Television
Release Date: April 15, 1994
Running Time: 46 minutes
Sales Rank: 28547
Studio: CBS Paramount International Television
Theatrical Release Date: September 08, 1966
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The final broadcast episode of Star Trek's second season was this clever and funny story in which the Enterprise travels back in time to 1968 (the year this program aired) to discover how the nuclear arms race came to an end. Captain Kirk (William Shatner) encounters a strange fellow named Gary Seven (Robert Lansing), who claims to have been trained by extraterrestrials in sabotaging the escalating nuclear threat. With the ambivalent aid of a nervous secretary (Teri Garr), Seven (yes, there was a Trek character with that name before Voyager) attempts to carry out his assignment, but Kirk isn't sure if he can be trusted.
Lansing's droll and somewhat imperious performance is nicely counterpointed by Garr's cute confusion, and the eerie presence of his familiar--a black cat named Isis--adds a hint of hoodoo exotica. (Don't blink at the end or you'll miss the really exotic creature Isis briefly turns into.) "Assignment: Earth" was actually the pilot for an intended Gene Roddenberry-produced TV series that never happened. Too bad... But speaking of eerie, Spock (Leonard Nimoy) at one point refers to an important assassination that will soon take place. A week after this episode's original airdate, Dr. Martin Luther King was murdered. --Tom Keogh
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This episode was designed to be the pilot for a new series starring the guest characters of Gary Seven and his secretary Roberta Lincoln. From the story content, it is easy to see why the series was not picked up by any network.
The Enterprise has traveled back in time to the late twentieth century in order to investigate an apparent historical anomaly. At the time, Earth was an armed camp with nuclear weapons being used in brinksmanship games. Yet, somehow everything managed to work out ... Read More
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Fun in its self is a subset of time travel episodes, such as "Tomorrow is Yesterday", and "The City on the Edge of Forever." Or the quasi back in time episodes like "A Piece of the Action" with Spock-o.
The enterprise goes back in time to do some research. There they accidentally intercept a transporter beam. The occupants are a person named Gary Seven that claims to be a contemporary human of the time on a mission to save the earth, and a cat (maybe) that just purrs a lot.
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Earth-This episode, which featured the crew returning to Earth in 1968 to observe a rocket launch, was certainly unusual. it becomes much more than an observation once they are forced to decide whether Seven's role is a positive or negative one in the prevention of nuclear war. Any viewer unaware that this was a pilot episode of a proposed spy show would be forgiven for wondering how the crew ended up in a such a mundane setting. While Robert Lansing and Terri Garr are a big step up from your average ... Read More
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I enjoyed seeing this episode again. It had been a long time and I had forgotten most of it. I think this is one of the least run episodes of the original series in syndication. I think it had a good plot. Its too bad the series didn't do a follow up on the main character and the alien beings he was returned to. Their technology was above that of Star Fleet's at that time. The episode had Star Trek's trademark mix of comedy and drama with a bit of mystery mixed in. I highly recommend this episode.
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Everybody's favorite intergalactic troubleshooter Gary Seven, a human trained by a race of wise aliens and returned to 20th century Earth to save the planet from nuclear holocaust, just barely pulls it off again. In this action-packed episode, Seven (Robert Lansing) with the aide of his hilariously inept secretary (Teri Garr) works quickly to saboutage the launch of a US rocket being readied to place nuclear weapons into orbit. Unfortunately, Seven's carefully laid plans hit a snag when his transit beam ... Read More
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