2x21 Patterns of Force - Star Trek: The Original Series Episode Guide

Star Trek: The Original Series

- Episode 02x21

Episode: 02x21
Title: Patterns of Force
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 60352
First Aired: Feb. 16, 1968

Season 2 » Episode #21 - Patterns of Force

Star Trek: The Original Series - 02x21 Patterns of Force

Summary: The Enterprise arrives in a planetary system to find missing Federation historian John Gill. They are attacked by a nuclear missile from Ekos, even though that planet didn't have the technology capable of producing such missiles the last time a report was made. Kirk and Spock beam down and discover the planet is under a Nazi movement that involves the genocide of the neighboring planet Zeon.

Who appeared in this episode?

Mr. Spock

Guest Stars:

Captain James T. Kirk	played by William Shatner
Dr. McCoy	played by DeForest Kelley
Isak	played by Richard Evans
Daras	played by Valora Noland
Melakon	played by Skip Homeier
John Gill	played by David Brian
Scott	played by James Doohan
Uhura	played by Nichelle Nichols
Eneg	played by Patrick Horgan

	Season 2 / Episode 21: - Patterns of Force Spock: Your uniform, Captain. Capt. Kirk: Yes, it's a pity yours isn't as attractive as mine. Gestapo, I believe. Spock: Quite true. You should make a very convincing Nazi.
	Season 2 / Episode 21: - Patterns of Force Spock: Captain, I'm beginning to understand why you Earthmen enjoy gambling. No matter how carefully one computes the odds of success, there is still a certain - exhilaration in the risk. Capt. Kirk: Very good, Spock. We may make a human of you yet. Spock: I hope not.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

FAKE: While in the jail cell and attempting to remove the transponders from their arms with bed spring, the handcuffs that Kirk is wearing are clearly unlocked and open.
PLOT: SPOILER: When McCoy is examining John Gill, he laments that he doesn't have a "Medicomp" to determine what drugs Gill had been given. There are at least three 3 ways this problem could have been resolved: (1) Send a blood sample back to the Enterprise, (2) Beam down a "Medicomp" (if not too large), or (3) Beam him up to the Enterprise just long enough for a "Medicomp" Scan, then immediately beam him back down.
CHAR: Upon encountering a Nazi officer whom Spock renders unconscious, Kirk misidentifies the man's uniform: "Gestapo, I believe." In fact, the officer was wearing a Totenkopf- or "Death's-head" SS uniform (the Death's Head emblem can clearly be seen on the man's cap), an branch of the SS. Gestapo officers, when in the field, wore civilian clothes.
CONT: The lash marks on both Kirk's and Spock's bodies disappear and reappear between scenes.

TRIVIA

William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, who dress up as Nazis in this episode, are both Jewish.
Episode filmed on the 25th anniversary of the Holocaust. William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, both being of Jewish backgrounds, felt compelled that Kirk (disguised as an S.S. Kommadatur) and Spock (disguised as a Gestapo) should defeat the Nazi Reich on planets Ekos and Zeon.
The character Eneg (Patrick Horgan) is Gene Roddenberry's first name, spelled backwards.