3x04 And the Children Shall Lead - Star Trek: The Original Series Episode Guide

Star Trek: The Original Series

- Episode 03x04

Episode: 03x04
Title: And the Children Shall Lead
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 60043-060
First Aired: Oct. 11, 1968

Season 3 » Episode #04 - And the Children Shall Lead

Star Trek: The Original Series - 03x04 And the Children Shall Lead

Summary: The Enterprise is responding to a distress call of the Triacus Science Colony. When they arrive, they find that all but one of the adults have committed suicide. The lone surviver dies shortly thereafter in Kirk's arms. The children seem to be fine and of good health, and are transported to the Enterprise to be taken to the nearest starbase. Once aboard, they begin to act oddly and start to refuse to answer any of Kirk's questions.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Captain James T. Kirk	played by William Shatner
Dr. McCoy	played by DeForest Kelley
Professor Starnes	played by James Wellman
Gorgan	played by Melvin Belli
Scott	played by James Doohan
Nurse Chapel	played by Majel Barrett
Uhura	played by Nichelle Nichols
Sulu	played by George Takei
Chekov	played by Walter Koenig

Season 3 / Episode 4: - And the Children Shall Lead

Gorgan: Who has summoned me?
Captain James T. Kirk: I did, Gorgan. My... beast is gone. It's lost it's power in the light of reality. I command again and I ordered you here.

Season 3 / Episode 4: - And the Children Shall Lead

Captain James T. Kirk: Oh, I'm alright Spock, my... beast is finished. It won't return.
Mr. Spock: Captain, so long as the children are present, there is danger. They are the carriers.
Captain James T. Kirk: Spock, they're not the alien beings. They're children being misled.
Mr. Spock: They are followers. Without followers, evil cannot spread.
Captain James T. Kirk: They're children.
Mr. Spock: Captain, the 430 men and women on board the Enterprise and the ship itself are endangered by these children.
Captain James T. Kirk: They don't understand the evil that they're doing.
Mr. Spock: Perhaps that is true, but the evil that is within them is spreading fast, and unless we can find a way to remove it.
Captain James T. Kirk: We'll have to kill them.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

FACT: At the end The Enterprise leaves for starbase 4, thus leaving the landing party behind on the planet.
CONT: The stardates the Enterprise and Professor Starn's scientific team used apparently do not match up. The opening stardate of 5049.5 would have made more sense than the 5029.5 quoted on the captain’s log.

TRIVIA

The title is based on a passage from Isaiah 11:6: "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them."
(SPOILERS) Originally, the children were supposed to enchant the ENTERPRISE crew by chanting, "See, see, what shall (s)he see..." and then completing the chant by describing the effect of the chant on the crew member. However, these chants were dropped, and in the final episode, the children use their powers by moving their fists up and down in the air. The only chant that is heard in the episode is the one that summons the Angel, Gorgan.