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Episode: 03x19
Title: Requiem for Methuselah
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 60043-076
First Aired: Feb. 14, 1969

Season 3 » Episode #19 - Requiem for Methuselah

Star Trek: The Original Series - 03x19 Requiem for Methuselah

Summary: While on a planet in the Omega system trying to find ryetalyn to stop an epidemic of Rigellian Fever, Kirk, Spock and McCoy come into contact with a strange man, Flint, that didn't register on their previous sensor scans of the planet surface. Flint seems to know much about the ancient history of Earth which leads to some startling discoveries.

Who appeared in this episode?

Mr. Spock

Guest Stars:

Captain James T. Kirk	played by William Shatner
Dr. McCoy	played by DeForest Kelley
Flint	played by James Daly
Rayna	played by Louise Sorel
Scott	played by James Doohan
Uhura	played by Nichelle Nichols
Lt. Hadley	played by Bill Blackburn (II)
Lt. Lemli	played by Roger Holloway

Episode Quotes

	Season 3 / Episode 19: - Requiem for Methuselah Mr. Spock: [about Rayna] The joys of love made her Human, and the agonies of love destroyed her.
	Season 3 / Episode 19: - Requiem for Methuselah Dr. McCoy: [pouring a hundred year old Saurian brandy] Mr. Spock, I know you won't have one. Heaven forbid those mathematically perfect brainwaves be corrupted by this all too human vice. Mr. Spock: Thank you doctor, I will have a brandy. Mr. Spock: Do you think we can handle a drunk Vulcan? Once alcohol hits that green blood...

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: The sheet music for Flint's Brahms waltz, which we see in a close-up, does not correspond to the waltz Spock has played.
CHAR: Rayna's name is spelled correctly on the identifying labels in Flint's lab, but in the end credits it is spelled "Reena."
FAKE: In the wide bridge shot of the "frozen" Enterprise, the crew is motionless, but the panel lights are still running. However, when the shot changes to the viewscreen, both the lights and the crew are frozen.
CREW: When M4 turns over the processed ryetalyn to McCoy, the wire suspending the robot model can be clearly seen.

TRIVIA

The exterior shot of Mr. Flint's home is exactly the same as the exterior shot of the castle from Rigel 7 in "The Cage"/"Menagerie" when Captain Pike goes to fight the Keelar.
The episode "Requiem for Methuselah", in which Kirk's heart is broken by the death of an android woman with whom he has fallen in love, was first aired on Valentine's Day, 1969.
The last name of the android Rayna Kapec is an anagram of the last name of Karel Capek (I), the Czech author who popularized the term "robot". This may or may not be a deliberate easter egg from the writers.

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