3x20 The Way to Eden - Star Trek: The Original Series Episode Guide

Star Trek: The Original Series

- Episode 03x20

Episode: 03x20
Title: The Way to Eden
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 60043-075
First Aired: Feb. 21, 1969

Season 3 » Episode #20 - The Way to Eden

Star Trek: The Original Series - 03x20 The Way to Eden

Summary: The Enterprise take on six passengers of the stolen space cruiser, Aurora, after they are forced to destroy it before it enters Romulan-controlled space. The six passengers are "space hippies" led by Dr. Sevrin, who want to live free on the mythical planet of Eden. Spock sympathizes with them and helps find the planet, but Dr. Sevrin has his own plans to get there.

Who appeared in this episode?

Mr. Spock

Guest Stars:

Captain James T. Kirk	played by William Shatner
Dr. McCoy	played by DeForest Kelley
Dr. Sevrin	played by Skip Homeier
Adam	played by Charles Napier
Irina	played by Mary Linda Rapelye
Scott	played by James Doohan
Chekov	played by Walter Koenig
Sulu	played by George Takei
Nurse Chapel	played by Majel Barrett

	Season 3 / Episode 20: - The Way to Eden Tongo Rad: [to Kirk] You've got a hard lip, Herbert.
	Season 3 / Episode 20: - The Way to Eden Scott: I don't know why a young mind has to be an undisciplined one. They're troublemakers! Captain James T. Kirk: I used to get into a little trouble when I was that age, Scotty, didn't you?

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

MISC: Twice in the show, a shot of Kirk is reversed (presumably to make him face the right side of the screen) The first time he is facing Sulu in a corridor of the Enterprise, the second he is looking where Dr. Severin had just run on the planet Eden. Note the appearance of the Star Fleet emblem on the right side of his shirt, rather than the usual left side.
SYNC: As Adam plays his guitar-like instrument during his first song, his strumming of the strings does not match the music, mainly during his first song.
CHAR: When Chekov is helping Spock from Auxiliary Control, Irina comes to visit him. She asks him questions about the room's name and purpose. However, she was a Star Fleet cadet with Chekov, and would surely have learned some of the basics of starship operations.
FAKE: SPOILER: The space hippies received injuries from walking barefoot on the corrosive soil of Eden. When Kirk and company rescue them, they take them out of the shuttlecraft - onto that same soil. Since they are still barefoot, this act is illogical - the safest place for them to be would be in the shuttlecraft.
BOOM: As captain Kirk walks away from Tongo Rad after they are transported aboard the shadow of the boom mic can be see on the back wall.

TRIVIA

Chekov's friend Irina was originally written as Dr. McCoy's daughter Joanna, but changed before the episode was shot.
The space hippie protest "Herbert, Herbert, Herbert!" is a gag, referring to Trek director Herb Wallerstein and executive producer Herbert F. Solow. (Spock tells Kirk that Herbert is an official in Federation history known for his "rigid patterns of thought")