- It is.
The rehabilitation program
isn't progressing too well,
and I have my doubts about the
effectiveness of this medicine too.
- Donald, are you becoming a pessimist?
- I'm afraid I have.
A total of 15 incurably insane
out of billions...
is not what I would call
an excessive figure.
- Who is the new inmate ?
- Uh, Garth.
[Cory]
Garth of Izar,
a former star ship
fleet captain.
When I was a cadet at the academy,
his exploits were required reading.
He was one of my heroes.
I'd like to see him.
Of course.
[Door Opens]
[ Click ]
[ Click ]
Captain !
You're making a mistake.
Captain Kirk is pressed
for time at the moment, Marta.
There's nothing
the matter with me !
Can't you see just by looking at me ?
Can't you tell by listening ?
She sounds
rational enough, Captain.
- I am rational.
- What is it you want to tell me ?
I can't tell you
in front of him.
You're afraid to talk
in front of Governor Cory ?
He isn't really Governor Cory at all,
that's just it.
[ Chuckles ]
She's been saying that for days now.
Our medical staff can't figure out why.
[ Chuckles ]
Here's Garth.
He's been
unusually disturbed,
and we've had to impose
additional restraint.
- Cory ?
- [ Exhales ]
Yes, Jim, I'm Cory.
[Laughing Maniacally]
It's true.
He tricked you.
[ Laughing ]
[ Click ]
You said you wanted to see me, Captain.
Well, here I am.
[Garth Laughing]
[Kirk]
Space-- the final frontier.
These are the voyages
of the star ship Enterprise.
Its five-year mission--
to explore strange new worlds,
to seek out new life
and new civilizations,
to boldly go
where no man has gone before.
Your Vulcan friend
is still alive, Captain.
My phaser was set to stun,
not to kill.
He'll be quite comfortable,
almost as comfortable as you
and our esteemed governor.
Garth, do you have to
make him suffer like that?
You will address me
by my proper title, Kirk.
I'm sorry. I should've
said Captain Garth.
I am Lord Garth,
formerly of Izar,
and I lead the future
masters of the universe.
I'm sorry, Lord Garth.
You Earth people
are a stiff-necked lot, aren't you ?
Release him.
I'm afraid that subjugating
you won't be enough.
You must be confined.
And all the people of the galaxy
who will not bow to my will...
must be confined or destroyed.
Captain Garth, listen to me.
Ho-ho ! Our beloved governor
has decided to address us,
and we have not given him
our permission to speak.
Are you so afraid of him
that you must keep him pinned ?
[ Click ]
I'm afraid of no one.
You're all powerless against me.
Thank you.
- What've you done with the medicine ?
- The medicine ?
You mean the poison.
I destroyed it.
- It was your only hope !
- Silence !
The chatter of inferior weaklings
wearies me.
And it's time I took command of the
Enterprise. You'll help me, of course.
Of course.
My crew mutinied.
The first use I will make of
the Enterprise is to hunt them down...
and punish them for that.
The crew of the Enterprise
will also mutiny.
[ Chuckles ]
But they won't.
You see, Captain, there's
a helpful technique I've mastered.
[ Laughing ]
- [ Laughing ]
- Good-bye, darling. I'll miss you.
[ Click ]
[ Click ]
Governor Cory,
how do you feel ?
All right.
There is no help for any of us...
if that madman is in command
of the Enterprise.
He boasts that he's created the most
powerful explosive in the universe,
and I believe him.
How does he manage
to change form at will ?
The people of Antos taught him the
techniques of cellular metamorphosis...
to restore the destroyed
parts of his body.
By himself, he later learned
to use the technique...
to recreate himself
into any form he wished.
The first time we knew
about it was when a guard,
seeing what he thought
was me in Garth's cell, released him.
He was such a genius.
What a waste.
Force field is off.
Good.
Remain here out of sight
until I give the order to join me.
[ Console Beeping ]
Kirk to