The Turnabout Intruder

For my first free episode selection, I watched The Turnabout Intruder, an episode of the original Star Trek series. I have never watched Star Trek before, but both my parents are big fans so I thought I would give it a shot. The Turnabout Intruder was an interesting concept for an episode. The crew of the Enterprise land on the planet Camus II, where the crew find a sick women in need of help. You find out that Captain Kirk used to be romantically involved with this woman, but he placed the starship before her. She uses a machine to switch bodies with the captain so she can experience the power that comes along with the post that he has.

It was interesting to see how the woman, Dr. Janice Lester, used the trust that people had for the captain to avoid suspicion. She quickly made sure that Captain Kirk, who was in her own body, was subdued and regarded by everyone as insane.Dr. Lester, in Kirk’s body, also made sure to quickly arrest anyone on board who gained too much knowledge of her plan. The acting was well done, as you could tell that William Shatner was not playing Captain Kirk, he was playing Dr. Lester in Captain Kirk’s body, and the same goes for the actress who played Dr. Lester. Anyone with the knowledge that they had switched bodies could easily tell because of the way they were not acting like themselves. It must be hard to act as a person in another person’s body trying to slip by unnoticed, but it was magnificently pulled off.

Live Long and Prosper,

Matthew