Star Trek: The Original Series/Recap/S2/E12 The Deadly Years: Difference between revisions

It all starts when Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty, Chekov and Lt. Arlene Galway (A [[Red Shirt]] who knows how to rock a [[pixie cut]] and a blue mini dress) beam down to Gamma Hydra IV to check up on a colonization party. It looks as though everyone died of old age, though they haven't been there that long. They find a couple still alive who claim to be in their late 20's, but they look positively ancient. The couple is brought aboard the ''Enterprise'' for examination, but little can be done for them. It becomes even more imperative to learn how to halt this rapid aging when the landing party begins to age rapidly. Commodore George Stocker moves to have the rapidly aging Kirk relieved of duty- and transferred to him, seeing as how all other senior officers are likewise suffering. He holds a hearing where the crew is forced to admit that, yes, Kirk's absent mindedness has been affecting his ability to command. Stocker takes command and [[What an Idiot!|drives the ship straight into the Romulan Neutral Zone.]] Fortunately, Bones has discovered the antidote just in time and Kirk is ready to save the day.