Archons make people think that they are more powerful than humanity. Another good read. It has no spirit, no spark. To ensure the becalmed Beta III civilians moved at the same time as each other, prerecorded drumbeats were played on the exterior set then muted during post-production. [12] David L. Ross made his third appearance on Star Trek in this episode, after having appeared as a security guard in the episodes "Miri" and as a transporter chief in "The Galileo Seven" earlier in the first season. Quote: Kirk : "You said you wanted freedom. Story By Gene Roddenberry. Most of them are running from their pasts or simply trying to forget them. [25] Scholar M. Keith Booker notes that the episode presents Kirk "at his most American", valuing struggle against obstacles as the highest virtue and denouncing the Betan utopia (equated with Stalinism) as dehumanizing. In "Return of the Archons," for example, Kirk and company infiltrate a theocratic world monitored and dominated by the god Landru. Season 1, Episode 21. Apparently telling a computer that its evil is enough to give it an existential crisis. Keith R.A. DeCandido will be a Special Guest at the Myths and Legends Convention (a.k.a. LOL). Reger reveals that Beta III was at war, and was in danger of destroying itself. What they find isn't promising; a giant Lotus-Eater Machine disguised as a 19th-century town, where every Victorian-clad citizen is nice and friendly and not at all a Stepford Smileruntil the evening falls, during which they, wellaren't. No mention is made of the festival after its over, nor is its purpose ever explicated. This book and those in this series are definitely military science fiction and a joy to read. He cant even play human well. Original air date: February 9, 1967 They stun the attackers with their phasers, and find Lt. O'Neill, the other member of the original landing party, among them. Spock believes that a computer is running the planet, a perfectly orderly society, but one with no soul, no spark of creativity. All is indeed peace and tranquility the peace of the factory; the tranquility of the machine; all parts working in unison., Following this intense disappointment is one of the most significant episodes in the shows history: Space Seed. Its the only episode to have a feature-length direct sequel in. soundtrack composers include: Alexander Courage, . The landing party finds themselves deep in Landru's sanctuary, on call to be assimilated, and with no hope of escape now that the Brown Cloaks have adapted to Kirk's Logic Bombs (again, no Borg similarities here). The universal good." -Landru says this to Kirk just before knocking the landing party out with a hypersonic wave and just after causing the planet's population to riot in the streets "This is a soulless society, captain. The Archons are the ultimate brainwashers. Kirk and Spock discuss this with the Landru computer, asking it difficult questions it has evidently never had to answer; questions about whether its approach to creating the good is really creating evil. Another great addition to the Omega force series. Seeking the answer to a century-old mystery, Kirk and crew encounter a vacantly peaceful society under a 6000-year autocratic rule that kills all those it can't absorb.Seeking the answer to a century-old mystery, Kirk and crew encounter a vacantly peaceful society under a 6000-year autocratic rule that kills all those it can't absorb.Seeking the answer to a century-old mystery, Kirk and crew encounter a vacantly peaceful society under a 6000-year autocratic rule that kills all those it can't absorb. McCoy is actually pretty calm early on in the episode, which is probably so that itll be a bigger contrast when he goes bugnuts crazy later on. This planet is incredibly earthlike, except that the population runs amok in the streets at The Red Hour. Hooded, zombie-like, lawgivers stride throughout the streets killing dissenters, all while intoning that they do the will of Landru. However, the Archons do not respect the limits of their living space, nor do they respect the limits of the purposes for which they were created., While the Archons cannot physically touchdown on Planet Earth, they can project their thoughts telepathically and their images holographically. [5] Lt. Sulu is the only member of the landing party who beams up from the planet's surface, and exhibits inexplicable euphoria, as well as insisting the crew "is not of the Body" and referring to them as "Archons. Their questions seem to terrify Reger. Kirk, Spock and McCoy blend in on Beta III. Having been recognized as outsiders on the streets, Sulu and O'Neil draw the attention of two sinister figures dressed in brown, hooded monk-like robes: the lawgivers. He sees, he hears. becoming like the gods" by mixing humanity with both animals and machines,, The genetic codes of animals, insects, fish, plants and yes, even people are being mixed together in labs. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. The U.S.S. These guys are not white knights coming to the rescue, but they will get in and get dirty when needed. Archons Quotes. Kirk refuses, which confuses the hell out of the lawgivers, who have never encountered disobedience before. We also start to see more of the interest in the Phoenix that was hinted at by Deetz in the end of book two. Return of the Archons. Several times, they have asked if the landing party are Archons. Reger finally explains that the Archons are people who came and resisted Landru, presumably the crew of the Archon. [18][19], Location shooting for "Return of the Archons" occurred on the 40 Acres backlot in Culver City, California. Scotty, in command of the Enterprise, reports that her shields are able to deflect them, but nearly all ship's power is diverted to this purpose. The episode contains Star Trek's first reference to the Prime Directive. Were going to see something very similar to this in a few episodes, with This Side of Paradise. Therell be another force attempting to subsume Kirk and his crew into a euphoric zombie state. They love to help people make mistakes, to the point that people are completely lost in confusion. Landru he will hear! Immediately upon being beamed down, Spock notices a strangeness in the people they encounter; a kind of contented mindlessness expression on their faces. This could be a seriously meaty episode, but it all falls flat and feels as hollow as the lawgivers sticks of doom. I am really hooked on this series, kind of burning through the books. Soon after, McCoy and Galloway return and they have been absorbed, with McCoy speaking similarly to the way Sulu had on the Enterprise. He received his first speaking role as Lieutenant Johnson in the second season episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", and appeared in another speaking role as Lt. Galloway in the second season episode "The Omega Glory". Refresh and try again. A hologram of Landru appears before the landing party, referring to them as a disease. It's time you learned that freedom is never a gift. Refresh and try again. Enjoyed reading this review? When he materializes, hes spouting gibberish about being of the body, looking for Archons, paradise, and so on, all with a goofy smile on his face. This book was perfect overthought it got bit boring the middle chapters but swiftly after it picked up it's pace. Spock replies that they are quite Human, it is just that there are facts missing currently as to why they behave like computers. Remove them. Is it like. Either they were 5 star or 1 star. Why doesn't Landru just have the Lawgivers zap the whole crew immediately, as they did Sulu in the teaser, rather than take them one by one to the absorption chamber? [CDATA[ Trivial matters: Along with Mudds Women and The Cage, this was one of the three story outlines Gene Roddenberry originally came up with for the pilot. He does find one thing interesting; the lawgiver's reaction to Kirk's defiance was similar to a computer's when fed insufficient data. Alternate versions Special Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song Connections Featured in Star Trek Logs: An MTV Big Picture Special Edition (1991) Soundtracks [27] But religious scholar Michael Anthony Corey praises the episode for realizing that the elimination of a huge number of moral evils can occur only by causing a single, massive moral evil (the loss of free will). Archons love to lead people into labyrinths of confusion and excessive complexity. The single, important benefit of this episode is the creation of the Prime Directive, something that will become a cornerstone of Star Trek throughout the following fifty years. Spock, acting as instructed, makes his way back to the cell, pretending to be as mindlessly happy as Beta III's inhabitants. History has proven again and again that whenever mankind interferes with a less developed civilization, no matter how well intentioned that interference may be, the results are invariably disastrous. The struggle with the Prime Directive will drive many episodes from here on out. When his life clashes it makes for an interesting story. It reappeared (with modifications) as a relay station in the second-season episode "I, Mudd", as a Federation outpost control panel in the third-season episode "The Lights of Zetar", the housing for the Romulan cloaking device in the third-season episode "The Enterprise Incident", and as the force field control station at the penal colony Elba II in the third-season episode "Whom Gods Destroy". Production episode: 122. There, a priest named Marplon will oversee Kirk's forcible induction into the Body. This is the first mention of the Federation's. Peace for all. Lotsa guests in this one: Harry Townes as Reger, Torin Thatcher as Marplon, Brioni Farrell as Tula, Sid Haig as the first lawgiver, Charles Macaulay as the image of Landru (hell be back in Wolf in the Fold as Jaris), Morgan Farley as Hacom (hell return in The Omega Glory as a Yang scholar), Jon Lormer as Tamar (who previously played the image of a Columbia crewmember in The Cage and The Menagerie, and will return as the old man in For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky), and Ralph Maurer as Bilar (well see him again as a Nazi in Patterns of Force). The universal good., This is a soulless society, captain. Kirk and Spock fire on the wall where the hologram is projected, and find a room with a big computer in it. Drop them. The moment the clock strikes six, everyone stopped moving in tandem, then goes berserk, trashing and burning things, grabbing women and carrying them off. Unless, that is, Kirk wants to willfully ignore it, as he does here. Through his tricorder, Spock discovers a source of immense power, radiating from a point near the landing party's location. Spock has picked up powerful emissions, probably strong enough to bring a starship down from orbit, which may be what happened to the Archon. Without creativity, there is no life." Be the first to contribute! Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. They start communing, which according to Reger means they have time to get away to somewhere safe. Spock mentions the Prime Directive of noninterference, but Kirk dismisses that as applying to a living, breathing culture, not a stagnant one. Just as malware does not serve you, these non-physical properties do not serve you. I cannot change the laws of physics! Marplon and Reger arrive, returning their communicators to them, but McCoy realizes that theyre not of the body and screams bloody murder. Even worse, Landru can pull entire starships out of the sky to assimilate its crew, which is what it's doing to the Enterprise, currently (though with heat beamsyeah, major Artistic License Physics, there). Please update your browser to one of the following: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Flashback | Recap | Star Trek: The Original Series S1E21: The Return of the Archons, When Lt. Sulu (George Takei) returns to the. O'NEIL: It's no use, Mister Sulu. The lawgivers then take Spock away. The heat beams stop, and the Enterprise is saved. ", "You will be absorbed. Yarn is the best search for video clips by quote. The computer neutralizes their phasers. Spock is concerned this would violate the Prime Directive, but Kirk opines that the directive applies to living, growing cultures, of which this is not. "Return of the Archons" puts Kirk's rugged individualism against a hive-mind like society that craves structure and control more than anything else. Reger brings them to a room, and Kirk questions Reger about Landru, a name theyve heard a lot, but the very notion of questioning Landru puts Reger in a panic. I wouldn't pay much for the books, but they are a pleasant enough read. If Kirk can't put a stop to the beams, the ship will be destroyed in less than twelve hours. See production, box office & company info, Lieutenant Commander Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott, Self-defense, conflicting Prime Directives and how to outsmart an omnipotent power, Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967), Star Trek Logs: An MTV Big Picture Special Edition, Desilu Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA. Trust me, youll love it! The Archons do this so that humanity does not have the time or opportunity to observe what is really happening in the world. Ok, this is not great writing. What is the point of the violent "Festival"? Edit 11 - 'Tomorrow is Yesterday', Court Martial' and 'Return of the Archons.' (2010 Podcast Episode) Quotes It looks like we don't have any Quotes for this title yet. They destroy your passion for learning, and infiltrate and sabotage the educational system. We have destroyed ourselves! SULU: O'Neil, we've got to keep going. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Who has the agency there? "The Return of the Archons" Written by Gene Roddenberry and Boris Sobelman Directed by Joseph Pevney Season 1, Episodes 22 Production episode 6149-22 Original air date: February 9, 1967. window.__mirage2 = {petok:"oR0FudwrzC.8FqQrdPHwLehzKdHlxOwSn2nvcQ19Xp4-1800-0"}; Written by Boris Sobelman (based on a story by Gene Roddenberry), and directed by Joseph Pevney, it first aired on February 9, 1967. UK re-release (three-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 1.8. ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Return_of_the_Archons&oldid=1132022099, This page was last edited on 6 January 2023, at 22:16. They try to right some wrongs being forced on people who cant fight back. Lieutenants Sulu and O'Neil are undercover, wearing clothing of the style worn on Earth in the late 19th and early 20th century, and dispatched to the surface of the Earth-like planet Beta III to learn what became of the Archon, which disappeared there one hundred years earlier. is utterly genuine as a conflicted man watching his society spin out of control, leading a bit of a resistance movement. [16][17] Scholar Eric Greene argues this is reflective of the "frontier myth" of Star Trek and American foreign policy in the late 20th century, in which a superior culture expands to impose its understanding of freedom and progress on others. Peace for all. Star Trek (1966) - S01E21 The Return of the Archons clip with quote You will be absorbed. "That is very kind of you, Captain. When the landing party refuses to come with the Lawgivers, the Lawgivers become immobile. Quotes By Joshua Dalzelle. He had previously appeared as Dr. Theodore Haskins in the episode "The Menagerie" and would make a third appearance as an unnamed old man in the third-season episode "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky". There is so much introduced in this episode, and so much left hanging. Creativity is one of Kirk's best leadership traits and in the episode he explains that all of humanity would be lost without it. Reger (Harry Townes) is utterly genuine as a conflicted man watching his society spin out of control, leading a bit of a resistance movement. "Yes. But, fun characters, quick adventures, easy reads. SULU: The Captain gave us an order. Theres some fighting in space and on the ground, but only when necessary. Thank you for keeping the discussion, and our community, civil and respectful. Then, at six o'clock, the red hour strikes the beginning of the Festival, a period of debauchery and lawlessness on the streets. Lovell is sent to Beta III to deal with the aftermath of the Enterprises actions (aided by Scotty) in Foundations Book 2 by Dayton Ward & Kevin Dilmore. At six oclock the following morning, everyone stops rioting and wanders the streets as if nothing has happened. Kirk comments that thats a bit old-fashioned and, perhaps conscious of that, he later gives Reger a nerve pinch like a civilized half-Vulcan, Im a doctor not an escalator. Spock." Bilar (Lev Mailer) delivers a seriously horrific performance. The natives are placid, but theirs is the mindless placidity . Captains log. After subduing their captors (why they didn't do that, before, is anyone's guess, as is why Landru bothered to bring them to his inner sanctum to assimilate them instead of having the Brown Cloaks touch them with their Swiss Rolls), Kirk has Reger and Marplon take them to Landruwhich turns out to be a giant computer (what else?). "You'd make a splendid computer, Mr. I prefer the concrete, the graspable, the provable., Youd make a splendid computer, Mr. Spock.. They seek to play God. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Lieutenant Lindstrom (the ships sociologist), and two security guards, Leslie and Galloway, beam down, also in native attire. Error rating book. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Before you start this book, please realize it is the fifth title in the series: you will need to read the previous books in the series in order to understand the back story and the characters. Special Enhanced version Digitally Remastered with new exterior shots and remade opening theme song. The computer complies. Yarn is the best search for video clips by quote. All comments must meet the community standards outlined in Tor.com's Moderation Policy or be subject to moderation. Quote "You said you wanted freedom. Easily move forward or backward to get to the perfect clip. This story is told in the alternate timeline of 2009s Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness in issues #9-10 of IDWs Star Trek ongoing comic. Star Trek: The Original Series - The Roddenberry Vault, Memory Alpha articles needing page citations. Star Trek (1966) - S01E21 The Return of the Archons clip with quote Landru, guide us. It's time you learned that freedom is never a gift. [20] The doors to the Hall of Audiences were a reuse of doors previously seen in the episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" The preview trailer gives the stardate for this episode as 3192.1 (versus 3156.2, in the episode's dialogue). Mission summary. Stardate: 3156.2. | Uninstall them. Star Trek (1966) - S01E21 The Return of the Archons clip with quote It is done. Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. Concerned by this turn of events, Kirk takes a landing party down to scope things out. Live your life with the power of Divine Love, which is the sweetness of choice., By any reasonable definition of the term, the Archons are crazy., Loosh is a hyperdimensional energy given off by the human soul when traumatized. See also Trivia | Goofs | Crazy Credits | Alternate Versions | Connections | Soundtracks Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. If you strengthen your connection with Sophia, the Christos and the Aeons, you have nothing to fear., Anytime you see dichotomies that ignore the human experiments infinite nuances, you can be certain you are encountering the Archontic mind., Religions that began worshipping a single male God were an Archontic construct holographically inserted into history in order to separate humanity from its spiritual roots in the earth., The devil and hell are mental whips created by the Archons to keep humanity enslaved to their system., The Archons use 'mind control' techniques. Evidently, this is the fate that awaits the entire landing party. The Return of the Archons Directed by Joseph Pevney. Season 1, Episodes 22 Then Crusher was stabbed in the chest. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Have hope! The conversation is interrupted by the arrival of Hacom and two lawgivers, the robed servants of the mysterious Landru. Notice". All the regulars on the show were quitting smoking at the same time, so many chewed gum instead. Can't wait to read the next in the series, especially if we do indeed learn the secret of the Phoenix! Required fields are marked *. Reger, learning the landing party did not attend Festival, concludes they are not of the Body, and asks an astonishing question: "Are you Archons?" Be the first to contribute! You must be a registered user to subscribe to threads. When Landru first appears in the hiding place, one of the background extras starts to cover his ears, mistaking the sound of the holographic Landru appearing for the crippling ultrasonic waves that would occur towards the end of the scene. Story outline "Landru's Paradise" by Roddenberry: Story outline "The Return of the Archons" by. 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