Flint's been around possibly since the Ice age when people would gouge each other's eyes out and Saber Tooth tigers roamed about. Odds are he's got about 300 years of fighting experience for every year that Kirk has. Notice that this guy has no scars. He's not someone to mess with.
@@michaelschramm1064 a tricorder scan of Flint in the episode revealed that he was 6000 years old. The Pleistocene epoch was 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago. Humans were certainly around back then as Lucy was 3.2M years old. The oldest Homo Sapiens remains found were 300,000 years old. Flint also warned Kirk that he was much stronger, which means he could have Neanderthal or Denisovan ancestry. Keep in mind that the offspring of a tiger and a lion is much bigger than either.
Great story, kirk violates every moral code in this episode, violates somone else's land to steal things, then as a house guest tries to seduce the man's wife. Arrogant land and wife plunder. Doing so at the risk to his own people.
This episode featured a flat TV, 3 decades before they were invented. The android woman was extremely beautiful and old Kirky baby just could not control himself lol. It's a TV show people relax and enjoy it.
I heard when Captain Kirk got back to the Enterprise. He met with Dr McCoy. While in Kirk's cabin sharing a few drinks, McCoy asked Kirk how she was? You certainly seem to fall hard for her. He said he thought she was very beautiful, but her love making was somewhat mechanical....
@@trwent I guess I will always see her in the role of Sophia Capwell in Santa Barbara .. she was the backbone of that show.. I think kirk would be 100% focused heart and soul with his dying crew.. it seems illogical for Kirk to fall for anyone… I know the show had already been cancelled and the scripts were garbage. For the most part.. Daley(sp) was great as flint however..
One of four excellent scripts by science fiction short story writer Jerome Bixby, who, a couple years earlier developed a story treatment with Otto Klement for “Fantastic Voyage”.
Oh my!What a review,here!Sometimes,Star Trek has;the luck of the ☘️ Irish,and sometimes,not!The city on the Edge of Forever was a lovely 🥰,and 😊 great episode,too!And,I’ve enjoyed;What are little girls made of?Too!Star Trek lives on!
It’s not out of character for Kirk to fall for an android hey I’m down, my issue with this ep is his willingness to give up his beloved ship even after he finds out she’s an android even willing to fight flint for her. Don’t buy it, although the payoff “Forget” is nice. But this android ain’t Edith Keeler
Kirk met Apollo on Stardate: 3468.1 (2267) he met Flint on: 5843.7 (2269). I was surprised that neither Kirk nor Spock thought to ask Flint about Apollo. Someone that's 6000 years old would likely have useful information should he encounter them again. Perhaps even information about their technology.
Flint was not some prewarp sentient people of some random planet. It’s been many decades since I last saw this. Bothe men were being unreasonable, and Flint brought all of it on himself. Honestly, he should have stayed on Earth. Copies of his robot would be going like hotcakes!
Triticale, the wheat the Tribbles like so much, can be traced to Germany and Scotland. (Odd Scotty didn't comment on this.) It's mostly used as animal feed in North America. Humans find it harder to digest, not a problem if you have multiple stomachs, but high in protein. If you've had multi grain bread with lots of whole seeds in it from a supermarket bakery, that was triticale. It is what gives the bread it's slightly sweeter taste. There is a variety bred for a shorter growing season that is common in Canada. Despite the show taking place well after, it was developed during the cold war. So it became a running joke for Chekov to parrot Soviet propaganda about anything being invented in Russia. Later mimicked by a Klingon officer telling Kirk he can't appreciate Shakespeare until he's heard it in its original Klingon language. I believe the character of Cyrano Jones was was originally supposed to be H. F. Mudd. Another traveling merchant and repeat character played by Carmel Roger.
It pre anticipated the sad fate of Data's poor emotionally vulnerable and sensitive daughter Lal. I'm a big fan of Robotic Humanoids, but I do have ethical qualms about creating full sentience for them for many years of R&D yet,as we still can't control the powerful conflicts or the results of our own human issues and foibles yet. Why inflict unnecessary pain and suffering on anyone? And the potential harm of creating a fully sentient slave race is monsterous.
Fred Freiberger strikes again. Had no sense of the Characters being a late party. He was part of the reason as well as low budget as the Series ending.
She was. I remember Kirk thinking she was being held there against her will. I was only a kid when I saw it, and never really got a lot of TV when I grew up. SOS, I’m going on my own ancient memory. There was a lot of duck swinging in that episode! Heck, there was a lot of that in ANY episode that the antagonist was a Control Freak!
Crazy clickbait title and comments by people who never watched the episode. Rayna was never thought to be Flint's wife, even before they knew she was an android. She was described as his ward (like Dick Grayson is to Bruce Wayne.) And it is totally in Kirk's character to do anything to save even one of his crew, not to mention all of them as in this episode.
Not a bad late 3rd season episode but Kirk falls for "robot girl" a bit too quickly. Plus the extremely limited budget really shows (or doesn't) in this tale. 20+ crew have died and Kirk is drinking brandy and chasing robot girl? But the character of Flint is quite interesting.
So Kirk was off. It was 3rd season and this was one of the last episodes. Its like going to work even knowing the business is closing down at the end of the week. FUKITOL!
If you say you hate this or that episode, always someone speaks up and says it's their favorite. Cats Paw was the worst if you ask me. But each episode appeals to different people in a different way. That's what makes TOS so unique.
'I have twice your physical strength.'
'Big whoop. I fought a Gorn... a Vulcan... and Khan Noonian Singh.'
True. Khan said “I have 5 times your strength” and look what happened.
Flint's been around possibly since the Ice age when people would gouge each other's eyes out and Saber Tooth tigers roamed about. Odds are he's got about 300 years of fighting experience for every year that Kirk has. Notice that this guy has no scars. He's not someone to mess with.
@@HepCatJack I don’t think Flint’s existence goes back to the Pleistocene epoch when the Homo species did not even exist.
@michaelschramm1064 he said it was during a battle when he was stabbed thru the heart but did not die
@@michaelschramm1064 a tricorder scan of Flint in the episode revealed that he was 6000 years old. The Pleistocene epoch was 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago. Humans were certainly around back then as Lucy was 3.2M years old. The oldest Homo Sapiens remains found were 300,000 years old.
Flint also warned Kirk that he was much stronger, which means he could have Neanderthal or Denisovan ancestry. Keep in mind that the offspring of a tiger and a lion is much bigger than either.
That floating robot was also the Romulan cloaking device.
I thought that was nomad
Nomad had much a career
Was it also part of the voyager...v ger satellite??
And also part of Nomad
Nomad died in a deep space explosion'/!!!
Louise Sorel was one of the most beautiful Star Trek TOS guest star women. Simply STUNNING!
Absolutely concur. Just lovely.
Looks like the Kirk's stuntman borrowed Chekov's wig for the fight scene...
This is the kind of comment I live for!
Great story, kirk violates every moral code in this episode, violates somone else's land to steal things, then as a house guest tries to seduce the man's wife. Arrogant land and wife plunder. Doing so at the risk to his own people.
I agree he was very badly written in this episode
@scarpad thanks, If you are in someone's house, you must be humble, grateful, modest, , respectful. He is not at all
The wife was an android
Use shouldn't use someone else's s[] toy without asking
@FP194 he did not know that untill the end of the episode.
Rayna was the perfect woman created by Flint. How could Kirk not completely lose his sensibilities and judgment under the spell of falling for her?
This episode featured a flat TV, 3 decades before they were invented. The android woman was extremely beautiful and old Kirky baby just could not control himself lol. It's a TV show people relax and enjoy it.
Did Rayna dream of electric sheep...
Love this episode! One of my all time favorites!
Mine too! The end is so sad though 😢😢
I heard when Captain Kirk got back to the Enterprise. He met with Dr McCoy. While in Kirk's cabin sharing a few drinks, McCoy asked Kirk how she was? You certainly seem to fall hard for her. He said he thought she was very beautiful, but her love making was somewhat mechanical....
Took you long enough to get to the punch line.
Yeah she also got checked up at radio shack
@@user-ht1xu4gv2u she did have a nice pair of C-cells
She's a doll.
Could you imagine a lean mean first season Bill Shatner going ape over her? No way!
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I could imagine ANY man going ape over Louise Sorel.
@@trwent I guess I will always see her in the role of Sophia Capwell in Santa Barbara .. she was the backbone of that show..
I think kirk would be 100% focused heart and soul with his dying crew.. it seems illogical for Kirk to fall for anyone…
I know the show had already been cancelled and the scripts were garbage. For the most part..
Daley(sp) was great as flint however..
@@quietlightning4063 I don't know about Santa Barbara. I have never watched daytime soap operas.
Exactly. There have even been more appealing androids he managed to pass by. Just can't buy it myself.
@suzanneroberge494 Andrea from exo3
One of four excellent scripts by science fiction short story writer Jerome Bixby, who, a couple years earlier developed a story treatment with Otto Klement for “Fantastic Voyage”.
It's ok everyone Kirk has enough testosterone for all of you....
kirk was not out of character. he would boink anything that moves
Not to the exclusion of his on true love the Enterprise
Anything with a hole and a heartbeat
Yeah, who could forget the green chick?
Thats Louise Sorel, shes now better known as Vivian Alamain on Days of our Lives.
I think she passed away recently
Someone else recognized her. That was a crazy show. And I'm a Treckie to boot.😁
still alive and still playing vivian@@scarpad
I always see her first in the two roles she played in Rod Serling’s “Night Gallery”.
Kirk was usually a big fan of the four "F"s.
I wouldn't want a captain that wants to get busy with a robot.
Was also part of the changeling
How is he any different than normal in this episode?
He puts his relationship above the safety of the ship and crew those loyalties define his character
Kirk's lust and rage.
He's not usually a love-sick puppy.
Oh my!What a review,here!Sometimes,Star Trek has;the luck of the ☘️ Irish,and sometimes,not!The city on the Edge of Forever was a lovely 🥰,and 😊 great episode,too!And,I’ve enjoyed;What are little girls made of?Too!Star Trek lives on!
It’s not out of character for Kirk to fall for an android hey I’m down, my issue with this ep is his willingness to give up his beloved ship even after he finds out she’s an android even willing to fight flint for her. Don’t buy it, although the payoff “Forget” is nice. But this android ain’t Edith Keeler
Good review this is the only episode I tend to skip when I rewatch the original series
@@johntabler349Skip this and instead watch “And the Children Shall Lead” or “The Way to Eden”…?
Well this is better than those. James Daily is excellent as Quint. It’s just the ending I don’t like
@@scarpad good actor indeed but his character was overpowered even with the caviot of his age and experience the episode is not without it's merit
@@scarpadHis name is Flint
"Kirk is massively out of character, here."
No, he realliy isn't.
The best part of these scenes? Shatner pretty much kept his mouth shut. 😂
How did he not know she was an android? Plus Spock had to change his focus on the Ritalin several times!
Kirk met Apollo on Stardate: 3468.1 (2267) he met Flint on: 5843.7 (2269). I was surprised that neither Kirk nor Spock thought to ask Flint about Apollo. Someone that's 6000 years old would likely have useful information should he encounter them again. Perhaps even information about their technology.
This will be better if the shot was zoomed out
Agreed. Never understood how Kirk got sooooo attracted to her in such little time that he had PTSD at the end of the episode.
Would love to have that model of the Enterprise 😂
Blew the prime directive out of the water with this one
Flint was not some prewarp sentient people of some random planet.
It’s been many decades since I last saw this.
Bothe men were being unreasonable, and Flint brought all of it on himself.
Honestly, he should have stayed on Earth.
Copies of his robot would be going like hotcakes!
What prime directive is there for this planet it's one person not an entire race or culture
This was before the prime directive.
Kirk was way out of character. However, the last scene with Spock saying "Forget.." was a nice touch.
Oh, my, is she gorgeous! Always thought so.
There must have been something in the atmosphere on that planet to effect Kirk.
Triticale, the wheat the Tribbles like so much, can be traced to Germany and Scotland. (Odd Scotty didn't comment on this.) It's mostly used as animal feed in North America. Humans find it harder to digest, not a problem if you have multiple stomachs, but high in protein.
If you've had multi grain bread with lots of whole seeds in it from a supermarket bakery, that was triticale. It is what gives the bread it's slightly sweeter taste.
There is a variety bred for a shorter growing season that is common in Canada.
Despite the show taking place well after, it was developed during the cold war. So it became a running joke for Chekov to parrot Soviet propaganda about anything being invented in Russia. Later mimicked by a Klingon officer telling Kirk he can't appreciate Shakespeare until he's heard it in its original Klingon language.
I believe the character of Cyrano Jones was was originally supposed to be H. F. Mudd. Another traveling merchant and repeat character played by Carmel Roger.
It pre anticipated the sad fate of Data's poor emotionally vulnerable and sensitive daughter Lal.
I'm a big fan of Robotic Humanoids, but I do have ethical qualms about creating full sentience for them for many years of R&D yet,as we still can't control the powerful conflicts or the results of our own human issues and foibles yet.
Why inflict unnecessary pain and suffering on anyone? And the potential harm of creating a fully sentient slave race is monsterous.
Kirk is a bit out of character here but I don't hate this episode as much as some people do
Not out of character he was always a surrogate for Roddenberry.
I think his tunic came from the same tailor as the Gorn used for his halter mini dress.
Watching this now kirks behavior seems a little disgusting. Although it wasn't enough to wreck a great episode.
Yeah, Kirk was way out of line in that one!
Fred Freiberger strikes again. Had no sense of the Characters being a late party. He was part of the reason as well as low budget as the Series ending.
Well to be fair he didn’t write it but I agree he didn’t know the characters and could say to the writer Kirk wouldn’t do this
Freidberger had a way with stinking up a show. See season two if Space:1999.
Thinking it's time to start watching star trek from the beginning from enterprise all the way to Picard.
Requiem for Methuselah.. Rayna was an android🤖 if I recall correctly🤔
She was. I remember Kirk thinking she was being held there against her will.
I was only a kid when I saw it, and never really got a lot of TV when I grew up.
SOS, I’m going on my own ancient memory.
There was a lot of duck swinging in that episode!
Heck, there was a lot of that in ANY episode that the antagonist was a Control Freak!
He was having a mid life crisis
"Trumps Fault!"
Lolololololol
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Crazy clickbait title and comments by people who never watched the episode. Rayna was never thought to be Flint's wife, even before they knew she was an android. She was described as his ward (like Dick Grayson is to Bruce Wayne.) And it is totally in Kirk's character to do anything to save even one of his crew, not to mention all of them as in this episode.
Kirk had good taste in female androids .
I AM FUNNYBOT!
Not a bad late 3rd season episode but Kirk falls for "robot girl" a bit too quickly. Plus the extremely limited budget really shows (or doesn't) in this tale. 20+ crew have died and Kirk is drinking brandy and chasing robot girl? But the character of Flint is quite interesting.
So Kirk was off. It was 3rd season and this was one of the last episodes. Its like going to work even knowing the business is closing down at the end of the week. FUKITOL!
I always skip this episode because Kirk is the villain in this episode. He had no business coming between Rayna and Flint.
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maybe he wants to take her for a wife she is pretty woman
What's the name of this episode
Who is the actress? 🔥🔥🔥
Men, eh?❤ brave or a fool😊
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Kirk what happen to that boy again u met him in da year 2024
He is bipolar !
First Q continum
Unpopular opinion, I actually hate this episode
Who was the girl? She looks familiar
Vivian, Kates rival for Victor, on: "Days of our lives" half soap/half syfy. 😊
I have always hated this episode the story line is just so stupid it annoys me no end 🤨
It’s one of my most favorite episodes and an excellent story too as well.
@@GarysnewYT And Spock plays the piano, a piece specifically composed for this episode that is supposed to have been composed by Brahms (Flint).
If you say you hate this or that episode, always someone speaks up and says it's their favorite.
Cats Paw was the worst if you ask me. But each episode appeals to different people in a different way.
That's what makes TOS so unique.
Flint was short for Flintstone, his first name was Fred and he worked in a quarry.
I never liked that episode
Kirk would screw a Traglarian snake if you held it down.