S2E18

The Immunity Syndrome

Aired 1968-01-19 60 min 8.2/10 our take

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

Spock senses the crew of Intrepid, a starship crewed solely by Vulcans, die. Enterprise investigates, and discovers a zone of darkness which conceals the hazard: an immense yet single-celled organism which drains energy from anything it encounters, as it did the Intrepid and her crew. And unless they can discover how to destroy it, Enterprise will be next. Worse, there are signs the organism has accumulated sufficient energy to reproduce…

Our Take

Confident and engaging. The plot moves, the stakes feel real, and the hour flies by.