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Full Title	This Side Of Paradise				Season	ONE
Prod #	25	Aired	2 March, 1967		Stardate	3417.3
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Writer(s):	D.C. Fontana (Teleplay & Co-Story); Nathan Butler (Co-Story)
Director:	Ralph Senesky
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Synopsis:	On a visit to Omicron Ceti III, Kirk and crew discover the Federation colony still alive even after three years' exposure to Berthold radiation. The reason seems to be spores from a plant on the surface that create artificial happiness and perfect physical and mental health.
Themes & Issues:	Data Coming Soon
Closing Stills:	Data Coming Soon
Featured Races:	Human Vulcan
Equipment/Misc. Objects:	Communicator (classic black base, gold foil flip-up antenna) Desktop Viewer (approx. 10" tube moveable viewer sitting atop desktops) Earpiece Communicator (very short range communicator designed for listening only, fits on the ear, designed to monitor various channels, usually worn by communications officer) PADD (classic black design, touch pad with electronic pen for notes, reports and signatures) Sicbay bio-bed diagnostic display (standard mid-23rd century Federation) Transporter (standard mid-23rd century Federation) Tri-Viewer (triangular shaped unit centered on the briefing room table, sports 3 7" or 8" viewscreens to enable all seated to view) Wall Comm (communicator built into the walls throughout the ship)
Alien Food/Drinks:	Data Coming Soon
Sets/Locations:	Data Coming Soon
Flaws/ Nitpics:	Mis-Spoken Terms Data Coming Soon Story Flaws Data Coming Soon Uniform Flaws Data Coming Soon Editing Flaws Data Coming Soon
Miscellaneous Keywords:	Data Coming Soon
Cast:	Series' Regulars Captain James T. Kirk -  William Shatner Commander Spock -  Leonard Nimoy Dr. Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy -  DeForest Kelley Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott -  James Doohan Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu -  George Takei Lieutenant Nyoto Uhura -  Nichelle Nichols Semi-Regulars Lieutenant Kyle -  John Winston Guest Cast Elias Sandoval -  Frank Overton Leila Kolami -  Jill Ireland Lieutenant DeSalle -  Michael Barrier Lieutenant Kelowitz -  Grant Woods Crewman Leslie -  Eddie Paskey Painter -  Dick Scotter
Editorial:	T his Side Of Paradise is a fun-filled episode that asks what true paradise really is and what it means. The spores did provide a kind of symbiotic relationship. While they inhabited a host body they repaid the host with perfect health, but also a sense of not wanting to leave; all the drive and ambition that help make up a person was supressed and hence, as is a common Trek staple, there was no devolpment. This was the first episode that truely allowed the character of Spock to completely let go of his logic and bring forth his normally supressed emotions. It is also the first of his two times in the series that he actually falls in love; the second came at the tail-end of the series in the episode All Our Yesterdays. Some key scenes in this episode to watch for are, where Spock is swinging from a tree and where Kirk tries to drive out the spores from his good friend Spock. (Source for background information on "This Side Of Paradise": The Star Trek Compendium by Allan Asherman)