The Return of the Archons

[snokopirate1]

7 people are not here for the festival.

[mrbrianmccarthy]

No one could talk a computer into self destruction the way Captain Kirk could. Hahahaha.If only it was so easy-----

[missdexterity]

lol 17:05 etc. = shaun of the dead

and WTFFFFFF is spock wearing??? why not just a top hat or something?

[invaiderzen]

at the end it reminded me of wizard of Oz haha.

[mrbrianmccarthy]

@invaiderzen "You'd make a splendid computer Mr Spock" "Why thank you Captain---" ; . /\

[Demithegoddess]

This episode kinda bums me out. I mean, 12 hours of rape, debauchery, lechery and violence. I'm assuming to maintain the population . . . I hope there was some 'logical' reason for that. Then in the morning, all the women have memories of what happened to them the night before, not to mention two months later when they find out they're pregnant. That SUCKS!!!!

[DawnHeart15]

Okay brainwashed McCoy is realllllllly creepy

[neveruse513]

festival kicks ass

[Gibblywinks]

Women, illusions, machines, androids... Oh Kirk, you sweet talker you.

[utscuba]

I havent seen Chekov in a while. . .

WESSELS.

[orlock20]

The amazing feat of engineering was how Landru could program a computer without it blowing up from the slightest programing error. Now that was the real Blue Screen of Death.

[Nikanaiko]

Hey... Stepford Wives, anyone?

[DancingSpiderman]

I take sadistic pleasure when one of the locals cringes after one of the Enterprise crew says "Landru" or "Archons"

Q: Are the old fuddies inside the rooming house.... Republicans?

[LincolnLLoyd]

Why is a computer exhibiting emotion such as panic and distress 46:36-52? And why is Spock concered that Kirk is about to fire 45:39 a now neutralized phaser 43:24? And how does 'Red Hour' serve Landru's original design - if Paintedavenger's posture isn't more research than hypothesis. What of the Archons? Mind you, if we weren't so rivited by our fascination with the imaginings of the Roddenberry Group, as I call them, we wouldn't pay so much attention and wouldn't have so much fun poking fun.

[BondFreek]

@LincolnLLoyd Pick, pick, pick, pick. The moral of the story is what maters with the original Star Trek.

[LincolnLLoyd]

@BondFreek: @BondFreek: No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to - jk, lol. No, but not at all: I thrill to these episodes, warts and all. I don't know, observers just have a penchant to pick, you're right. There's a website devoted to it. These webisodes are a gift, warts and all. I only pine over the eventual thwarting of the posting of Columbo. That would suspend me in yougasms for days. So, no, Mr. Bond, I expect you to live long and prosper.

[BondFreek]

@LincolnLLoyd LOL :-)

[LincolnLLoyd]

Whole thing smacks more of Stirling than Roddenberry. If seniors don't partake in Red Hour, that one young fella at 9:45 aged pre-tty darn poorly. Think he's tryin to blend? Dirty old man. Say, wonder if Reger's not going to grey is symbolic of his obvious dissent. But his roots are showin. He, Tamar and Hakum don't seem under the "of the body" influence. "Hey, keep still, you'll ruin the shot." [Extra at 18:12 didn't fully succumb to the phaser's stun.]

[meboo59]

The doctor looks mighty sharp in his suit :D

[spencnaz]

These earth style episodes were just an excuse to use the Paramount backlot.

[bucinaus]

What a bunch of morons. Being controlled by an old Dell Dimension. The way those people act is probably the future of some of our society after the media and politicians have total control of the sheeple.

[jojomoney]

i can hear everyday combat playing in the background during "red hour"

[pantsghost]

Kirk is awesome at talking computers into destroying themselves.

[tenshinokuragari]

....What is Spock wearing?

[LincolnLLoyd]

@tenshinokuragari: I know, right? Conspicuous inconspicuousness - excuse the word. Wouldn't a hat have done the trick?

[SororThothma]

Vacant contentment. What television does best.

[MarkOates]

If you replace the word "Landru" with "Christ," the parallels to religion are almost exact. Like when Bones gets saved 27:58

[fortitude3030]

What is the deal with Red Hour, anyway? If Landru seeks the common good, why does he make people run around destroying stuff?

[Paintedavenger]

@fortitude3030 Humans have distructive impulses. To totally deny those impulses would drive a man mad. So Landru allows them to play those impulses out on inanimate objects, rather than on people.

[SamanthaStine2]

Spock looks like a vampire in that cape. A sexy vampire.

[HappyDiscoDeath]

oh snap... that's a trip

[egreen1989]

We are Landru. We are the borg. Prepare to be assimilated. 

[MortimerBeckett]

Wow, *Cold War-era* Star Trek. This is really, really subtle ;D.

...Spock's cape ftw though. Nobody else could pull that off.

[camp168]

@wassomkeithley Oh Myyyyyy!!!! Lol

[ghost2171]

Umm, boy that Landru is one tough looking dude LOL.

[neneshubby]

Beware the "red hour"

[gamgee87]

I love the way Spock blends in...completely unnoticeable cape....yeah...

[IDigFatCats]

why does Kirk always come around before Spock? Isn't Spock a superior species? lol

[xboxfreak104]

f#%k all of these adds

[EdwR1]

@xboxfreak104 Get Firefox, install AdBlock, set to block all ads from CBS... Done.

[erentheca]

A group of overly friendly and courteous people, except when you don't agree with them they attack you with a vengeance. That sounds oddly familiar.

[jimmyboo121]

Wow, that Red Hour is no fuckin joke. Everyone went from "Oh, joy to you!" to complete ape shit!!

[PIII550]

47:17 "Well....you're on your own now, hope you're up to it....I'd start looking for another job...."

Sort of the bravado that was carried over to Star Trek 2009 when it showed Kirk beating Maru 'no win'.

[deanmerc]

Notice how they're under attack and Scotty never called a Red Alert... The lights are not flashing in the background! Shame on Scotty... didn't he learn anything in the Academy? lol

[valandilcamcacil]

doesn't Landru sorta remind you of the Borg.

"You will be absorbed. Your individuality will merge into the unity of good."=Landru

"We will add you distinctiveness to our own. Your technological and biological distinctiveness we will adapt to our own. Resistance is futile."=Borg.

Man, I'm such a nerd. I didn't even have to look up that Borg quote. lol. Oh, well. Star Trek. Started in the 60's and will end, well, never. :) Thankfully.

[InfectedDaemon]

That looks like one hell of a festival! Almost as good as mardi gras. Almost! Sociological parallels: This is a very watered down version of burning man.

[DXMediaTV]

Obama=Landru

[loub72]

lol that is what i was thinking

[Linkster2o]

@DXMediaTV

Get a life

[DXMediaTV]

@Linkster2o Thanks I have one I'm trying to protect from tyrants and slaves... like you.

[Linkster2o]

@DXMediaTV

Well you found me out! I am in fact a mindless robot that only serves Obama...

[neilzep]

THE PPL LOOL LIKE MORMONS

[TheAmerz]

OOOPS I meant to type is...is it best to watch them after certain seasons like you will understand and follow along the first movie after finshing TOS or you could watch them without having to finish any of the seasons and still understand it?

[BondFreek]

@TheAmerz. You can watch the movies first and still understand. But if you really want to get into it I suggest you watch all of the episodes first. But what ever you do don't watch Star Trek 09. It will confuse you because it erases every thing but Enterprise. True Trekkers will not acknowledge Star Trek 09 as cannon because of this.

[teachme2fish]

Did he say, "Landru is gentle, you will cum."?

LOL! :)

[TheAmerz]

can anyone tell me the name of the star trek movies and the order they go in?

[BondFreek]

@TheAmerz. You're joking about the order right? Start with the title Star Trek The Motion Picture then look for the roman numerals it is that easy.

[prreynolds]

@TheAmerz: Go to Memory-Alpha, and it is nicely layed out. Sorry about the other comment - there are some rather insensitive people on this site

[MrlynMac]

Kirk: you'd make a splendid computer Mr. Spock

Spock: That's very kind of you, Captain.

Lol! Spock shows more affections for computers than ppl (Nomad)

[MrlynMac]

Spock's face at 32: 10. Oh no, not this MF, too.

[otdtyh]

In like the first 30 seconds does Sulu say "We've got to find some GLUE?"

[LincolnLLoyd]

@otdtyh: LOL - get a clue. No, don't, I'm just kiddin. They were ordered to find some clue as to what happened, I gather, to the Archons, although I'm not sure on that. But the Clue thing is for certain. LOL. That would be so random and hilarious.

[Nguli34689]

I used to tease my brother Andrew when we were kids:

"WAHHHH....Stop calling me Landrew!"

And then the waterworks began.

[jupreindeer]

Oh, my. This was pre-Borg-like.

TOS does Borg 1.0. Hardy-har-har!!!

[slicingwater]

I swear Star Trek creates the most interesting planets that you wouldn't want to set foot on, and you just marvel at.

[julielaughs14]

00:32. All I could think was "sith". :P

[howedelamitri]

how sweet is this?!...the whole episode right here! Youtube may be the best website ever

[HerrMac]

@howedelamitri Not just this whole episode, every single Original Series episode is available here on Youtube. It's quite glorious, indeed.

[ShadowCastByDivinity]

Of course they know wht happened to the Archons! Well enough anyway, they know that they were on the planet with no way off, and what happened to those who stayed on the planet is quite clear; either they became of the body, or they died

[randomrob1968]

this episode isn't about communism, it's about repressive cult religion. Communism was dealt with in 'this side of paradise'...

[racers115]

at the end, they still don't know what happend to the Arkons.

[TheLastBrainLeft]

They were either obliterated or absorbed.

[lilyhinageshi]

Mister Spock doesn't sleep.

HE WAITS.

xD

[BondFreek]

To all you people who don't get this episode. It was a comment on the dangers of Communisim (socialisim). It is important to learn from the mistakes of Russa because we are headed their now, starting with socialise medicare.

[drszusz666]

@BondFreek You just don't understand how universal health care works.

[BondFreek]

@drszusz666. Oh, I don't? Where is the money going to come from? Will I still have the right not to have healthcare? What about medication where is that going to come from? Will I still be allowed to eat unhealthy? What about the health chips they want to implant people with will I still have the right to say no to that? What about the pork in the bill? If I wanted the Gov. health care why can't I access it now instead of 8 years from know? Please answer these questions on my channel.

[BondFreek]

@RRainey20, That is the sort of a reply one would expect from a fan of Keith Olbermann. No rational discussion, no logical arguments Just a blatant TROL response. So sad.

[LincolnLLoyd]

@BondFreek: Quite a leap. You see Marxism. I see Matrixism. Or maybe even a wee bit Wizard of Ozism. Which aspect was socialist and what of Red Hour supports the comparison?

[BondFreek]

@LincolnLLoyd Marxists believe that the government should control every action the common people make. Red Hour and none emotional states are exaggerations of this philosophy. PS the authors of this episode explained this at a Star Trek convention back in the early 80's. One of my school mates told me about it. I was not allowed to go :-( .

[likilu51]

A computer that has ruled a population for over 6000 years with unlimited power, enough power to control over a million people and hold a starship captive, yet couldnt find a way to kill the great Captian Kirk!! Then self-impodes from a logical conversation!!Come on!!!!! Why didnt the great landru use the Hypersonic Tones to knock them out like earlier!! With all the power in the world it didnt kill them at least after he said he would?? I am sorry but this episode was pretty lame!!!

[DietTimboSlice]

If you didn't come here to watch Kirk nearly escape certain death against possible odds, then what are you here for?

[ChibiKiraTora]

@OutOfMyVulcanMind

First of all, LOVE the name! Secondly, Spock's face is always priceless. *sighs* Gotta love that Vulcan...

[rodneyhackenflash]

You Your not of the Body!! Its Paradise Paridise!!

[OutOfMyVulcanMind]

32:25 Spock's face is priceless!

[Demithegoddess]

This has to be where they got the idea for the Borg, "We will add your distinctiveness to our own . . ."

Sheesh.

[troytroyus]

@Demithegoddess

That and Christianity. lol.

[Demithegoddess]

~Sigh~ If people aren't picking on Spock for being Vulcan and having pointed ears, then the doctor is the first one for something bad to happen to. Sucks!

[avsiii]

6:00 I really like "Red Hour".....

[buttock123]

Spock the Nun.

[SpicyTaco29]

34:13 Spock *smirk*

[patvd95]

Odd...the expression on that man's face. The mindlessness...vacant contentment.

Like...Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi...no wonder the 'body' had to be destroyed!

This is the best ST-TOS to drink to in college...every time a character says 'Landreau...the Body...Absorbed...Festival'

DRINK...

Try it. You won't last more than 30 mins into the episode!

[jeanetteraegan]

ROFL, I love Spock. That nun outfit made me  lol XD

[beautydaddy]

Festival! Ferstival, you bitches!

[serfky01]

Clearly the guy who made this show had it out for religion. He might as well have named Landrou God, it would have been just as obvious.

[Demithegoddess]

All I can figure after watching this weird episode with the creepy wes craven music every time everyone was walking around somewhat normally . . . anyway, is that the whole festival thing was Landru's way of maintaining the population? Seemed like everyone went out raping and garbage like that As a way to impregnate the women i'm assuming? Weirdness.

[sharpgap]

kirk is the hotest no doubt

[blankfrankeno]

Ah excuse me but you wanna talk hot! What about Uhura! That's the hottest she has ever looked if you ask me!!! Oh, the episode was good too, sorry!

[jsbeerman]

why does Landrew look like Art Garfunkle

[iloveallthings17]

"Oh, and Mr. Sulu is back to normal"

"Relieving you"

[jbranstetter04]

This reminds me of Obamabots.

[romanesq]

If you don't dispense of logic and the all knowing love of the State, you will be absorbed.

[PrudenceNumberNine]

Spock in a four-piece suit is too hot for words.

[nevajanine]

I agree that Spock in a four-piece is too hot for words, but it doesn't show off his butt as nicely as the uniform!

[PrudenceNumberNine]

Let's face it. Spock will be hot no matter what.

[196508847BH]

It is rather funny how in the 1960's people thought that a computer fed contradictory/destructive/vira­l data would explode. In 2009,most people would assume that a Red Screen of Death,crash dump and power failure would result. I think that a Red Screen would have been entertaining.

The modern Landru: '*BBWWEEEEE!!...* [meaningless scrolling code,screen goes black].

[Bobanort]

Clearly you didn't work in a computer store just before the calendar rolled over to 2000. I had many customers who truly believed a non-Y2K compliant computer would self destruct. Just pointing out that was about 30 years later and people STILL believed it.

Personally I'd love to see Landru fail the way you describe, but would find it less dramatic than an explosion.

[Wiiowner]

i lol'd so hard at spock's outfit

[Fronator]

Landru, It Who Must Not Be Named!

[Fronator]

The Enterprise has very bad emergency response protocol!

[tecguySD]

Creativity FTW

[ghost2171]

Festival = Mardi Gras

And whats up with Kirk pulling his Phaser on the robed dudes at the end. Landru made it so they would not work.

[rashida7777]

10:40 and 11:07 Kirk passes by spock sleeping and wakes him. Spock sleeps with his eyes open!

Creepy! He is an overgrown elf! McCoy was right!

[Bardlettt]

That terrible cover of all you need is love makes me want to smash blackberries.

[Orypeci]

THANK YOU! I'm glad someone said it! (Although it certainly makes me want to smash more than just fruit).

[Bardlettt]

I'm hoping that is sarcasm and you've notice it was an advert for the Blackberry electronic device. ^^;

[Orypeci]

You hoped correctly. Although actually, it's pretty irritating.

[TiffKing]

wow wut a festival at the red hour

[TiffKing]

i love it when stuff happens to other officers on the ship, i wonder if uhura goes through anything

[likilu51]

@TiffKing Yea my Pants!!

[LincolnLLoyd]

@likilu51: That's quite an opportunist leap. You see Marxism where I see Matrixism. Perhaps even a bit of PayNoMindToTheManBehindTheYell­owCurtain. Ism.

[leebawls]

03:43 i have seen that planet at least 4 times now

[DarlingNikki2]

Man that 'festival' is one wild hoe down, LOL! By the way, doesn't something similar happen on the streets of New York around midnight? ;)

[LadyMika42]

@DarlingNikki2 Only on New Years when all the tourists go apeshit.

[supersummersalts]

Kirk and Spock mind fucked the shit out of Landru.

[GodzillaBoy3]

AAAAAAAAGHHH!

[mashvideo]

one capitan sleeps stand, spock with open eyes, and I can say that this is a festival!!!!!

[jeffimix]

I think Scotty just hit the "eject pod" button before going to red alert, oh no!

PS: If this confuses you completely, watch the court marshal episode from before this one.

[Fronator]

LOL, drummed out of Star Fleet, Scottie!

[satinbarbi]

The go to people are Landru?

[Firetruck0809]

ya spock looks very wierd in this episode

[HotaruXchibaSDK]

zombie attack!

[flamingoose96]

Zulu on drugs 2:00

girls cant keep there hands off Kirk 6:15

truly a great episode

[ItHurtsWhenISleep]

Are these Aliens or Human Colonists in this episode?

[p3eta]

Actually cape, he looks more like a Jedi, and he shure aint no lady lol.

[p3eta]

But on other points, yeh yeh, this ones got more bugs than a bait store, more holes than a golf course, blah blah.... I shall attempt to plug some of those holes in the next 300 or so chars lol

yep blue, i agree, interfering with the non interference policy is infuriating

Blood; Spock wasent sleeping he was meditating :)

and frank; I was gonna say stuff about landru being sentient and suffering a mental breakdown, but..... Nah, ur totally right, thats one DUMB computer after all, lol.

[blueskunk12]

I think the point of this episode (a recurring theme in TOS) is that paradise defined and created by someone else is not paradise.

[capegeezy]

spock looks like a muslum woman wearing a burka lol

[Lupton2000]

Does anyone remember from the VHS tape of The Return of the Archons what trailer (next voyage) was used?

[frankenshizzle]

landru sucks at programming... the computer blowup itself because it didn't have the answer to a question

[bloodrunsclear]

Hey, Spock sleeps with his eyes open

[HKfortyseven]

damn commercials

[SundaraKapasalathi]

Landru has a ridiculous hairstyle, but his outfit's pretty kicking.

Good episode. :) The fellas look good all dressed up in 19th century garb. Better than tights or togas, that certain.

[Fronator]

Yes, much better than togas!

[Th2EyA0rEa1MoN2gUs]

hey youtube i muted your stupid corporate commercial

[manwithoutfear05]

amen

[bloodrunsclear]

Hey, as long as I can watch STOS again, I don't mind.

And mute helps :)

[beautifulpassion]

I doubt they care. Also, you bitch about 'corporate' whatever, yet there you are, with your computer and modern conveniences and technology and guess what you support when you buy what you buy? And thirdly, you're getting FUCKING FREE episodes of a TV show you apparently enjoy. Shut the FUCK up, you spoiled, stupid brat, and learn to be grateful.

[BoxOmorons]

that old man was such a silly person :)

[winterraven89]

i saw uhura's butt

[wanderersrock268]

"You'd make a splendid computer, Mr. Spock."

"That is very kind of you, Capatain."

Spock is so funny...

[freethinker8724]

Considering the comments Kirk makes about Landru being a machine and therefore not having a soul etc. how would he react to Data?

[beautifulpassion]

I think, considering what little I remember about Data, he would probably react more like he does to Spock then see him as a computer.

[mixolydian100]

So, L'Andrew runs on Windows? :P

[SpockAndLoad]

34:11

Spock's expression is priceless. He's totally thinking the Vulcan equivalent of, "Suckers!"

[BoxOmorons]

teehee:D

[imapuppylover]

of course sulu gets paradise-ficated....right before he gets beamed up. and they call that immediate????

[babybooterflies]

My first thought when I saw Spock in that cloak at 4:06 was of Tyra Banks in that one episode of America's Next Top Model - Little Black Riding Hood

[guyd00]

Happy happy joy joy

[KwertyKris]

Am I the only one who has no idea what's going on?

[FarrenfollowsBen]

spock looks like dracula...so sexy omgggggggggg

[FarrenfollowsBen]

damn spock is so hotttttttt

[Akirajay38]

shatner touching takei... i wonder if takei hated him then?

[InfectedxXxFlower]

he did.

[SteveDurnin]

Does not compute! The computers must be crap in the 23rd century - this is the 3rd episode I've seen where Kirk causes a computer to malfunction just by convincing it contradicts itself.

[jgstargazer]

I guess computers are overrated for Capt. Kirk, even M5. lol

[SteveDurnin]

Not one of the best. Another "Invasion of the Bodysnatchers" type story. It was much better done in "This Side of Paradise".

[stonesundial]

*Spock elbows guy in face*

Kirk: . . . Isn't that somewhat old-fashioned?

LOL

[OzzyCoop]

I like the "Red" Hour