For the World Is Hollow...

[ssgcody]

So who was the wizard of Oz zapping everyone? Was Spock Todo?

[chaosopher23]

"Ensign" Chekhov? I should think by season 3 his Lieutenant stripes would show up. Or did he get demoted for something not recorded in the episodes?

[Demithegoddess]

Is it just me or does it seem like they were out to kill McCoy this season? This episode, and the Empath his life was just barely hanging by a tread in each one. I think Miri is also in this season. What the hay!

[dillon2854]

i'm a white man i don't care if my parents were Irish... British or scottish i was born in the United States and i'm proud to be American ...when we were attacked on 9-11 the terrorist didn't care what color or race the people were in the towers they just wanted to kill americans....all raceses of this great country should unite an remember we are Americans at war with a group of people detrermined to kill Americans

[c3bhm]

Wow - a marijuana reference by Roddenberry! There was ZERO need to insert the element of old man giving them an 'herbal' medicine that he said helps some of the folks for 'strength'. He's obviously using it himself to strengthen his mind against the thought-control punishment of 'The Matrix' they're living inside of.

Amazing. That's about as hard-core edgy as network could be in the late 60's, to get a drug reference passed the censors.

WORD UP to Roddenberry - RIP.

[slimbrotherluv]

and old man dies in their presense and then this lady and 2 other chicks are ready to 'get their freak on'?

[dragons2k100]

bout time mccoy got laid lol.. maybe now hell quit being ticked at spock haha

[golden24680]

They fall like panzies

[196508847BH]

This is obviously a commentary on the deconstructive effects of religion. Also,the doctor's illness is clearly an allegory for cancer. Both of these subjects were taboo in those days,and I am surprised that they passed the censors. Kudos for circumventing the Hayes Code.

[nurdeens]

lady: do u find me attractive?

Mccoy: yes yes i do

lady: so lets have sex then?

Mccoy: whoa hold up i dont find u that attractive!

[nurdeens]

lady: do u find me attractive?

Mccoy: yes yes i do

lady: so lets have sex then?

Mccoy: whoa hold up i dont find u that attractive

[Mainesucksify]

And just like that, Mcoy is cured! Ahh simple plots, I miss'em.

[spencnaz]

Why is it all the Star Trek babes can induce such powerful meshugga in men?

[fulbert4605]

Let me get this straight: Yonada is powered by crude methods and lauches crude out of date missiles yet they have this extensive medical knowledge. Medical knowledge and technological advances directly corrolate, yes?

[greendayfan234]

if the priest at my church looked like Natira i dont think i would complain about going to church as much.

[startreknatira]

Oh Bones! It's so sad that he never gets any of the beautiful girls, considering he's way more attractive than posturing Kirk or even pointy-ear Spock. He's taller and thinner than Kirk, and those deep blue eyes are dreeaammy. And his courting methods are just that, more gentle and sincere than Kirk's seductions. Why he didn't see more action is the fault of writers.

[StarTrekNat]

@startreknatira

by the way everyone i'm the one who wrote this comment, shortly after writing it i had to delete my account as startreknatira because of a faulty email account.

[PIII550]

McCoy committed himself to her, and professed true love. Guess I don't get it.

[arklat]

Of course, they speak the main Earth language, but, with a European accent. Maybe they are refugees from Space Russia, defecting to America, to seek a better life! These space folks wear some groovy outfits. Especially the women. I wonder, do they wear panties? Pretty sure, no bras. Cute make-up, and hairdos. Why can't modern girls be so cute? Most of the girls today dress like sluts. No sense of style. She wants you. Go for it, McCoy! She's hot! And, she knows the Earth calendar. Lucky!

[metoria]

McCoy is one of the best Star Trek characters ever developed, and apparently it was DeForest Kelley who really fitted-out his character -- or so I read. For my B-Day I'm having it Star Trek themed and I'm going as Dr. Leonard H. McCoy; he's the best ^.^ Spock is too, of course. :D

[Kittiesrway2cute]

That's first I say McCoy eager to be transported. And just love how McCoy knew something was wrong when Spok helped him up.

[PhatFarm60]

I would have blasted that "ship" into a billion pieces after the first time that computer shocked me.

I guess I would be a better Mirror Universe captain than a Prime one. :/

[imychelle]

you guys, seriously, adblock pro is the greatest thing ever. NO LOUD COMMERCIALS ANYMORE!! DOWNLOAD IT!!

[DragonsShallRise]

@imychelle Or you could get the "mytube" google chrome extension if you're a chrome user.

[chicknumero1]

I kept waiting for the little man behind the curtain to be revealed a la Wizard of Oz...

[DancingSpiderman]

YAYY!! No commercials !

It was a STUPID idea to make the sound volume of the commercials so damn loud !!

[Goal10ding]

@Bestmanme08 I will be after you marking your spam just like Kirk and his obsession with the gaseous vampire creature! I will have you brought to justice for TOS commenting spam :)

P.S. Why at amazon?

[carpetmermaid]

Use firefox browser with ad block plus and all the commercials go away

[StuPadazzo]

The best way to send a message that you disagree with the methods of advertising, say the (EXTREME) volume at which they force them upon us, is to insure you do not in any way put money into the pockets of the sponsors until they relent. Do not buy the products and write the companies a quick e-mail and tell them why. Tell them that YouTube presents their product in a discomforting manner and that until they do something about it you will not buy their products.

[orchdork65]

Bones!? Dying!? NOOOOOO!! D:

My heart dropped to the floor when he said that. ): He's muh FAVORITE!

[uaEquals42]

Best quote ever - "For the world is hollow, and I have touched the sky!"

[acescouter1992]

Dammit I hate these Brooke Shields ads. THUMBS UP TO END THE COLGATE ADS.

[Mercutioswrath]

Why not just snag adblock plus?

Certainly has helped me.

[arelimoon29]

it helps but sometimes adblock plus doesn't work. At least for me it doesn't sometimes.

[otdtyh]

@acescouter1992 Thumbs up to add ALL of the adds. :)

[McCoYiSaWsOmE101]

I thought McCoy returned his comunicator when he told kirk he was staying on yonada along with his phazer. How did he call him to tell him later about the book?

[McCoYiSaWsOmE101]

I LOVE BONES!! <3 XP

[uaEquals42]

You have to rate this episode as 5/5 just for McCoy. :-D

[golden24680]

21:32 Nooooooo, McCoy don't do it! And by it I mean her!

[landline00]

I haven't seen this epp forever and ever.

[Sheepinwolfgarb]

I'm always amazed that people pair McCoy and Chapel. Their relationship reminds me of my almost brother and myself. There are times when she is almost maternal towards him, but I've never seen any chemistry.

[MissHarleenQuinzel]

Poor McCoy. He never gets any action.

[Ashwatzi]

lol. so sad! What about scotty?

[assassin7999]

Finally McCoy gets the poon tang.

[FocusedLucidity]

Holy Shit!

David Carradine @ 14:31

[sx600]

Death star!!!

[McCoYiSaWsOmE101]

hmmm...... I'm just gunnah come right out and say it. I think Nurse Chapel and Bones could of had a cute sickbay romance!!! ;)

P.S.

something about McCoy in this episode makes me smile everytime, he's so awsome and diserved more love than he got in the show!!!

[phantomtrekkie9]

i agree!  he just needs a girl!!!

[DarqRemake]

And that girl should be me.

[MichBich1234]

you know they didnt call him Bone(r)z McCoy for nothing ;P

[mabindaby555]

I like how the worshipping of a god/idol caused all of the strife in this episode...

[polysmart]

How do they maintain the gravity of the asteroid with their primitive atomic technology?

[Emokitruthseeker]

Wait.... This whole time... and her name is (the) Christine Chapel? What? Someone have a thing for Catholics? Religious product placement?

[Bardlettt]

She's been referred to as Nurse Chapel since she was introduced. Since Mr. Roddenberry (raised Southern Baptist) considered himself a humanist and agnostic, I highly doubt her name was, as you say, "religious product placement." He made it clear to his writers religion and superstition were not to be a part of the series (at least, not in a promoting light).

[nocrusadesplease]

That didn't work so well, though. One of the prime examples is Bread and Circuses; the end message was that everything would be okay because the slaves were Christians.

[Bardlettt]

What? The end message was that Christianity actually had a decent philosophy behind it, and that period was an interesting part of our history, as it was the beginning of a worldwide religion. Roddenberry often used religion in episodes, but not in an evangelistic sort of way, is what I meant. Just as a part of our history and culture.

[nocrusadesplease]

If it wasn't evangelical, I question its tone. The main bridge crew not only seemed to know what Kirk meant when he said "the son of god," but to appear quite happy about it. The thing that sparked the discussion was something Kirk had heard on the radio in which the Roman officials apparently "tried to ridicule" the religion of the slaves, but, as the captain himself said, they couldn't. It's unfounded, as Christianity is clearly open to ridicule. Earlier,Kirk said he onlu needed "the one" god.

[alcewa]

Actually, it was Uhura who figured all that out.

[FarrenfollowsBen]

Bones seemed a bit out of character in this episode....the Bones I know would have said "I'm not putting a goddamn brainwashing gadget in my head!" to the intsrument of obedience. But of course you could argue that he just found out he is terminally ill so he might not be making his usual witty remarks. Then again....even in episodes where he finds himself in dire circumstances, he still manages to be his funny, sarcastic self, and not so somber and serious as he was in this episode.

[FarrenfollowsBen]

(cont)

Well i guess this episode was meant to be a "Mccoy episode" so they had to make him uncharacteristically dramatic ....otherwise the audience won't know it's a McCoy episode! Ahhhhh don't ya just hate that?

[Totalwar476]

hah at 8:18 spock misses the guy

[phantomphiddler5]

natira's eye makeup is so pretty!

[XXXTheEpicMeowXXX]

oh come on!!!

Love in Star Trek TOS:

Kirk: INFINITE

Spock: INFINITE

Mccoy: 1

AND mccoy has to have a illness where he DIES AND he cant even stay with her!!!

who wouldnt like mccoy? seriously?????

[XXXTheEpicMeowXXX]

well, ALMOST dies....

[marysueeasteregg]

McCoy had a flirtation/relationship with Tonia Barrows in Shore Leave - a lot more chemistry than here. A recent novel has him marrying the character yrs later. In The Man Trap, he remains attracted to old flame Nancy Crater, aka the Salt Monster. Spock has romances in: This Side of Paradise; The Cloud Minders, All Our Yesterdays; The Enterprise Incident; & (sorta) Amok Time.Hardly infinite.Kirk got more

action than everyone else put together! I prefer

the skinny guy with pretty blue eyes. : )

[XXXTheEpicMeowXXX]

yeah...

Mccoy is awesome.

[AuroraStarW]

I'm not sure if it's fair to say that spock has infinite love. I mean, true, he did hook up with the romulan commander and that girl in cloud minders and when he was trapped in the ice age, but that's pretty much it.

I do agree, his love-o-meter is much higher than McCoys.

[LionandLambLovestory]

failure! so awkward between mcoy and girl, dont even act like they love each other

[Tayohni]

hmmmm....something seemed a little awkward about that girl and McCoy. Like they weren't actually comfortable with each other

[nevaseenamancry]

People are all different. Society wants us all to be the same.

Why can't we just respect other people's differences?

The day that happens is the day we go to Heaven.

Answer to: clokverkorange.

[StarTronAlpha]

This was one of the best episodes... up there with Metamorphosis.

[Thatpup16]

One of the beter episodes. It is great watching these episodes again

[leosal7]

"Insertion of Instrument of Obedience"

[Okamidachisan]

If anyone's curious... this story continues in the Star Trek book "Ex Machina". It's a wonderful, worthwhile read.

Live Long and Prosper!!!!

[slcpunklvr]

dang, i was so hoping she would have gone with mccoy to the enterprise, maybe then he would lighten up a lil bit! haha, she would have made an awesome character for future episodes too.

[prreynolds]

Anyone want to guess who plays the voice of the Oracle???

[darkanise]

James 'Scotty' Doohan of course

[prreynolds]

EXCELLENT!!!

[anglimited]

Scotty?

That is AWESOME?

[willowkatt26]

36:37- what IS McCoy doing to that rug??!!

[NCISHouseHPPotCfan]

petting it! LOLZ!!

[Maydiesmanager]

oh so they just happen find the cure for McCoy in the place that they were???

[ohhhwolfy]

Kate Woodville as Natira was one of my favorite TOS Trek babes. Gorgeous and with a demeanor much like Seven of Nine on Voyager, I thought she was so cool!

Best of all, unlike most TOS episodes, McCoy got her instead of Kirk, lol!

[dqsimon17]

AAAHHH! The commercials are too freakin loud!!! I'm gonna get busted watching this at work!

[SteveDurnin]

Nice to see Bones getting some.

[JoelandtheBots]

At 18:18 Kirk is so pissed off that he's not getting any in this story!

[HellsOnlyBelle]

@JoelandtheBots He's got Spock to keep him company, though. He'll be okay.

[rotetor]

these star trek women..so beutiful and never seen again..the60s:)

[Southenisland]

The viagra commercial really cracked me up this time.

[cassandra5322]

5:28

chekov: corse of asteroid.. i mean space ship.....

[anglimited]

Good Old Chekov!

[larrycallahan1]

"dead jim" . . . Bones favorite words

[AuroraStarW]

does anyone know how many times he's said that?

[Kool2beAnerd]

McCoy is gettting his mac on =P lol

[dontcallmesurely]

Bones is the only person who has the balls to refuse a direct order from the captain when he is sound of mind, with no alien controlling him or some other strange disease. And he doesn't even get punished for it! Pimp.

[Ooshbala]

McCoy is BONING up on some native culture lolololol

[ApocTank66]

*Bones dies* I'm Dead Jim.

[larrycallahan1]

ja ja

[FarrenfollowsBen]

LOL so funny

[AuroraStarW]

so true

[smg7320]

deus ex machina at the end

[pesmith8768]

Yeah, but the Scotty's over protectiveness of women is funny in Who Mourns for Adonis? Get's his butt whooped several times for it.

Also, don't forget about McCoy's redheaded LT. from Shore Leave.

[19pirategirls97]

thats ssooo cute McCoy had a lover!!!!!

[greenhorn212]

FINALLY bones gets some action!

[prreynolds]

Not that he hadn't tried - Horndog Kirk always busted in.

[prreynolds]

8:18 - nice hat

[sumpseudonym81]

WTF is up with McCoy's left brow? That sh/t should've had its own show.

[AuroraStarW]

my thoughts exactly about Spock

check out the end of Squire of Gothos.

Spocks eyebrow nearly hits the roof.

[voiceofopinion]

First thought: Space Hippies.

[Maydiesmanager]

well it was the 60's

[TheWritingStaff]

Is it just me, or does almost every female character on this show, execpt leutenant Uhoora (sorry about the spelling), have some screwed-up shaped hair style jutting out of their heads?

[dancefever6am]

bones needs some love too! <3 cute episode.

[sonbuhitsunei]

Awwe Spock cares about mcCoy lol

[apeloki]

I don't know who's cheesier when being romantic, McCoy or Scotty. They could both use some lessons from Kirk or Spock.

[Catalina650013]

Maybe it's because I'm a McCoy fangirl, I instantly say Scotty takes the cake on who's more insufferable when he is in love. Bones strikes me as more of a southern gentleman with the women, whereas Scotty turns into a spineless puppy dog.

[supafreek1234]

h*commerce is retarded they think you can hack a bluetooth phone and check its voicemail when actually u have to agree to the connection that is so retarded

[hinano203]

Great costume design once again, but where are the hot chicks? The main girl had really bad teeth, and the two servants were old hags!

[hanoc101]

she has bad teeth maybe but a rockin body

[kirkenbunken]

I think the scene where The Oracle zapped them would have been way more effective if you just heard the thunderclap and showed them getting blasted backwards sprawling instead of that cartoonish electrocution effect.

[ScrapGoldBass]

look at Checkof at 3:51

[aihoshiduo]

whoa ._.

[kirkenbunken]

That must be an alternate universe Checkov overlapping.

[aihoshiduo]

meh, McCoy's relationship reminds me of a virgin desperately attempting to have sex before he dies. =/ After we got to know her better, I liked how true she was to McCoy.

But YAY MCCOY ANGST 8D

[clokverkorange]

I like how Gene Roddenberry constantly put strong women into the original series, challenging the idea that women are "weak" or "submissive". He made his women commanding while still retaining their femininity.

Oh, and McCoy is a stronger man than I am. As soon as she said "I want you to be my ma-"

"Yes! Wait what was the question?"

[ChangofWater]

Yes the women in the original series were in fact powerful, but most were put into scenarios of being primitive, idiotic or evil, I am not trying to say that you are wrong, but I feel that the original series had an unintended undertone.

[clokverkorange]

That could be because of the social climate at the time - Roddenberry was shattering a lot of stereotypes with Star Trek and only got away with it because Desilu told him to do whatever he wanted. Putting a woman - a black woman at that - on the bridge of a ship was a very progressive move. Nurse Chapel is a perfect example of a strong woman, and neither evil nor idiotic.

[ChangofWater]

that is true.

[kirkenbunken]

I wish the network let him keep Number One in the series. She would have been a very complex and interesting character.

[hinano203]

Plus, Number 1 was kinda HOT!

[hinano203]

I tend to think that the chauvinistic behavior of the Kirk character was also indicative of the social climate. You'll notice that he frequently talks over, and dismisses the comments of the female crew members. (Picard was more gentlemanly.) BRING STAR TREK: TNG TO YOUTUBE!!

[magicianspirit]

You mean an African-American woman, don't you?

[clokverkorange]

No, I'm a black man, and I don't refer to myself as "african". I am a black American, if anything. The only reason i even make the black comment is because of the social stigma of the time period. these days i would hope we could descibe people by more than simply their race.

[sckryde]

Agreed.

[Vixtopher]

ugh! The video won't LOAD! ):

i dont wanna go to fancast. they suck...

[stand52]

Same thing here Vixto.... I think CBS is trying to muck them up so much with Ads that they are goofing many episodes out of being seen. Mudd's Women wouldn't work for me either, which was very frustrating.

[Vixtopher]

I have ad block on and they still wont load. But this is happening for like all the shows I try to watch on YT ):

[kirkenbunken]

I like this s&m planet, with the sexy high priestess and the computer giving out kinky physical punishment..

[kliksf]

I don't even mind the commercials I like watching these.

[bmaguire1981]

McCoy is quite the ladies man!

[Kinemacolour]

Not!

[AuroraStarW]

what do you mean, "Not!"

I much prefer McCoys chatty seduction tecniques to Kirks drippy stars-in-your-eyes jabber!

[lensno]

Thanks CBS, I remember watching this when it first aired. I think I was 8. My 7 year old sister, and 5 year old brother watched it that night too. The picture quality here was excellent. I watched all 50 minutes :-D One of my favorite ones, where Bones falls in love, gets marries, and then separated all in one episode.

[tannenstein]

Kate Woodville as Natira - some beautiful high priestess don't you think.

[vulpinesoul]

I've never actually seen this one. Nice of CBS to put it up on You Tube. Worth whatever distractions are forced in. 5/5