History Recap / StarTrekS3E20TheWayToEden

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]: Tongo Rad has long, purple hair and thick, matching eyebrows. It's unknown if this is a natural hair color among Catullans, but at least it matches the bunch of grapes he has inexplicably painted on his forehead.

* StockFootage: They re-use the footage of Nurse Chapel being knocked out from "Spock's Brain" at the beginning of the season. That's why the lights go out in that shot whereas they don't anywhere else in the scene.

The six spaceship jackers are a group of young idealists in search of the mythical planet Eden and led by the brilliant but insane engineer Dr. Sevrin. Among them are Tongo Rad, the son of a Catullan ambassador (which prevents Kirk from simply throwing them all in the brig), Adam, who mostly sings {{Protest Song}}s, and [[GirlOfTheWeek Irini Galliulin]], a NewOldFlame of Chekov's.

* BareYourMidriff: Dr. Sevrin (a rare male example) and Irini.
** As you can see from the page image, Irini's navel is visible, despite the oft-referenced rules against this on TV at the time.

* FlowerInHerHair: You can't have hippies without them! Irini wears violets in her hair. Not sure if it counts, but Sevrin has a daisy painted on his bald head.

* YoureInsane:

The six spaceship jackers are a group of young idealists in search of the mythical planet Eden and led by the brilliant but insane engineer Dr. Sevrin. Among them are Tongo Rad, the son of a Catullan ambassador (which prevents Kirk from simply throwing them all in the brig) and [[GirlOfTheWeek Irini Galliulin]], a NewOldFlame of Chekov's.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The space hippies' dreams come crashing down as a result of too much acid. On top of the common theory that Dr. Sevrin is based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary Timothy Leary]], it starts to seem like the writer is trying to tell us something.

* FutureSlang: A hippy-like cult uses "reach" as a synonym to "understand in an age-of-Aquarius way." ''I reach you, man!'' And if you don't like it, you're a total Herbert!

Kirk wants to bring this group to the nearest starbase, but of course they have other ideas. They've come up with a ZanyScheme involving [[NoodleImplements pressure points, ultrasonic sound waves, the ''Galileo'', and a musical hubcap.]]

* RussianNamingConvention: This episode gives us our favorite Russian ensign's full name: Pavel Andreyevich Chekov. However, it gets Irina's surname wrong by not attaching the feminine suffix ''-a''.

The six spaceship jackers are a group of young idealists in search of the mythical planet Eden and led by the brilliant if insane engineer Dr. Sevrin. Among them are Tongo Rad, the son of a Catullan ambassador (which prevents Kirk from simply throwing them all in the brig) and [[GirlOfTheWeek Irini Galliuin]], a NewOldFlame of Chekov's.

Kirk wants to bring this group to the nearest starbase, but of course they have other ideas. They've come up with a ZanyScheme involving [[NoodleImplements pressure points, ultrasonic sound waves, the ''Galileo'' and a musical hubcap.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Dr. Sevrin and the space hippies. At one point, Scotty even disses them as "barefooted watchacallens."
** AgonyOfTheFeet: The grass of Eden is so badly saturated with acid that it inflicts horrific burns on the feet of every member of the hippie cult except Adam, the only one who has any kind of footwear at all- leggings.

* GottaGetYourHeadTogether: Dr. Sevrin uses ultrasonics to stun the Enterprise crew. Even TheSpock can't bear the pain and Kirk mimes turning his head into a LargeHam sandwich.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: Roddenberry may have been an atheist, but he was fond of alluding to themes from Literature/TheBible.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Dr. Sevrin is an {{Expy}} of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary Timothy Leary]].
* PressurePoint: Spock isn't the only one who can neck pinch! Tongo Rad used his knowledge of human anatomy to knock out an Enterprise crewman by squeezing the nerve pressure point at the back of the jaw, just under the earlobe (TruthInTelevision, though it causes great pain and delayed unconsciousness rather than instant).
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Space Hippies see themselves as this. Spock sympathizes with their feeling of not being able to fit in, and is much more tolerant of them than Kirk is, which is why they take an immediate shine to Spock and immediately distrust and dislike Kirk.
--> '''Spock.''' Miss Galliulin... it is my sincere wish that you do not give up your search for Eden. I have no doubt but that you will find it, or make it yourselves.
* RealityEnsues: Picking the first vaguely Earthlike planet you stumble across to settle and going down with no supplies or equipment whatsoever, then going barefoot and eating random plants? Bad idea, it turns out.
* RussianNamingConvention: Pavel Andreyevitch Chekov
* SomeKindOfForceField: Protects the door to the isolation cell Dr. Sevrin is held in.

* SubcultureOfTheWeek: Hippies InSpace.
* TakeThat:

* TooDumbToLive: "Well, here I am on an unexplored planet! What will I do first? I know! I'll nom down this fruit that I know absolutely bupkis about!"

* TyphoidMary: Dr. Sevrin, carrier of the Synthecoccus Novae virus who was crazier in the coconut than malicious. While the episode didn't have any reported infections, having to isolate him to ensure that did cause his followers to get very angry.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Reaching Eden justifies killing the entire Enterprise.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]: Tongo Rad has long, purple hair and thick, matching eyebrows. It's unknown if this is a natural hair color among Catullans, but at least it matches the bunch of grapes he has painted on his forehead for some reason.

* TakeThat: Want to live in an ideal society outside the established norm, hippies? Too bad, it will turn out to be a dystopia all along.

AKA: "The One With The Space Hippies"

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Dr. Sevrin and the space hippies.

* FutureSlang: a hippy-like cult uses "reach" as a synonym to "understand in an age-of-aquarius way." ''I reach you, man!'' And if you don't like it, you're a total Herbert!

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Herbert! Herbert! Herbert! Herbert! Herbert!.

* TyphoidMary: Dr. Sevrin, carrier of the Synthecoccus Novae virus who was more crazy in the coconut than malicious. While the episode didn't have any reported infections, having to isolate him to ensure that did cause his followers to get very angry.

* ReactionaryFantasy: The episode's central theme is that idealistic dreams of a perfectly enlightened and peaceful Elysian society are deadly self-delusion unless framed within socially acceptable norms. Chalk it up to Gene Roddenberry bowing to ExecutiveMeddling.

* AbsenteeActor: Uhura is not in this episode.

* MeaningfulName: The Space Hippie who ate the deadly fruit was named Adam. Also, the name "Irini" means "Peaceful". Good name for a hippie chick.

Kirk and the ''Enterprise'' are in Hot pursuit of the stolen spaceship ''Aurora''. The ''Aurora'' isn't giving up easily and leads them on a high speed chase. (As in warp speed, high speed.) The cruiser's engines become strained from the chase and the whole thing goes ka-blooey! Fortunately (or not), Scotty manages to beam aboard the six miscreants before the cruiser explodes.

The six spaceship jackers are a group of young idealists in search of the mythical planet Eden and led by the brilliant if insane engineer Dr. Sevrin. Among them are Tongo Rad, the son of a Catullan ambassador (which prevents Kirk from simply throwing them all in the brig) and [[GirlOfTheWeek Irini Galliuin]], An OldFlame of Chekov's.

* AbsenteeActor: Unless she's bleached her hair and came down with a severe case of vitiligo, Uhura is not in this episode.

* FutureSlang: a hippy-like cult uses "reach" as a synonym to "understand in a age-of-aquarius way." ''I reach you, man!'' And if you don't like it, you're a total Herbert!

* NamesTheSame: The episode was written by D.C. Fontana under her pen name, not [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Cosmo Kramer.]]

The six spaceship jackers are a group of young idealists in search of the mythical planet Eden and led by the brilliant if insane engineer Dr. Sevrin. Among them are Tongo Rad, the son of a Catullan ambassador and [[GirlOfTheWeek Irini Galliuin]], An OldFlame of Chekov's.

* BareYourMidriff: Dr. Sevrin (a rare male example) and one of the female hippies.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Space Hippies see themselves as this. Spock sympathizes with their feeling of not being able to fit in.

* CultureClash: Starfleet may be only MildlyMilitary, but still military enough to seriously clash with the way of life and the attitudes of the space hippies. Ironically, Spock of all people is the crew member who has the least problems dealing with them.

* CultureClash: Starfleet may be only MildlyMilitary, but still military enough to seriously clash with the way of life and the attitudes of the space hippies.

* CultureClash: While Starfleet may only be MildlyMilitary, but still military enough to seriously clash with the way of life and the attitudes of the space hippies.