"With an armful of this stuff I wouldn 't be afraid of a supernova."
--Sulu
"Pi is a transcendental figure without resolution."
--Spock
"[you'll all die horribly! die, die,] everybody die, ah ha ha ha ha!"
--Jack T. Ripper
PLOT
Scotty blacks out and appears to be the only logical suspect in a series of
bizarre murders on the peaceful planet Argilias. It turns out to be an
entity who has traveled to many worlds killing lots of people. It started
out on Earth as Jack the Ripper, and spread out into the galaxy when the
Earth-people did. He is now blamed for many mass murders, including
Earth's 1974 USS ____, 2105 Martian Colony murders, ____ Rigel murders,
etc.
When they figure out who he is, Jack the Ripper non-physically enters the
computer. McCoy gives "happy shots" to the entire crew (except Spock and
Kirk, but for some reason Jack the Ripper doesn't enter their bodies) to
keep Jack from possessing their bodies.
Spock has the computer compute to the last digit of pi (which of course, it
devotes all of its memory to).
FACTS
The names that the entity was referred to by were Jack the Ripper,
Baratis, Redjac, Kesla, Mr. Hengist.
Scotty's serial number is #SE197514.
No Uhura.
Scotty falls for Kara, the belly dancer.
The timid guy from the old "Bob Newhart" show plays Jack the Ripper.
OPINIONS
It has its moments.
The first viewing will keep you guessing. There's enough action and plot
development that requires deductive reasoning to make this a very good
episode.
