Product Details

• Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Sabrina Scharf, Rudy Solari
• Directors: Jud Taylor
• Writers: Gene Roddenberry, Margaret Armen
• Producers: Edward K. Milkis, Fred Freiberger, Gene Roddenberry, Gregg Peters, Robert H. Justman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: CBS Paramount International Television
• VHS Release Date: April 15, 1994
• Run Time: 46 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300213617
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,511 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

When Kirk disappears while scouting a doomed planet, Spock takes the Enterprise off to rendezvous with an approaching asteroid. .

TREK TRIVIA
"The Paradise Syndrome" was written by Margaret Armen, who also wrote "The Gamesters Of Triskelion". Rudy Solari (Salish) appeared with William Shatner in the acclaimed film drama Judgment At Nuremberg.
The lake seen in this episode is actually the Hollywood Reservoir. The asteroid was later used as Yonada in "For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky".

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Touching, May 14, 2009

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Lokai (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 58: The Paradise Syndrome [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I love how in the third season, Star Trek made tons of very original episodes. Some people have complained that the Enterprise should have been able to destroy the asteroid easily. But remember Spock said it was as big as the Moon. I highly doubt that the Enterprise has enough fire power to split the moon open. Also, the Enterprise took forever to get back to the planet. Their engines were burned out so it took them two months!

The ending is very touching and makes you realize how important your loved ones are.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kirk becomes Hiawatha, February 25, 2007

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veryounique "puhleaze! no BS" (planet earth, where else!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 58: The Paradise Syndrome [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Ok people why has no one ever noticed that in this episode Kirk was turned into Hiwatha playing opposite his Minnehaha in the guise of Mirimanee (Sabrina Scharf). The writers also managed to include Hiawatha's chief opponent Pau-Puk-Keewis, played by Rudi Solari's character Salish. In Lonngfellow's The Song of Hiawatha, (1) Pau-Puk-Keewis has serious misgivings about Hiawatha's god-hood, (2) he tries to woo Minnehaha away from Hiawatha, (3) Minnehaha eventually dies, and (4) Hiawatha leaves his people, supposedly returning to the realm of the gods.
All this sounds all too familiar when placed side by side with the events depicted in this episode. I cannot believe that it took a native Italian, raised in Montreal, who then moved to the Canadian west to teach English in a French school, in order to put all of this together. :-)
Now the Google gods will truly be enlightened!
Live long and prosper!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Native American culture on Star Trek, September 20, 2006

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Amateur Stargazer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 58: The Paradise Syndrome [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I had always liked this episode "The Paradise Syndrome". It had great music, an interesting story, and it was unique in being the only episode of the original series about Native Americans. It could have been made more authentic by adding more Indian artifacts, customs, mythologies, etc. Kirk is seen in a different role as the leader of a tribe instead of the commander of a starship. The obelisk was very effective and added a more ancient feeling to the atmosphere of the story. Sabrina Scharf was apealing as Mirimanee. All in all, a very enjoyable episode, especially if you like Native American myths.