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This episode of Star Trek, "The Man Trap" is my earliest memory of what would become a lifelong enjoyment of the franchise. Truthfully, "The Man Trap" terrified me (I was maybe two, or three, although I am sure by that time the series was limping along in it's third season and I was seeing a repeat for the first time); Star Trek was considered "adult programming", and as such I was not allowed to watch it - I used to sneak behind the couch while my grandfather watched it on nights I stayed at their house, then would lay awake in my bed scared by what I'd seen, but excited just the same. Like another space show I enjoyed and was terrified by (Lost in Space), I didn't recognize Star Trek as anything but a world I wanted very much to be in, but remained frightened of anyhow (I was, as I said, very young).

1. Kirk is charged probable negligence for the death for Lt. Commander Ben Finney during an ion storm. Kirk pleads, "Not guilty".

2. Lt. Commander Finney research pod was jettison from the ship. The computer logs indicate that Kirk ejected the Pod on "Yellow alert" verses "Red alert" as Kirk claimed. Admiral Stone accuse Kirk of perjuring his testimony. Kirk says, "I intend on a fight", "then you draw a court martial". Kirk responses, "then I demand it!"

3. Lt. Areel Shaw is a lawyer in the Judge advocate office. Shaws tells Kirk, prosecution will build its case on "Kirk verses the computer". Kirk is shocked to discover, Shaw will act as the prosecutor in the trial.

4. Shaw recommends Kirk be defended by Samuel T. Cogley, attorney at law. "I've got my own system. I never use computers. If time wasn't so important, I would show you something. Books. Thousands. If you want to learn something, then books." "Need a lawyer."

5. Shaw calls Mr. Spock. Shaw: "Mr. Spock you know a great deal about computers. Don`t you" Spock: "Affirmative" Shaw: "Do you know of any malfunction that has caused an inaccuracy?" Spock "Negative" Spock: "But the computer is inaccurate, nevertheless." "It reports that the jettison button was pressed before the red alert." "That is impossible" Shaw: "Captain Kirk reacted to an extreme emergency that did not exist." Spock: "I do not dispute. I merely state that it is wrong." - Spock suggests the computer has been tampered with, but by whom? The computer diagnostic results show no error. Can Spock speculate? Shaw is correct is objecting to Spock's speculation. Spock lacks factual proof to conclude circumstantial evidence is conclusive evidence. Spock: "It is impossible for Captain Kirk to act out of malice or panic" Shaw: "In your opinion".

6. Jamie Finney is aboard the ship listening to the court martial. Jamie believes Kirk killed her father.

7. Cogley has no questions.

8. Shaw convinces McCoy that Finney hate Kirk and Kirk reciprocated the hatred. "Is it possible for a human to hate those that hate him", "yes, it is possible". Shaw theorizes that Finney resented the fact and that drove his hatred of Kirk. Cogley has no questions.

9. Cogley questions Kirk. "First, I'm at a lose to explain the errors." "There was no malice. Lt. Commander Finney was a member of my crew and respectfully treated. I did what my training demanded me to do." Cogly says, "You did the right thing, but would you do it again?"

10. Shaw shows Kirk jettisons the Pod. Cogley, Kirk, and Jamie are shock. Kirk declares, "but that is not the way it happened!" Cogley says, "Computers don't lie." Kirk gives Spock the idea of Chess.

11. Jamie tells Kirk, "I never realized how close you and father were."

12. "Mr. Spock you're the most cold blood man I know." "Why thank-you, Dr. Mccoy". "I've won my fourth game" "I programmed the computer myself" "The best I should have been able to perform is a draw"

13. Cogley proposes that Finney is still on the ship. All the crew is beam off the entreprise and Mccoy isolates a single heartbeat.

14. Finney tells Kirk he has drained the circuits and the Enterprise will burn up in the atmosphere. Kirk tricks Finney by distracting him by telling him Jamie is aboard the Enterprise. Kirk and Finney fight hand to hand combat. Kirk wins. Finney tells Kirk how he sabotaged the ship. Kirk restores power and moves the Enterprise to higher orbit.

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