STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES
Season 2, Episode 26

Assignment: Earth

Series: Original Series - (1966-1969)
Season: 2
Episode #: 26
Production #: 60355
Original Airdate: 03/29/1968

Writer(s): Gene Roddenberry & Art Wallace
Director(s): Marc Daniels

Guest Stars
Robert Lansing as Gary Seven
Terri Garr as Roberta Lincoln
Don Keefer as Launch Director Cromwell
Lincoln Demyan as Sergeant Lipton
Morgan Jones as Colonel Jack Nesvig
Bruce Mars as First Policeman
Ted Gehring as Second Policeman
Paul Baxley as Security Chief Freeman

Uncredited Guest Stars
James Doohan as the Voice of the Mission Control Announcer
Barbara Babcock as the Voice of the Beta 5 Computer and Isis
William Blackburn as Lt. Hadley and a Rocket Base Technician
Frank da Vinci as Lt. Brent
Eddie Paskey as Lt. Leslie
Roger Holloway as Ensign Roger Lemli
Jeannie Malone as a Bridge Yeoman and Woman Passerby
Edwin Rochelle as Passerby #1
Robert C. Johnson as the Voice of Ground Control
Sambo the Cat as Isis
April Tatro as Isis in Human Form

Stardate: Unknown

Synopsis

Sent back in time to find out how Earth managed to survive without destroying itself, the U.S.S. Enterprise inadvertently beams aboard a space traveler, Gary Seven, along with his black cat, Isis. Seven claims to be a 20th-century human raised and trained by unknown and unnamed aliens to prevent Earth from destroying itself. Before Kirk can determine whether or not the man is telling the truth, Seven escapes to the planet below. Kirk and Spock follow him to Earth. Meanwhile, Seven has tried to contact two fellow agents, who are discovered to have recently died in an auto accident. Instead, he contacts Roberta Lincoln, who becomes his reluctant cohort.

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An orbital bomb is about to be launched by the United States and it is Seven's mission to make sure the rocket explodes somewhere over Asia, thereby frightening the governments into not launching future bombs into space.

When the rocket goes out of control, Seven barely succeeds in stopping it, despite Kirk and Spock's well-meaning interference. Before Kirk and Spock leave Earth, Kirk consults the Enterprise's computer records and informs Seven and Roberta that they have a very interesting future in the offing.

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