Recipient of four Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Dramatic Series on two occasions in its short three-year run, Star Trek is a science-fiction legend among television viewers. The creation of former Los Angeles police officer Gene Roddenberry, the series first aired in Fall 1966 but was cancelled because of low ratings. It might have been NBC executives who were really responsible for the low ratings seeing as how they placed the show in a horrible time slot. Nevertheless, when Star Trek became syndicated, the reruns took hold of an entirely new generation, shooting the star trek franchise to new highs. It would be only the beginning of decades of spin-off products, including comics, novels, six feature films, and tons of merchandise as fans clamored for everything Star Trek-related…

The Star Trek (Season 2) DVD features a number of action-packed episodes including the season premiere “Amok Time” in which Spock begins to exhibit strange and irrational characteristics. Concerned, Kirk o rders a full medical examination and learns that Spock is experiencing the instinctual mating patterns of a Vulcan and must return to his home planet immediately in order to avoid death. When they arrive, Spock’s chosen mate challenges the pairing, prompting a duel between Spock and the man of her choosing. Kirk is chosen, and he and Spock are forced to fight to the death… Other notable episodes from Season 2 include “Metamorphosis” in which the Enterprise encounters a mysterious force known as The Companion which is in love with a human, and “Patterns of Force” in which the crew of the Enterprise visits a planet resembling the society of 20th Century Nazi Germany…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Star Trek (Season 2) DVD:

Episode 30 (Amok Time) Air Date: 09-15-1967

Episode 31 (Who Mourns for Adonais?) Air Date: 09-22-1967

Episode 32 (The Changeling) Air Date: 09-29-1967

Episode 33 (Mirror, Mirror) Air Date: 10-06-1967

Episode 34 (The Apple) Air Date: 10-13-1967

Episode 35 (The Doomsday Machine) Air Date: 10-20-1967

Episode 36 (Catspaw) Air Date: 10-27-1967

Episode 37 (I, Mudd) Air Date: 11-03-1967

Episode 38 (Metamorphosis) Air Date: 11-10-1967

Episode 39 (Journey to Babel) Air Date: 11-17-1967

Episode 40 (Friday’s Child) Air Date: 12-01-1967

Episode 41 (The Deadly Years) Air Date: 12-08-1967

Episode 42 (Obsession) Air Date: 12-15-1967

Episode 43 (Wolf in the Fold) Air Date: 12-22-1967

Episode 44 (The Trouble with Tribbles) Air Date: 12-29-1967

Episode 45 (The Gamesters of Triskelion) Air Date: 01-05-1968

Episode 46 (A Piece of the Action) Air Date: 01-12-1968

Episode 47 (The Immunity Syndrome) Air Date: 01-19-1968

Episode 48 (A Private Little War) Air Date: 02-02-1968

Episode 49 (Return to Tomorrow) Air Date: 02-09-1968

Episode 50 (Patterns of Force) Air Date: 02-16-1968

Episode 51 (By Any Other Name) Air Date: 02-23-1968

Episode 52 (The Omega Glory) Air Date: 03-01-1968

Episode 53 (The Ultimate Computer) Air Date: 03-0 8-1968

Episode 54 (Bread and Circuses) Air Date: 03-15-1968

Episode 55 (Assignment: Earth) Air Date: 03-29-1968

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