Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles"

"The Trouble with Tribbles"

Season 2, Episode 14.

The fan favorite. Supposedly. It's never been my favorite episode. I think this is the favorite episode of people who only occasionally watch Star Trek, not real Trekkies.

The actor William Campbell, who played Trelane in "The Squire of Gothos" gets a new role as a Klingon.

The Enterprise is on its way to Space Station K7 near the planet known as Sherman's Planet, within a parsec of a Klingon outpost. They mention the "Organian Peace Treaty" and who can develop the planet most efficiently. Cyrano Jones is a trader, selling Tribbles.

There is a ton of comic relief in this one, especially when Kirk almost sits on a Tribble in his command chair, and when he is insulting the director of the space station. The idea of Tribbles being an over-populating parasite is intriguing. At one point, they are even attached to the walls! However, the Klingons are real pushovers in this episode, making it a bit unexciting. Kirk sentences Cyrano Jones to pick up all the Tribbles which Spock calculates will take 17.9 years. Deep Space Nine actually came back to this episode once--some sort of time travel thing that is done extremely well.