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The City on the Edge of Forever"The City on the Edge of Forever" is the 2. American science fiction television series Star Trek, and the penultimate episode of the first season. It was first broadcast in the United States on NBC on April 6, 1. In the episode, after Doctor Leonard Mc. Coy (De. Forest Kelley) travels back in time and changes history, Kirk (William Shatner) and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) follow him to correct the timeline.

In doing so, Kirk falls in love with Edith Keeler (Joan Collins), but realizes that in order to save his future, he must allow her to die. The writing of this episode took over ten months, from the initial pitch by Harlan Ellison to the final re- write by Gene Roddenberry. Steven W. Carabatsos and D.

"The City on the Edge of Forever" is the 28th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek, and the penultimate episode of the first season. Watch "Manafort Pleaded Not Guilty To His Charges", a CBSN video on CBSNews.com. View more CBSN videos and watch CBSN, a live news stream featuring original CBS News. BibMe Free Bibliography & Citation Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard. Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations is a quintessential niche product development group, a toy shop creating performance vehicles for true car lovers, and.

C. Fontana, both story editors on the show, undertook re- writes of the teleplay, and changes have also been attributed to producer Gene L. Coon. The experience led to animosity between Ellison and Roddenberry for the rest of the latter's life, in particular over a claim by Roddenberry that Ellison had the character Scotty dealing drugs in one version of the script. The episode went over budget by more than $5.

Mistakes were made in the set design with an instruction for "runes" misconstrued as a request for "ruins". With Matt Jefferies ill, Rolland Brooks designed the set and the Guardian of Forever, to the surprise of Jefferies on his return."The City on the Edge of Forever" placed second in the ratings, with Nielsen ratings showing 1. The episode received widespread critical acclaim and has been frequently stated to be the best episode of the entire franchise, with it fondly received by cast, crew, and critics. Elements such as the tragic ending were highlighted by several reviewers. It won several awards, including the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Episodic Drama on Television and the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.

Despite claims by Roddenberry, it did not win a Nebula Award. The Guardian of Forever later re- appeared in the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode "Yesteryear", and was suggested at one point to appear in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

It has been included in a variety of Star Trek novels, comic books and video games. The City on the Edge of Forever" was one of the first instances of "hell" being used as profanity on television. Chief Medical Officer Leonard Mc. Coy (De. Forest Kelley) is treating an injured Lt. Hikaru Sulu (George Takei) when the Enterprise is rocked by a distortion, and Mc. Coy accidentally injects himself with an overdose of cordrazine.

Delusional and paranoid, he flees from the bridge to the transporter room, beaming himself down to a nearby planet. Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) leads a landing party to look for Mc. Coy, and they come across an ancient glowing stone ring, which is causing time distortions. The "Guardian of Forever" (voiced by Bartell La.

Rue) explains that it is a doorway to any time and place. While Spock (Leonard Nimoy) is recording historic images from the portal, Mc. Coy escapes through it, into the past. The landing party suddenly loses contact with the Enterprise and is informed by the Guardian that the past has been altered. Watch Envy Online.

The ship – along with the entire Federation – no longer exists. The landing party, being in the eye of the time- alteration, continues to exist.

The Guardian permits Kirk and Spock to follow Mc. Coy in an effort to repair the timeline. They arrive in New York City in 1. Great Depression. After stealing some clothes in order to blend in, they meet a woman named Edith Keeler (Joan Collins), who runs the 2.

Street Mission. Kirk also concocts a strange story to explain to a suspicious policeman why Spock's ears are so unusual, a story that Spock finds baffling. Spock begins to construct a machine to interface with his tricorder to find out how Mc.

Coy altered history. He discovers that they arrived at some point shortly before Mc. Coy's arrival. While they await his arrival, they work for Keeler and Kirk begins to fall in love with her. After some time, unbeknownst to Kirk and Spock, Mc. Watch Burn After Reading Torent Free.

Coy stumbles into the mission, delirious, and Keeler takes him in. Spock finishes his work reviewing the Guardian's images of the original and altered timelines and discovers Keeler was supposed to have died in 1. Mc. Coy. Instead, in 1.

Keeler started a pacifist movement, causing the United States to delay its entrance into World War II, allowing Nazi Germany enough time to develop a nuclear weapon and win the war. Spock tells Kirk that Keeler must die in order to undo the damage to the timeline. Keeler nurses Mc. Coy back to health, and he tells her his story. Though Keeler is skeptical, she tells Mc. Coy that he would like her eccentric new friend.

Later, en route to see a Clark Gable movie, Keeler mentions Mc. Coy to Kirk, who tells her to wait there before running to find Spock. The Starfleet trio reunite in front of the mission. As a curious Keeler crosses the street to join them, she steps in front of a fast- moving truck. Spock yells: "No, Jim!" and Mc. Coy attempts to go to her aid, but is restrained by Kirk as Keeler is struck and killed. Mc. Coy tells Kirk that he could have saved her.

History returns to normal, and Kirk, Spock, and Mc. Coy return to the Guardian's planet, where Scotty asks: "What happened, Sir? You only left a moment ago." Spock answers: "We were successful." The Guardian confirms that the timeline has been restored.

The crew on the Enterprise contacts the landing party and the devastated Kirk responds: "Let's get the hell out of here."Production[edit]Writing[edit]Initial pitch and outlines[edit]Harlan Ellison was one of the first writers to be recruited by Gene Roddenberry for Star Trek. Roddenberry was aiming to have the best science fiction writers produce scripts for the show, and had identified Ellison immediately; at the time, Ellison had been nominated for the 1. Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Script for a Television Anthology with his script for The Outer Limits episode "Demon with a Glass Hand" (he went on to win). Rather than being assigned a pre- written premise, Ellison was allowed to develop his own and propose it in a 1. Ellison was inspired by reading a biography of evangelist Aimee Semple Mc. Pherson, and thought that it would be an interesting idea to have Kirk travel back in time and fall in love with a similar woman of good intent, but someone who must die in order to preserve the future.

Ellison considered that it would have a heartrending effect on Kirk.