2.12 - The Deadly Years

An Enterprise landing party finds an entire research team on Gamma Hydra IV suffering from rapid aging. Soon thereafter, Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Scotty and Lieutenant Galway begin to suffer from the affliction as well. Concerned about his command ability, Commodore Stocker convenes a competency hearing against Kirk with Mr. Spock as the prosecutor.

The Deadly Years

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TOS Season 2, Episode 12

WRITTEN BY
David P. Harmon

DIRECTED BY
Joseph Pevney

First Aired Dec 8, 1967

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