Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 75: The Way To Eden [VHS]
Hippies on theEnterprise! This 1969 episode presents an unusually jaundiced view of flower children as Kirk and crew attempt to deal with a group of young--and so misguided!--idealists in search of the legendary planet Eden. Oddly enough, it is Spock who best understands these free spirits, and this episode offers the rare pleasure of seeing the Vulcan join in a jam session with his Vulcan harp, as well as the spectacle ofEnterprisecrew members attempting to get down. This episode is enjoyable in its own right, and also as an interesting look at how the kids of the '60s came off to those a few years their senior. Only a "Herbert" (that's slang for "square") could fail to enjoy watching duty-bound Kirk wonder whether he's a little too rigid. (Movie trivia buffs may notice that the hippie who gets "a clean bill of health from Dr. McCoy" is none other than Charles Napier, a character actor who would later appear in nearly all of Jonathan Demme's films, including his rather grisly fate at the hands of Hannibal Lecter inThe Silence of the Lambs.)--Ali Davis