Star Trek: DAGGER OF THE MIND Caught up with this tonight.
Some new observations... This is 2 episodes in a row involving deep underground caverns, and a very well-respected man whose reputation seems beyond reproach or question... who just happens to be on some kind of power-mad trip. Roger Corby, and Tristan Adams.
Both Adams' female assistant Lethe and his male assistant Eli have blank expressions. I guess Van Gelder would have, but he fought back too hard.
Morgan Woodward is terrific in this. This time around, I particularly took note of his face when under the Vulcan mind-meld. He looked like a completely different person! One could easily see him as highly intelligent, friendly, reasonable. I wonder, since they never said, was he cured because of Spock, did they have to use the machine again to fix what it broke, or did he just return to normal after enough time had gone by? Kirk's very pained expression at the end of the story suggests the fake memories Adams implanted were still there, and he'd never forget.
The question remains, what would Adams have done with Kirk? Claiming there was "another" accident might have looked TOO suspicious. But the story wraps up before too many questions have been answered, or even raised.
Just looked this up: "S-Bar David" (onscreen credit) is actually Shimon Wincelberg, born in Germany, and according to the IMDB...
Many of his scripts for classic TV shows of the 1950s and '60s centered around Jewish themes and were notable for their unusually correct depiction of Jewish rituals and religious law.
He was a mentor for many Orthodox Jews in Hollywood. Whatta ya know. Jewish-sounding name, a Jew born in Germany before the Nazis took over, the character names "Lethe" & "Eli" both sound Jewish, and Dr. Adams comes across like a scientist in a Nazi concentration camp, experimenting and enjoying himself at the total expense of the people he has power over.
Could the psudonym "S-Bar David" be meant as a reference to "Star of David"?
Finally... while pretty, and attractive, Helen Noel is neither what I'd call "cute" or a standard Trek female who finds Kirk attractive. She seems to have an attitude problem, but this may be common for psychiatrists.
Funny thing... it took until I saw her name in the end credits... Marianna Hill... when I suddenly remembered what I looked up months ago. She was the B**** IN HEAT in the movie
HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER who comes on to Clint Eastwood's "Stranger", then acts all offended at him, then gets RAPED by him. And then, the next day, shoots at him multiple times when he's trying to take a bath, and, totally inexplicably, misses. (Or, did she?)
"Wonder what took her so long to get mad?"
"Maybe because you didn't go back for more."
"When a man like that comes along, you give him what he wants. Until he goes too far."
"Isn't RAPE in BROAD DAYLIGHT still a MISDEMEANOR in this town?
?" The other woman character in the film, by the way, Verna Bloom, later played Dean Vernon's wife in the film
ANIMAL HOUSE. I saw both films multiple times without ever realizing that, until I looked it up online.
