'It was the... Neu...ral... neut-ralizer!' The Enterprise picks up a deranged lab assistant, Dr Van Gelder, formerly assigned to a prison for the insane. Kirk beams down to this prison planet to make sure every thing's alright. Kirk soon finds himself subject to the Neural Neutralizer, a brainwashing device used by prison director Dr Adams, that, 'empties the mind'. Fearing Kirk is in danger Spock beams down to the planet and disables the power grid. With the power outage Kirk knocks out Dr Adams and escapes. But Adams was knocked out under the Neutralizer. When the power is turned back on, he's killed by his own device. McCoy saying, "It's hard to believe someone could die from loneliness", "Not if you've sat in that chair" Kirk says.
This is a memorable episode. I like it. There are some, I will say, 'continuity' issues with the episode. As far as I know, and I'm just a fan and not a critic, this is the only episode with this problem. Maybe it was just the editing for TV. . . but it seems as if scenes that would have better explained the action were never filmed. Or as if scenes explaining the plot and action were edited out. Perhaps the edit here just had a good 'feel' to it. It is a memorable episode.
This is a memorable episode. I like it. There are some, I will say, 'continuity' issues with the episode. As far as I know, and I'm just a fan and not a critic, this is the only episode with this problem. Maybe it was just the editing for TV. . . but it seems as if scenes that would have better explained the action were never filmed. Or as if scenes explaining the plot and action were edited out. Perhaps the edit here just had a good 'feel' to it. It is a memorable episode.