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Synopsis:
Spock
and Joe Tormolen beam down to planet Psi 2000 to pick up a
research party before the planet disintegrates. They find everyone
has died, frozen when life support was turned off. Even stranger,
the positions of the researcher's
bodies show they were out of their minds when they perished and
some died by suicide.
Unknowingly, Tormolen
carried what is later termed the "Psi 2000" virus, back
to the U.S.S. Enterprise and it spreads among the crew at an
alarming rate, reaching into their souls and pulling out their
deepest desires for public display. The virus is water borne and
spread by perspiration in a touch. While trying to stop Tormolen
from killing himself, Sulu and Kevin Riley are infected with the
virus.
The crew begin displaying
actions that are humorous exaggerations of their desires, like
Sulu threatening the bridge with a fencing foil and Kirk becoming
overly romantic toward the crew. Others are more heart-wrenching,
like Christine Chapel admitting her love for Spock and the Vulcan
finally weeping over his mother's death. The deadliest result,
however, is when Riley declares himself captain of the U.S.S.
Enterprise and locks himself in Engineering. Unfortunately, he
also locks everyone else out. Once in command of the ship's
engines, Riley shuts them down and the U.S.S. Enterprise is pulled
toward Psi 2000 by its erratic gravity.
McCoy finds an antidote for
the virus which he, fortunately, manages to avoid coming down
with, and infects the crew. |
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