Star Trek: Deep Space Nine‘s episode Trials and Tribble-ations is an unforgettable masterpiece. It was written as a tribute to the original series of Star Trek, in the 30th anniversary year of the show, and it originally aired on November 4, 1996.
Star Trek: DS9 5×06 – Trials and Tribble-ations (All Trailers)
The episode used footage from the original Star Trek. They basically used the episode The Trouble with Tribbles, which originally aired on December 29, 1967, but the scene where Sisko meets Kirk on the bridge towards the end of the episode was instead taken from the episode Mirror, Mirror, which originally aired on October 6, 1967.
Trials and Tribble-ations warps Captain Benjamin Sisko and the crew back into a time where the Enterprise was way more glamorous. Its much younger looking Captain Kirk was cutely surrounded by an onslaught of tribbles. The new crew tried to blend in, but got into several sometimes hilarious encounters nevertheless. They had to find Arne Darvin, a Klingon agent, who wanted to assassinate Kirk using a bomb.
Kirk and Spock | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Trials and Tribble-ations
The crew, sitting in the mess hall, doesn’t initially recognize the Klingons of the time period, and when Lieutenant Commander Worf is asked about the difference in appearance, he replies that the matter isn’t discussed with outsiders.
The Bar Fight | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Trials and Tribble-ations
The special effects, the costuming, and the set re-constructions all made this episode a pleasure to watch, but also an expensive one at the time, with a budget of $3 million.
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