Season 8: Episode 77 - Compliance Lessons from The Savage Curtain

“Risk is our business.” That famous Star Trek line could have been the mission statement for the crew of the USS Enterprise, but in The Savage Curtain, the stakes go beyond exploration. In this third-season episode, Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock find themselves on an alien world where the inhabitants are exceedingly powerful rock-like beings called the Excalbians. They wish to understand the human…