For a one-episode character, you gotta admit, Mr. Cogley OWNED this episode!! I'm surprised they didn't spin him off onto his own "Space Court" series.
@@jturner7771 I guess it's a big universe, but I certainly saw shades of Mr. Cogley in #1's originally reluctant defense attorney. She OWNED SNW S2E2 in similar fashion, and she earned every bit of NCC-1701 bridge crew's applause. I agree it would have been nice to see him, or at least to hear him mentioned as a colleague, a mentor, or in the SNW timeframe, possibly a mentee to the lady lawyer.
For it's time, this was not really overacting. It's THEATER acting! You have to understand - many actors of the time did at least as much work if not more in stage acting and Broadway. Many episodes of Star Trek could translate readily to stage plays with a little bit of work. There's a reason why both William Shatner and Patrick Stewart came from Shakespearean training on the stage. A little bit of "projection" to reach the back row of the theater was par for the course. It's a markedly different style of acting than we're used to today. And must be taken on it's own merits and accounted for. Don't think of it as "corny". Understand the times it was made for.
@@TimThomason I might buy that if any other human said it. But this is McCoy. Spock knows when McCoy is insulting him and he picks and chooses when to engage in a battle of wits.
The actor portraying Capt. Kirks attorney, should be conferred an award for his performance in this scene. The segment in which he argues human rights is so powerful.
Though I agree, Elijah Cook Jr. had such difficulty remembering his lines that his speech, and other segments of his lines had to be edited together from multiple different shots.
The reason this show is one of the greatest of all time? Insanely good writing, ridiculously lucky casting in Shatner, Nimoy, and Kelley, and some of the most imaginative world-building in all of television and cinema.
Kelley was no accident. He was the 1st person CHOSEN by Roddenberry for the series based on earlier experience with him dating to 1959 on another project. Kelley chose the role of Bones after Roddenberry told him about the 3 leading characters.
agree & if i may add one hottie after another & most of them played serious parts not just eye candy which im sure is 1 reason why most women liked this show
I suspect that Roddenberry drew upon some of the social consequences of WWII (loss of personal rights and freedom versus duty). It may explain, in part, why the series was so good, as the war was then a recent memory and the consequences lingering.
Excellent scene with the late Elisha Cook (really underrated actor) portraying Mr. Cogley. "I speak of rights! A machine has none - a man must!.... I ask that my motion be granted. And more than that Gentlemen, in the name of humanity fading in the shadow of the machine, I demand it! I demand it!"
Al Cd The scene you spoke of really moved me. It was a great episode even though my brother and father said It's over acting.We do have rights! Never forget that!
@@Zoras88 Data would fall under the category of man, not machine, in Cogley's rant. I think Cogley himself would be the first to admit that sapient androids were not 'machines.' He always struck me as being at least that flexible.
The Original Series was so ahead of its time. I think it still holds up today. I mean, you can definitely place it as being made in the 60's, but the stories and acting were great. So much more human drama and depth than the Abrams abominations being made today.
What's sad is NBC execs didn't understand the quality of this show and didn't like it.NBC put the on Friday nights to get it cancelled. Friday nights was the worst time slot for a TV show. That's when most people would be out of the house and do something besides watching TV. The show still lasted the whole year though and they still cancelled it. What the dumbasses didn't understand was it had a fanbase that kept it on the air.
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And to think. Much technology from Star Trek actually became reality, whereas anything from either JJ Abrams, or even George Lucas could never become reality. Star Trek is actually the thinking man's Sci-fi.
Most spectacular use of of Spock's logic was in Spectre of the Gun at the end where Spock reframed their entire experience as unreal and saves all of them from certain death.
it was an off the cuff remark from Kirk that gave him the idea. The scenes that follow this were interesting also. using the masking device to reveal a single heartbeat.
@@Chuck_Hooks that was an awesome episode... "the bullets are not real!!!", lets try this on me now.. "my bills are not real, they can not hurt me!" LOL. XP
The only thing wrong is that Samuel T. Cogley, Attorney at Law hasn't been born yet. If he were: COGLEY for PRESIDENT 2020! (I'd volunteer to campaign for him...!)
MasterTypoDemon....Before JAG officer Louvois ruled Data as a Sentient, not just another machine, machines in general did not have rights. It took a judicial ruling to give a certain type of machine the rights enjoyed by other Sentient Beings.
Amazing that he also starred as a hitman in "The Maltese Falcon", with Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor. If that's not breadth, scope, and longevity in an actor, I don't know what is!
Mr.Cogley's demand for justice still resonates for me as one of the greatest speeches in cinematic history, on par with Charlie Chaplin's final speech from ' The Great Dictator.' Beyond inspiring!!!
Y'know, I've never been what you'd call a sci-fi or even a Star Trek geek-except when it comes to the original series. For lack of a better word, there's a "magic" the first show had that is yet to be duplicated, at least for me, in ANY show before or since. Flipping through the channels or surfing TH-cam, I can ALWAYS watch Trek; never grows old or dull or dated or fails to beam me right back to my childhood. This was a case of simply having a setting-in this instance a sci-fi one-and a cast of characters that lent themselves to telling great stories with drama, action, comedy, social/political/cultural/historical commentary, nods to film, literature, folklore, myths, you name it. Whatever the creators wanted to talk about, whatever message they wanted to convey, whatever genre they wanted to tackle, they could just go for it because, hey, it wasn't the "real world"; it was Star Trek. Brilliant stuff that makes me go: "THIS-this is what good storytelling is all about!"
To each his own opinion but I think Picards speeches on TNG matched moments like this but overall the entire feel of the show, yes I agree it does seem that something was lost in all television between late 60s and late 80s.
I saw an interview with Shatner in which he said the Star Trek weekly budget is what the studios spend for cast and crew meals today. They did some amazing things on a shoestring.
The average $186K/episode budget would be considered a shoestring today compared to modern studio costs, but back in the 1960s it was huge for a television show.
@@marccolten9801 Teri Garr, Gary Lockwood, Joan Collins, Frank Gorshin, William Marshall, and Jane Wyatt to name just a few in the original series. Also since when did other shows and the number of guest stars they had have to do with anything the OP said? I'm sure there were LOTS of shows with more and higher list guest stars, but none of them invalidate what Daffidavit commented.
This is brilliantly done, speaking to the audience with intelligence, but putting story and understanding over the reality of the situation. One of the many, many reasons why this show is among a very small group of brilliance in all forms of television. Like pizza, when it's bad, it's still pretty good. But when Star Trek is good (a premium example right here), it's alchemical, and opens minds.
Some of the episodes were just pure schlock (Spock's Brain), but then others where just brilliant. 'Court Martial' was definitely Star Trek at its best.
If you watch Spock's Brain as a Mad Magazine parody of Star Trek it is actually enjoyable. Just don't show it to a potential new fan until they have seen all other episodes.
I agree and as a multi degreed Computer Engineer I was just thinking the same thing....even more prescient today that a year ago when you made your comment.
I'm glad you're here to tell me these things. Of course he got off, no thanks to Cogley. The prosecutor presented several witnesses. Cogley didn't question any of them, let alone try to undermine the argument of the prosecutor (that Kirk was either incompetent or actually murderous). Then, when asked to present his own case, he had NOTHING, only Kirk's statement. He rested his case BEFORE Spock handed him the answer. It was SPOCK that saved Kirk, not Cogley. Worst. Lawyer. Ever.
I expected to see him do SOMETHING. McCoy is on the stand saying it's possible Kirk came to hate Finney (hypothetically). Why would Cogley not ask for McCoy's expert opinion of whether it was LIKELY, given what he knew about Kirk? Why would he not ask Spock the same question about Kirk's competence? The prosecution had a video of Kirk pushing the button, but that wasn't the case she was making. She was suggesting that Kirk panicked... or that he hated and murdered Finney. Neither assertion had anything to do with the video, which only showed what Kirk did, not WHY he did it... and that was the prosecution's case. Cogley did nothing to challenge either assertion.
Imagine: - On that question doctor, logic didactes that both the captain and the ship computer can't be right simultanously. - What do you mean mr Spock ? - Precisely this doctor. Only three persons on this ship can alter the computer's databanks. The captain, myself and mister Finney (sp?). - But it's only a possibility Spock, there are other options. - True doctor, we need a mobile.
Damn! I've been watching STD out of morbid curiosity. This clip was like a blast of pure oxygen to a drowning man! I'm getting my TOS blu rays out tomorrow!!!
The Doomsday Machine was one of the best episodes in TOS. William Windom was awesome as the unhinged death-wish commodore with the Captain Ahab complex, and the thought of such a device cruising around the galaxy devouring whole worlds left an unsettled feeling with me, to say the least...
I would have to agree. That was one of the most intense episodes ever. If you had never seen it before, it would definitely have you on the edge of your seat. I’ve probably seen that episode a dozen or so times myself and I can still feel that intensity.
It was Perry Mason in space. The neat thing about science fiction is that you can take a story from any other genre and, with a few tweaks, make it science fiction. TOS did that very well, much better than the various follow on series.
A very Happy 90th Birthday William Shatner. Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec. March 22, 1931 Born in Canada, But a U.S. treasure. Your legacy is worldwide. Thanks Tiberius..
@@Simpleburger1968 Spock is half human. His surface consciousness is the logical part while his subsurface consciousness is his illogical part. Not always seen but still there.
Yes, forgive me if this sounds paranoid but I have to wonder why we aren't at an already further advanced state. All over the world we have scientists, engineers, programmers and dozens of other fields working on different AI/robotic projects from motion to function and looks to self-awareness, why hasn't someone decided to bring several of these companies together to create a better artificial intelligence being.
Definitely. I wouldn't be surprised if they modeled this after a Perry Mason episode. That show had just gone off the air the previous season, so it would've still been fresh in a lot of people's minds.
I remember that old deries, I always loved it as a child. My mother did too, it was a good time we had together watching that show. She also loved Star Trek and at the time TNG didn't exist or was just beginning production.
Some 40 years later a more succinct speech was given in House M.D. House violates a patients Do Not Resuscitate and avoids prosecution by stating if his patient dies he won't have the chance to face his accuser.
In one version of the script, maybe the 1st draft, there was a line that has always struck me. Stone: I won't have this court turned into a circus. Cogsley: Do you know what the first circuses were, sir? They were arenas where men lived an died. This is indeed a circus for in this arena my client will live or die, for if you take away his command, he is a dead man. And in this case, Cogsley was correct. That ship and crew meant everything to Kirk. He would die to save his ship and crew. No one has greater love than he who would give up his life for others.
For those who do not remember, Ben Finney is found alive and Kirk is absolved. It seems Finney was unbalanced and had an unfounded grudge against Kirk. Mr. Cogley, the lawyer who so brilliantly and successfully defended Kirk, then becomes Ben Finney's lawyer to insure his rights are also protected. If I ever have to go before a jury, I want Cogley as my lawyer!
Elisha Cook Jr is outstanding in his role as defense attorney. Old time movie buffs remember him for his roles in the classics The Maltese Falcon and Shane. In both films he was a centerpiece, as the obnoxious hired gun Wilmer in Maltese Falcon and Stonewall Torrey the homesteader in Shane. The way Wilmer and Sam Spade, played by the great Humphrey Bogart play off each other in the Maltese Falcon is priceless. Like his contemporary Peter Lorre, Cooks character is the perfect patsy for the uber cool Bogart. His performance as Torrey in Shane is even more noteworthy because he portrays an overly proud southern homesteader
who is gunned down by the hired gun Jack Wilson, played to wicked perfection by Jack Palance. One could make a serious argument that Cook Jr was the finest character actor to appear in the Star Trek series. Everything he appeared in was thoroughly enthralling.
Elisha Cook was in the 1946 film 'The Big Sleep' as Harry Jones. ToS is why there is a franchise today. Great lighting, fantastic use of color and some brilliant directing. Most of the actors were pretty darn good as well.
Same as majority of 'old movies' because the sets and effects are basic the scripts and storylines have to stand up to scrutiny more. Is so easy for acting to be lost / hidden behind special effects in sci-fi.
Logic dictated that brevity would serve his captain more than precision in this matter, so long as it was established that it was more than a month ago.
Four months, twelves days, 7 hours and 37 seconds Captain. However such a precision is irrelevant in the current situation and would only be distracting. "A few" is a perfectly logical approximation.
Are you sure? "You see, he's already met two of your three criteria, so what if he meets the third? Consciousness - in even the slightest degree! What is he then? I don't know, do you?"
@@ghostl1124 You see, he's met two of your three criteria for sentience, so what if he meets the third. Consciousness in even the smallest degree. What is he then? I don't know. Do you?
I would have liked to hear the response from the judge. Something like, "I fail to see how moving this hearing to the Enterprise is going to change the outcome, but in the interest of ensuring a just and fair decision, your request is granted. We will reconvene in one hour."
For a one-episode character, you gotta admit, Mr. Cogley OWNED this episode!! I'm surprised they didn't spin him off onto his own "Space Court" series.
He should have been in Strange new Worlds S2E2.
@@jturner7771 I guess it's a big universe, but I certainly saw shades of Mr. Cogley in #1's originally reluctant defense attorney. She OWNED SNW S2E2 in similar fashion, and she earned every bit of NCC-1701 bridge crew's applause. I agree it would have been nice to see him, or at least to hear him mentioned as a colleague, a mentor, or in the SNW timeframe, possibly a mentee to the lady lawyer.
Yeah, sort of a Federation "Better Caul Saul"
I don't care what anyone says , yes it is dated with overacting aplenty but it is still some of the best entertainment to ever be put to film .
seems you missed the point.
That they could be entertaining and still be able to craft a story that is socially relevant ? No I dont think I did .
Overreacting?
Better than today's CGI Eye-Candy trying to make up for Lame, Piss-Poor acting!
For it's time, this was not really overacting. It's THEATER acting! You have to understand - many actors of the time did at least as much work if not more in stage acting and Broadway. Many episodes of Star Trek could translate readily to stage plays with a little bit of work. There's a reason why both William Shatner and Patrick Stewart came from Shakespearean training on the stage. A little bit of "projection" to reach the back row of the theater was par for the course.
It's a markedly different style of acting than we're used to today. And must be taken on it's own merits and accounted for. Don't think of it as "corny". Understand the times it was made for.
McCoy: "Spock, you're the most cold-blooded man I've ever known!" Spock: "Why....thank you, Doctor!"
Spock has been among humans long enough to know that the best way to tolerate their insults is to act like they didn't land.
Also, Spock's blood has been described as equivalent to "ice water" in the past. By calling him "cold-blooded", McCoy is saying he's more Vulcan-like.
@@TimThomason I might buy that if any other human said it. But this is McCoy. Spock knows when McCoy is insulting him and he picks and chooses when to engage in a battle of wits.
@Roger Waters 5. And he was waiting for McCoy.
i had to laugh at that too, he is spock after all, lol he is finding the intelligent solution based on logic. spock does care in his way
The actor portraying Capt. Kirks attorney, should be conferred an award for his performance in this scene. The segment in which he argues human rights is so powerful.
Though I agree, Elijah Cook Jr. had such difficulty remembering his lines that his speech, and other segments of his lines had to be edited together from multiple different shots.
@@quinn7876 that may well be, but it's obvious that he has heart.
@@danieljones317 Undoubtedly.
If I'm ever on trial, I want Cogley as my attorney.
I'll settle for Spock.
@@charleswilson7371 He’d be excellent too.
Spock was the one that really saved him
@@bidlingodoop4673 he noticed the aberration in the computer - but it took Cogley to address it in Court.
Word!
"A machine has no rights!"
Captain Picard "Hold my tea."
That would be a great video to edit together
That's particularly funny since he became a machine himself now.
Commander Data is not merely a machine.
Very Clever
@@Pokemc0831 Bret Spinner is a total tool.
The reason this show is one of the greatest of all time?
Insanely good writing, ridiculously lucky casting in Shatner, Nimoy, and Kelley, and some of the most imaginative world-building in all of television and cinema.
I'm glad there are people out there that get it.
Star Trek the Original Series...The first, The best, Then, Now, and Forever.
Kelley was no accident. He was the 1st person CHOSEN by Roddenberry for the series based on earlier experience with him dating to 1959 on another project. Kelley chose the role of Bones after Roddenberry told him about the 3 leading characters.
agree & if i may add one hottie after another & most of them played serious parts not just eye candy which im sure is 1 reason why most women liked this show
I suspect that Roddenberry drew upon some of the social consequences of WWII (loss of personal rights and freedom versus duty). It may explain, in part, why the series was so good, as the war was then a recent memory and the consequences lingering.
Excellent scene with the late Elisha Cook (really underrated actor) portraying Mr. Cogley.
"I speak of rights! A machine has none - a man must!.... I ask that my motion be granted. And more than that Gentlemen, in the name of humanity fading in the shadow of the machine, I demand it! I demand it!"
Al Cd The scene you spoke of really moved me. It was a great episode even though my brother and father said It's over acting.We do have rights! Never forget that!
i'm glad this didn't come up when Data was on trial
As relevant today as when this first aired.
@@Zoras88 Data would fall under the category of man, not machine, in Cogley's rant. I think Cogley himself would be the first to admit that sapient androids were not 'machines.' He always struck me as being at least that flexible.
Now that is a motion!
The Original Series was so ahead of its time. I think it still holds up today. I mean, you can definitely place it as being made in the 60's, but the stories and acting were great. So much more human drama and depth than the Abrams abominations being made today.
Abraminations.
What's sad is NBC execs didn't understand the quality of this show and didn't like it.NBC put the on Friday nights to get it cancelled. Friday nights was the worst time slot for a TV show. That's when most people would be out of the house and do something besides watching TV. The show still lasted the whole year though and they still cancelled it. What the dumbasses didn't understand was it had a fanbase that kept it on the air.
And to think. Much technology from Star Trek actually became reality, whereas anything from either JJ Abrams, or even George Lucas could never become reality. Star Trek is actually the thinking man's Sci-fi.
Apebraininations
That is because it delt with human social problems that still plague us to this day
I always love it when Spock logics everyone's ass out of a jam.
Most spectacular use of of Spock's logic was in Spectre of the Gun at the end where Spock reframed their entire experience as unreal and saves all of them from certain death.
it was an off the cuff remark from Kirk that gave him the idea. The scenes that follow this were interesting also. using the masking device to reveal a single heartbeat.
@@Chuck_Hooks one of the greatest episodes ever
@@juresaiyan, you can say that again.
@@Chuck_Hooks that was an awesome episode... "the bullets are not real!!!", lets try this on me now.. "my bills are not real, they can not hurt me!" LOL. XP
This what I absolutely LOVE about CLASSIC Star Trek!
The impassioned speeches and emotionally charged conveyances.
That Man is able to ascend to glory
"On a ship of this size, could a man evade such a search?" "Possibly!" Cue scary music.
One of the best Star Trek episodes, of ANY series. Riveting, profound, a timeless theme, and superb writing & acting.
the original debug
"I speak of rights! A machine has none. A man *MUST.*"
Game, set, match, Mr. Cogley, and brilliantly played!
Data has rights though.
He was declared sentient, if you recall. And this was one of the best episodes ever, for content.
The only thing wrong is that Samuel T. Cogley, Attorney at Law hasn't been born yet. If he were:
COGLEY for PRESIDENT 2020!
(I'd volunteer to campaign for him...!)
RIGHT ON !!!!!!
MasterTypoDemon....Before JAG officer Louvois ruled Data as a Sentient, not just another machine, machines in general did not have rights. It took a judicial ruling to give a certain type of machine the rights enjoyed by other Sentient Beings.
God I love Classic Star Trek!
Elisha Cook Jr. was in his early 60's at the time portraying Mr. Cogley and giving one of his best performances!
A great performance, and so nice to see him in a role other than that of his usual victim.
Elisha Cook played in House on
Haunted Hill 1959.
Amazing that he also starred as a hitman in "The Maltese Falcon", with Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor. If that's not breadth, scope, and longevity in an actor, I don't know what is!
Was he Ice Pick in Magnum PI?
@@handsolo1209 Yes he was.
Mr.Cogley's demand for justice still resonates for me as one of the greatest speeches in cinematic history, on par with Charlie Chaplin's final speech from ' The Great Dictator.' Beyond inspiring!!!
Cogley was terrific in this.
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!!
bravo!
Cogley should have defended Michael in Discovery.
I agree Dr. I enjoy the whole original series, but Mr. Cogley's soliloquy really gets me and is astonishing in its forethought.
Y'know, I've never been what you'd call a sci-fi or even a Star Trek geek-except when it comes to the original series. For lack of a better word, there's a "magic" the first show had that is yet to be duplicated, at least for me, in ANY show before or since. Flipping through the channels or surfing TH-cam, I can ALWAYS watch Trek; never grows old or dull or dated or fails to beam me right back to my childhood. This was a case of simply having a setting-in this instance a sci-fi one-and a cast of characters that lent themselves to telling great stories with drama, action, comedy, social/political/cultural/historical commentary, nods to film, literature, folklore, myths, you name it. Whatever the creators wanted to talk about, whatever message they wanted to convey, whatever genre they wanted to tackle, they could just go for it because, hey, it wasn't the "real world"; it was Star Trek. Brilliant stuff that makes me go: "THIS-this is what good storytelling is all about!"
To each his own opinion but I think Picards speeches on TNG matched moments like this but overall the entire feel of the show, yes I agree it does seem that something was lost in all television between late 60s and late 80s.
One of the best episodes of Star Trek....... ever!!
I Agree! Watched it several times! A great episode! Mr. Cogley proclaimed several important facts that defend the innocent! I stand for this!
That's what I like about Mr. SPOCK.His logical, disciplined train of thought! Something I've always based my life upon and IT HAS DONE ME WELL!
I saw an interview with Shatner in which he said the Star Trek weekly budget is what the studios spend for cast and crew meals today. They did some amazing things on a shoestring.
Inflation is also a factor.
The average $186K/episode budget would be considered a shoestring today compared to modern studio costs, but back in the 1960s it was huge for a television show.
"Then why are you just sitting there?"
"Because, doctor, it was more dramatic this way."
Or perhaps, “Because, I have been waiting for you, Doctor... Transporter room, he finally showed up. Stand by, we’re beaming down.”
"You will have brought us down to the level of the machine. Indeed, you will have elevated the machine above us." Prophetic indeed.
Kirk's lawyer played in "The Maltese Falcon". Roddenberry was able to obtain some awesome actors.
and Shane
Name two. I'm watching Perry Mason reruns and they had many more big stars. Some were in the twilight of their careers but still.
Poor Wilmer!
@@marccolten9801 Teri Garr, Gary Lockwood, Joan Collins, Frank Gorshin, William Marshall, and Jane Wyatt to name just a few in the original series. Also since when did other shows and the number of guest stars they had have to do with anything the OP said? I'm sure there were LOTS of shows with more and higher list guest stars, but none of them invalidate what Daffidavit commented.
I was in High School during the series and never missed it.... I still can watch it with enjoyment.
Same here.
Don't we all ?
You never missed what? Star Trek or high school?
This is brilliantly done, speaking to the audience with intelligence, but putting story and understanding over the reality of the situation. One of the many, many reasons why this show is among a very small group of brilliance in all forms of television. Like pizza, when it's bad, it's still pretty good. But when Star Trek is good (a premium example right here), it's alchemical, and opens minds.
Because of Star Trek, I purchased a 3 dimensional chess set and learned how to play it. I was eight.
LOL so did I . I was a true Trek kid :-):-):-)
We used to play them at chess tournaments. while waiting for the next round. We were all Trekies and I am still one 60 years later!!
It's easy to play 3d chess, when you are 8 dimensional.
Well hello there, Monk! Fancy meeting you here!
@@sixstanger00 Queen to Queen's level 3, my friend!
5:56 When Kirk has that "oh s__t!" moment...
"Spock, I reprogrammed the Chess simulator so that it was possible to win." - Kirk
What?!? You changed the conditions of the game? I commend you on original thinking. Lol!
Now I'm afraid you're going to rot in prison just because you wanted to win at chess.
"At least I was an honest cheater." - kirk
Mr. Spock was suppose to be able to read minds so knew that Captain Kirk would cheat he just never said anything about it.
"...in the name of humanity, fading in the shadow of AI."
Just great TV. Our rights as men. I always love that speech by Mr. Cogli. This episode was excellent.
I always refer to statutes of alpha III when I feel unfairly treated.
No go so far😕
When your going against Skynet you use what you have.
Once tried to talk my way out of there speeding ticket citing the Code of Hammurabi but the police officer was equally unimpressed...
Your first mistake was not arguing the case under the Fundamental Declarations of the Martian Colonies
The Fundamental Declarations of the Martian Colonies are etched upon my heart.
I'm actually surprised he didn't cite the Magna Carta.
Some of the episodes were just pure schlock (Spock's Brain), but then others where just brilliant. 'Court Martial' was definitely Star Trek at its best.
Brain and brain what is brain???? yea that one was on the silly side... :)
If you watch Spock's Brain as a Mad Magazine parody of Star Trek it is actually enjoyable. Just don't show it to a potential new fan until they have seen all other episodes.
Now it's time to listen for all the heart beats on the ship.
Man it brings a smile to my face that current and recent programming can't. 👍💖😄
Brilliant episode. We could use some of this machine/computer vs. human prioritization today!
this is a very mediocre episode. how dare you
I agree and as a multi degreed Computer Engineer I was just thinking the same thing....even more prescient today that a year ago when you made your comment.
Cogley was the worst lawyer ever. He didn't DO anything. He made no case, and made no attempt to discredit the prosecution's case.
I'm glad you're here to tell me these things. Of course he got off, no thanks to Cogley. The prosecutor presented several witnesses. Cogley didn't question any of them, let alone try to undermine the argument of the prosecutor (that Kirk was either incompetent or actually murderous). Then, when asked to present his own case, he had NOTHING, only Kirk's statement. He rested his case BEFORE Spock handed him the answer. It was SPOCK that saved Kirk, not Cogley. Worst. Lawyer. Ever.
I expected to see him do SOMETHING. McCoy is on the stand saying it's possible Kirk came to hate Finney (hypothetically). Why would Cogley not ask for McCoy's expert opinion of whether it was LIKELY, given what he knew about Kirk? Why would he not ask Spock the same question about Kirk's competence? The prosecution had a video of Kirk pushing the button, but that wasn't the case she was making. She was suggesting that Kirk panicked... or that he hated and murdered Finney. Neither assertion had anything to do with the video, which only showed what Kirk did, not WHY he did it... and that was the prosecution's case. Cogley did nothing to challenge either assertion.
I absolutely loved Mr. Cogley. Would’ve loved to have seen more of him.
One of the smartest episodes ever.
Imagine:
- On that question doctor, logic didactes that both the captain and the ship computer can't be right simultanously.
- What do you mean mr Spock ?
- Precisely this doctor. Only three persons on this ship can alter the computer's databanks. The captain, myself and mister Finney (sp?).
- But it's only a possibility Spock, there are other options.
- True doctor, we need a mobile.
Thank you for posting. Great memories of a spectacular episode. They don't make 'em like this anymore!
Damn! I've been watching STD out of morbid curiosity. This clip was like a blast of pure oxygen to a drowning man! I'm getting my TOS blu rays out tomorrow!!!
Favorite episode! The dramatic acting, editing, and the music cues will make your hair stand up.
One of the best shows, and one of the best episodes.
The Doomsday Machine was one of the best episodes in TOS. William Windom was awesome as the unhinged death-wish commodore with the Captain Ahab complex, and the thought of such a device cruising around the galaxy devouring whole worlds left an unsettled feeling with me, to say the least...
I agree. That's a very under-rated episode, and one of my favorites.
I would have to agree. That was one of the most intense episodes ever. If you had never seen it before, it would definitely have you on the edge of your seat. I’ve probably seen that episode a dozen or so times myself and I can still feel that intensity.
The first season of Star Trek has the best story lines!
One of the very best episodes of all Star Trek series!
My goodness, Spocks' logic just cuts right to the bone. Clears all the BS out of the picture.
I love Star Trek! And this particular episode reminded me of Perry Mason in space!
HardyGirl66. Yes, mine too. I also like how Kirks defendant has nothing but books over computers. Reminds me of me :)
It was Perry Mason in space. The neat thing about science fiction is that you can take a story from any other genre and, with a few tweaks, make it science fiction. TOS did that very well, much better than the various follow on series.
I thought that Cogley was more like a Matlock of the 23rd century.
A very Happy 90th Birthday William Shatner. Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec. March 22, 1931 Born in Canada, But a U.S. treasure. Your legacy is worldwide. Thanks Tiberius..
Have you ever seen Shatner in Hill 1? It was a short film for Father Peyton in his rosary series. Shatner played a Roman soldier at Calvary.
2:20 that subtle use of the intro is so damn good!!!
I love the way even with film ' evidence' Spock would not accept the Captain was guilty so he pulled out all the stops and came to the rescue again.
Undying and unquestioning loyalty.
@@proudamerican183 Although "unquestioning loyalty" could be deemed ....illogical ?
@@Simpleburger1968 Spock is half human. His surface consciousness is the logical part while his subsurface consciousness is his illogical part. Not always seen but still there.
TOS: Machines bad!
TNG: Machines have feelings too :-(
03:02 As AI becomes more powerful and ubiquitous, this speech becomes all the more relavant.
Yes, forgive me if this sounds paranoid but I have to wonder why we aren't at an already further advanced state. All over the world we have scientists, engineers, programmers and dozens of other fields working on different AI/robotic projects from motion to function and looks to self-awareness, why hasn't someone decided to bring several of these companies together to create a better artificial intelligence being.
It's like Perry Mason in space! Brilliant.
Definitely. I wouldn't be surprised if they modeled this after a Perry Mason episode. That show had just gone off the air the previous season, so it would've still been fresh in a lot of people's minds.
Cogley may have been Perry Mason descendant
Except on Perry Mason they wouldn't allow the defendant's ex-lover to prosecute. Every man would wind up on death row.
I remember that old deries, I always loved it as a child. My mother did too, it was a good time we had together watching that show. She also loved Star Trek and at the time TNG didn't exist or was just beginning production.
"Well why are you just sitting there?"
"Because, Doctor, I needed you to arrive so that I could explain this to the audience."
Loved Mr. Cogley!
Excellent episode. Excellent, indeed increasingly, an inspiring & warning speech by the Defence. Subbed.
Cogly came up with that speech from one sentence Spock told him? Fascinating.
Cogley had been writing that speech for weeks in his subconscious mind, Spock brought it out and provided the opportunity.
@@warrenpierce5542 Cogley had been writing that speech all his life and waiting for an opportunity to deploy it.
Some 40 years later a more succinct speech was given in House M.D. House violates a patients Do Not Resuscitate and avoids prosecution by stating if his patient dies he won't have the chance to face his accuser.
THIS is what made TOS a true SF Classic!... 😊👍🏻👍🏻
This was a very dignified role for Elisha Cook Jr. (Kirk's attorney).
He deserved it after a lifetime of lesser roles.
What a cliffhanger ... now I've got to find the rest of this episode. :)
They execute Captain Kirk. KIDDING, KIDDING!
Season 1 Episode 20 - Court Marshal
In one version of the script, maybe the 1st draft, there was a line that has always struck me.
Stone: I won't have this court turned into a circus.
Cogsley: Do you know what the first circuses were, sir? They were arenas where men lived an died. This is indeed a circus for in this arena my client will live or die, for if you take away his command, he is a dead man.
And in this case, Cogsley was correct. That ship and crew meant everything to Kirk. He would die to save his ship and crew. No one has greater love than he who would give up his life for others.
Holy crap! Take the gel off the lens, Finney's not dead!
For those who do not remember, Ben Finney is found alive and Kirk is absolved. It seems Finney was unbalanced and had an unfounded grudge against Kirk. Mr. Cogley, the lawyer who so brilliantly and successfully defended Kirk, then becomes Ben Finney's lawyer to insure his rights are also protected. If I ever have to go before a jury, I want Cogley as my lawyer!
Such a great episode!
GORGEOUS blond!
Joan Marshall, passed away in 1992 at the age of 61.
5:56 RIGHT THERE, is where this episode just rocks.
Elisha Cook Jr is outstanding in his role as defense attorney. Old time movie buffs remember him for his roles in the classics The Maltese Falcon and Shane. In both films he was a centerpiece, as the obnoxious hired gun Wilmer in Maltese Falcon and Stonewall Torrey the homesteader in Shane. The way Wilmer and Sam Spade, played by the great Humphrey Bogart play off each other in the Maltese Falcon is priceless. Like his contemporary Peter Lorre, Cooks character is the perfect patsy for the uber cool Bogart. His performance as Torrey in Shane is even more noteworthy because he portrays an overly proud southern homesteader
One of the best defence lawyers around. After being given a brief summation from Spock he pulls that impassioned speech out of his ass.
3:45 *YOU are in a position to demand NOTHING, sir!* I, on the other hand, am in a position to grant ... nothing. -Khan, the Wrath of Khan
My hero, Cogley. :)
who is gunned down by the hired gun Jack Wilson, played to wicked perfection by Jack Palance. One could make a serious argument that Cook Jr was the finest character actor to appear in the Star Trek series. Everything he appeared in was thoroughly enthralling.
Great show with plenty of life lessons.
Good looking prosecutor.
3:32 "you have elevated that machine above us" prescient words for today
Worldly acclaimed show but still criminally underrated
"I demand it!" Awesome stuff here.
This episode of the original Star Trek prophesied the future of the United States of America.
Elisha Cook was in the 1946 film 'The Big Sleep' as Harry Jones. ToS is why there is a franchise today. Great lighting, fantastic use of color and some brilliant directing. Most of the actors were pretty darn good as well.
This reprogramming of the computer was a first sign Capt. Kirk used to defeat the Kobayashi Maru test
Same as majority of 'old movies' because the sets and effects are basic the scripts and storylines have to stand up to scrutiny more. Is so easy for acting to be lost / hidden behind special effects in sci-fi.
"I programmed it myself a few months ago." Spock used the word, "few"? How very un-Vulcan of you, Spock.
Logic dictated that brevity would serve his captain more than precision in this matter, so long as it was established that it was more than a month ago.
@@roguishpaladin ahaha i love it
Four months, twelves days, 7 hours and 37 seconds Captain. However such a precision is irrelevant in the current situation and would only be distracting. "A few" is a perfectly logical approximation.
Lt commander Data in the episode "Measure of a man" was elevated to human equality because he is self aware. A criteria of a living being.
I wish Captain Chandra had more screen time!
"I speak of rights! A machine has none! A man must!" Fast forward to Data, and...
Data , is a machine. idiot !
And does Data have rights?
Data is a Deus Ex Machina.
Are you sure? "You see, he's already met two of your three criteria, so what if he meets the third? Consciousness - in even the slightest degree! What is he then? I don't know, do you?"
@@ghostl1124 You see, he's met two of your three criteria for sentience, so what if he meets the third. Consciousness in even the smallest degree. What is he then? I don't know. Do you?
Watching this after strange new world trial, this old cardboard show is a song for my ears
"Rights! A machine has none, a man must."
I wonder what Mr. Cogly would have said about Commander Data?
@Daniel Appleton Sounds likely.
There would have been some intriguing conversations. He probably would also go over every record of Data, service career, etc.
@Daniel Appleton Things evolved in the 24th Century. Androids as sophisticaded as Data didn't exist in Kirk's time, or were very rare.
Star Trek often predicts the future - A dystopian one!
Wow, this was really good!
Overdrawn, but truly superb.
Thank you for the video clip.
I truly miss this
I submit to you that the director kept shouting, "I WANT PERRY MASON IN SPACE!!!" while shooting this episode.
One of the best episodes they had. Along with Jack the Ripper...
"Wolf In The Fold"
I would have liked to hear the response from the judge. Something like, "I fail to see how moving this hearing to the Enterprise is going to change the outcome, but in the interest of ensuring a just and fair decision, your request is granted. We will reconvene in one hour."
Elisha Cook Jr. didn't play many serious roles where he talked a lot. It is great to see that he was a really good actor.
2:13: Best. Summation. Ever.
Elisha Cook Jr. in one of his rare good guy roles!
Unreal how far ahead of its time this show is...
Well why are you just sitting there? Love you Bones!
Elisha Cook should have been nominated for an Emmy for that scne. The most emotion on any Trek episode
He was one the best character actors who lived. A staple of noir.