All the original Star Treks shows were morality plays, exploring some facet of human nature, that episode the dangerous destructive power of an adolescent with raging hormones, becoming carried away with his powers of life and death, without self-control or understanding the right and wrong.
I prefer The Squire of Gothos episode, this time another petulant child, appearing to be adult, but with the power beyond his years or understanding of right and wrong. Only this time, in the next to last scene, the child's parents step in, take responsibility, discipline their wayward child, and showing what parents must do in raising their offspring, throughout history, now and into the unforeseeable future. Something we are sadly short on in the present day.
"Suddenly,Trelane's parents (disembodied voices) arrive to take him away from his toys (his predators) and apologize to Kirk for their son's interference. Kirk is back aboard and relieved. Finally he can relax. No one died, not the Yeoman or Uhura either. He tells Spock "Trelane was a small boy." The Enterprise is safe. Kirk has discovered that power and maturity do not always equate."
"Star Trek" The Squire of Gothos (TV Episode 1967) - Plot summary, synopsis, and more...
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