Change Your Image
gcrunner-59538
Reviews
Star Trek: The Empath (1968)
One of my favorite episodes of all the Star Trek series
This is definitely one of my favorite episodes of all the Star Trek series.
It introduced to me as a young lad, the notion of empathy, and took it to a level which has at times been debated as possible or not, physical empathy. To be able to take the pain and suffering from someone and transfer it onto oneself while removing that pain and suffering from another is an incredible concept. It made me wonder - Were any of the great healers in ancient times physical empaths?
The actress playing Gem I thought was excellent,watching her throughout the episode was as Spock would say, fascinating.
Sometimes we don't need million dollar special effects and wild chase scenes to have a beautiful episode. And where would we be as human beings without empathy ?