The second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek, premiered on NBC on September 15, 1967 and concluded on March 29, 1968. It consisted of twenty-six episodes. It features William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, Leonard Nimoy as Spock and DeForest Kelley as Leonard McCoy.
Broadcast history
The season originally aired Fridays at 8:30–9:30 pm (EST) on NBC.
Cast
Main
- William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk: The commanding officer of the USS Enterprise.
- Leonard Nimoy as Commander Spock: The ship's half-human/half-Vulcan science officer and first/executive officer (i.e. second-in-command).
- DeForest Kelley as Lieutenant Commander Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: The ship's chief medical officer.
- James Doohan as Lieutenant Commander Montgomery "Scotty" Scott: The Enterprise's chief engineer and second officer (i.e. third-in-command).
- Nichelle Nichols as Lieutenant Uhura: The ship's communications officer.
- George Takei as Lieutenant Sulu: The ship's helmsman.
- Walter Koenig as Ensign Pavel Chekov: A Russian-born navigator introduced in the second-season premiere episode.
- Majel Barrett as Nurse Christine Chapel: The ship's head nurse. Barrett, who played the ship's first officer (number one) in "The Cage," also voiced the ship's computer.
Recurring
- Eddie Paskey as Lt. Leslie
Episodes
Home media
The season was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Paramount Home Entertainment. There is earlier version and a remastered version.
There was DVD set release in 2004, and later a remastered version was also released on DVD, which featured some updated special effects in some scenes as well as re-processed color, etc.
The Remastered DVD set also included special features for 'Tribbles', including the episodes "Trials and Tribblations" from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and "More Tribbles, More Troubles" from Star Trek: The Animated Series. The Remastered DVD set included 8 DVD discs.
Reception
In 2019, CBR rated Season 2 of Star Trek (original series) as the second best season of all Star Trek seasons up to that time, and the best season of the original's three seasons.
References
External links
- Star Trek: The Original Series Season 2 at IMDb
- Star Trek: The Original Series season 2 at Memory Alpha
