Enterprising Individuals

Our exploration of the spooky side of Trek continues this week, as we stalk the fog-strewn streets of Argelius II looking for the "Wolf in the Fold"!Author Marc Giller returns to the show to talk about the best episode of Star Trek: The Original Series in which Jack the Ripper possesses the USS Enterprise. Scotty's got a bump on the noggin and a distrust of girls and Dr. McCoy prescribes a little belly-dancer-related R&R to get the chief engineer back on his feet. But when the bodies begin to pile up, Kirk and crew must face down a ghost from Earth's past before the lights go out . . . PERMANENTLY!"Rational" Trek takes a powder in this episode, as we're served not only a murder mystery, but a ghost story, a slasher flick, zombies, demons, and haunted house tale, all in a script from the author of "Psycho"! During the show, Marc and I discuss Trek's desire to "laugh at the boogiemen," genre mashups, "Arthur C. Clarke" magic, the endurance of the Ripper myth, the longest scene in the series, the conflict be