Bem (Star Trek: The Animated Series)

"Bem"
Star Trek: The Animated Series episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 2
Directed byBill Reed
Written byDavid Gerrold
Production code22018
Original air date14 September 1974 (1974-09-14)
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"Bem" is the second episode of the second season of the American animated science fiction television series Star Trek, the 18th episode overall. It first aired in the NBC Saturday morning lineup on 14 September 1974,[1] and was written by David Gerrold,[2] who wrote the earlier episode "More Tribbles, More Troubles" and worked on several Original Series episodes.

In this episode, the Enterprise crew must cope with a diplomatically sensitive issue involving a guest officer who meddles in a crucial mission.[3]

This marks the first time that Captain James T. Kirk's full name is given, revealing that the middle initial stood for Tiberius, after the Roman emperor.[4]

  1. ^ "Bem episode info". TVMaze.com. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ This story was expanded to become the first half of a full-length novel by science-fiction author Alan Dean Foster, Star Trek Log Nine (1977) (ISBN 0-345-25557-7).
  3. ^ "Bem (14 Sep. 1974)". IMDb.com. IMDb, Inc. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. ^ Tescar, Kail (5 October 2002). "The David Gerrold TAS Interview". StarTrekAnimated.com. Retrieved 20 October 2009.