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The Star Trek Original Series I chose to watch was “Assignment: Earth”. In this episode, The Enterprise goes back in time and accidently intercepts a traveler to the 20^th century who seems to be an alien. The traveler argues that he is human, but has lived on another planet for an extended period of time and now is traveling to earth to prevent earth from destroying itself. Captain Kirk is unsure whether or not to trust the traveler fearing that he may be an alien from the future plotting to destroy earth. The traveler escapes The Enterprise and travels to earth to disrupt the launch of a space nuclear missile launch pad. After the launch, the traveler takes control of the rocket in attempt to knock it off course and destroy it. Captain Kirk and Spock begin to try and stop the traveler before realizing that both they and the traveler both want the nuke destroyed and Captain Kirk decides to trust the traveler, and the traveler destroys the missile.

The science fiction of Star Trek seems to be very different from the science fiction shows of today. Today science fiction seems to try and relate to everyone using symbolism in shows that everyone can relate to. In Star Trek, the focus seems to be more for every ones entertainment. I prefer the science fiction of today because although it is not directly relatable the situations that arise in it are similar to what you may come across in your life.