Metamorphosis // Star Trek: The Original Series Reaction // Season 2

Sorry for your loss. Your mother raised a wonderful human being.

The souls of many people have been touched by Star Trek. That's one of the reasons we still watch it and talk about it today. For what it's worth, you are not alone.

The message IS that deep, you're not alone in seeing it nor in being moved by it. Cancer took my beloved wife from me 5 years ago and it still hurts. She was my soulmate and I'll never be fully whole again. I'm glad your husband is okay.

Don't be afraid of your emotions There's people who've chosen careers based on star trek. And James Doohan told a story of someone who wrote him that seeing star trek was one of the things preventing suicide. Doohan wrote back saying how he was going to be at a convention and he expected to meet that person that they needed to live for that moment. For several years he made sure he met that person and then that person stopped showing. Then James saw that person again and they said that they'd been inspired to get treatment and were OK now and thanks for saving their life.

I found this episode kind of blah when i was a child. Now wirh many decades of life behind me, this episode makes more sense to me. The wiIlingness of the entity to make such an enormous sacrifice for just a few moments of human connection moves me to tears.

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One of the strengths of TOS is not only how well crafted many of its stories are, but how relevant they are to our real lives.

Some Trekologists insist that this episode is the single most bee-autiful episode of Star Trek. The story. The dialogue. The cinematography. Fear not. You're not weird. You're just a Trekker.

This is my favorite episode of Star Trek. It plays like an opera or an ancient fable, like Gift Of The Magi, where he sacrifices a universe of honors, and she sacrifices immortality - both for love, for each other. I feel this one deeply every single time. There’s a lot to ponder.

You feel things so very strongly. I watch no other reviewers with such joy. Thank you.

Bunny, your emotional connection with this episode was AWESOME! We emotional humans are often affected by great films, great songs and even great television dramas. It's what we do! 🖖

What's kind of amazing about Star Trek is that even an unpopular or easily forgotten episode can still be hugely important to various individuals in the right way at the right time. There can be an episode which makes no sense, but for half a minute Scotty is gushing with admiration over some kind of space drive, and a kid will wonder "What is Scotty going on about?" and that kid will grow up to become an engineer. Or there can be an episode featuring someone who looks a bit peculiar and is bullied because of it, but Kirk assures him the Federation treats everyone equally, and a kid with that same peculiarity will grow up to become a Trek superfan. An episode can feel gimmicky or sappy or desperate or just plain silly, and yet you can never be sure which one will have a deep personal impact. Watching reactions to Trek has reminded me of that, and particularly yours today. Thanks, Bun.

Cochrane's bonding with the Companion went beyond the physical and emotional. It was a complete joining of consciousness. No human could provide that kind of intimacy. Cochrane had never experienced that feeling before. He may have never even thought about seeing the Companion "loving" him in a human way.

I imagine a deleted scene where the Companion goes into the shelter and communicates with the dying Hedford. In the face of that death she is grief stricken that she will never experience love. In that brief moment she realizes the depth of the Companion’s caring for Cochrane, probably the first time she has experienced such feelings. The Companion then communicates that if Hedford permits it to join with her that it can heal her body and through it she can experience love. The opportunity to regain her life and experience love overwhelms her and she agrees to the union. A moment later the Companion melds with her and she feels her sickness vanish then steps outside, sharing the joy the Companion feels at actually seeing Cochrane for the first time.

6:01, Cochrane is literally the hero to every Starfleet warp engineer. This was retconned by a later movie to be just for Earth. Other civilizations already had warp drive. I would say more but one day you will see that movie.

One of Treks most beautiful episodes. Always loved this one. A great story well told and having them introduce Zefram Cochrane was awesome!

A specific aspect of this episode attracted me to it when I read the description as a kid, and I wasn’t disappointed as it filled in some holes in my knowledge and went a different way than I imagined. I personally think this episode isn’t talked about enough among the fan base.

This “Star Trek love story” has become one of my favorites. Well acted and very underrated by Star Trek fans.

I love your reactions. Especially your Trek ones. Your humanity comes through so clearly and beautifully. And I’m so glad you enjoy these on a very deep and personal level. Thank you.

One great moment that stands out to me is when he rejects her for a moment and in that moment she realizes what loneliness really is, "what a bitter thing, how could you stand it?" Only then, having already made her ultimate sacrifice, does she fully understand his need. I think that is what changes his attitude to her such that he no longer rejects her.