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Series: 'The Original Series'
Episode Title: 'Plato´s Stepchildren'
Episode Number: 312
Synopsis: "The Enterprise arrives on a mercy mission to help an aristocratic race with telekinetic abilities, which they use to manipulate the crew in an effort to force them to leave Dr. McCoy behind so he can take care of them. Eventually they force Kirk and Uhura to engage in television's first interracial kiss, but Kirk discovers the source of their powers and fights back with the help of one of the race's own social misfits."

Original Airdate: November 22, 1968

Credits

Written By: Meyer Dolinsky
Directed By: David Alexander

Guest Stars:


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