Star Trek: The Original Series season 2 explained

Season Number:	2
Bgcolour:	589CCD
Num Episodes:	26
Network:	NBC
Prev Season:	Season 1
Next Season:	Season 3
Episode List:	List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes

The second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek, premiered on NBC on September 15, 1967 and concluded on March 29, 1968. It consisted of twenty-six episodes. It features William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, Leonard Nimoy as Spock and DeForest Kelley as Leonard McCoy.

Broadcast history

The season originally aired Fridays at 8:30–9:30 pm (EST) on NBC.

Cast

Main

See main article: List of Star Trek: The Original Series cast members.

• William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk: The commanding officer of the USS Enterprise.
• Leonard Nimoy as Commander Spock: The ship's half-human/half-Vulcan science officer and first/executive officer (i.e. second-in-command).
• DeForest Kelley as Lieutenant Commander Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy: The ship's chief medical officer.
• James Doohan as Lieutenant Commander Montgomery "Scotty" Scott: The Enterprises chief engineer and second officer (i.e. third-in-command).
• Nichelle Nichols as Lieutenant Uhura: The ship's communications officer.
• George Takei as Lieutenant Sulu: The ship's helmsman.
• Walter Koenig as Ensign Pavel Chekov: A Russian-born navigator introduced in the second-season premiere episode.
• Majel Barrett as Nurse Christine Chapel: The ship's head nurse. Barrett, who played the ship's first officer (number one) in "The Cage," also voiced the ship's computer.

Recurring

• Eddie Paskey as Lt. Leslie

Episodes

See also: List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes.

Home media

The season was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Paramount Home Entertainment. There is earlier version and a remastered version.

There was DVD set release in 2004, and later a remastered version was also released on DVD, which featured some updated special effects in some scenes as well as re-processed color, etc.^[1]

The Remastered DVD set also included special features for 'Tribbles', including the episodes "Trials and Tribblations" from and "More Tribbles, More Troubles" from .^{[1] [2]} The Remastered DVD set included 8 DVD discs.^[2]

Reception

In 2019, CBR rated Season 2 of Star Trek (original series) as the second best season of all Star Trek seasons up to that time, and the best season of the original's three seasons.^[3]

See also

• List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes – all episodes listed in chronological order, no summaries
• Star Trek: The Original Series season 1 – listing of first-season episodes, summarized with links
• Star Trek: The Original Series season 3 – listing of third-season episodes, summarized with links

Notes and References

1. Web site: Review: Star Trek Remastered Season Two DVD Set. Pascale. Anthony. TrekMovie.com. en-US. 2019-07-02.
2. https://www.denofgeek.com/us/dvd-bluray/star-trek/8123/star-trek-the-remastered-series-seasons-1-2-3-review Star Trek: The Remastered Series Seasons 1, 2 & 3 review
3. Web site: Every Star Trek Season of TV Ever, Ranked from Worst to Best. 2019-01-04. CBR. en-US. 2019-03-26.