Star Trek
The City on the Edge of Forever
TV Flash files “The City on the Edge of Forever” as a desk essential hour — Star Trek (1966–1969) on NBC, season 1, episode 28, aired 1967-04-06, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E28: listed hour 28 of 79 in the Star Trek guide, hour 28 of 29 in season 1. It aired 1967-04-06 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Alternative Factor” (S01E27). Next is “Operation: Annihilate!” (S01E29).
Essential hour: “The City on the Edge of Forever”. The Sunday that still needs a spoiler fence. Fandom's original 'do not open the group chat' text.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Ripples in time have provoked the curiosity of the Enterprise crew. One such ripple shakes the ship and gravely injures Sulu. McCoy brings him back from the brink with a powerful drug, but another ripple results in a tragic overdose, afflicting McCoy with dangerous paranoia! He beams down to the planet - the transporter was locked onto the source of the time disturbances. On the surface, he evades the landing party long enough to flee - into the past, where his psychosis results in him somehow erasing the Federation, and the Enterprise, save only the landing party. Their one chance is to use the same artifact - the self-styled Guardian of Forever - to arrive before McCoy and prevent him from changing their history.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The City on the Edge of Forever sit in the Star Trek guide?
S01E28 is listed hour 28 of 79 — hour 28 of 29 in season 1, season 1 episode 28.
When did Star Trek S01E28 air?
The City on the Edge of Forever aired 1967-04-06 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start if I have never seen original Star Trek?
The aired opener is “The Man Trap,” but many first-timers prefer “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” the second pilot and a cleaner crew contract. Either is fair. Do not start at season three.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch it for the fandom operating system still running: letter campaigns that saved a starship, ship wars before we had the word, and hours the timeline still litigates. Cancelled is not dead if the group chat refuses to log off.
So about last night's group chat: someone said "The Man Trap" is a fake start, someone else dropped a Kirk/Spock still captioned canon, your honor, and a third person announced that season three is optional like that is a personality. This is not new discourse. This is 1966 with better lighting and worse sleep. NBC tried to bury a space opera on a Friday, then a Tuesday, then wherever the schedule could hide a show it did not understand. The audience refused to log off. (I said spoiler-free. I lied a little: the…
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