Marxist Analysis of the Star Trek Episode: This Side of Paradise Introduction I am doing a Marxist analysis of the Star Trek Episode 'This side of paradise'. This episode was aired on March 2 1967. In this episode a group of colonists are found alive on a planet being bombarded with fatal Berthold rays. The colonists are all in perfect health, and after investigating the cause, a strange plant whose spores remove all negative emotions and feelings. …showed first 75 words of 1381 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1381 total…episode, Captain Kirk quips that perhaps mankind wasn't meant to live in heaven, for eventually responsibility and the drudgery of life comes to bring everyone back into the clutches of a man-made hell. Ultimately, no matter how we try to fight it, it is inevitable that we cannot live in a perfect harmonious world, with much regret, it is admitted that the world is not perfect, but only by maintaining social order, can we survive.