The Savage Curtain
Episode 185
Saturday 28 March 2026
Star Trek: The Original Series
Series 3, Episode 22
Stardate: 5906.4
First broadcast on Friday 7 March 1969
This week, a feculent alien rock-monster decides to make a TV episode to determine which philosophy is stronger — good or evil. To that end, he gets his friends to dress up as Abraham Lincoln and various racist stereotypes, so they can toss sticks and jabolite rocks at each other until it’s time for The Name of the Game to come on. We’ve seen it all before, but rarely with such an impressive lack of conviction.