Who Mourns for Adonais? originally aired on September 22, 1967. In the year 2267, the Enterprise crew encounter a huge, bright green hand in space that grabs onto the ship and won't let go. Capt. Kirk is forced to beam a landing party onto a planet along with this episode's "guest beauty", Lieutenant Carolyn Palamas, the crew's archaeologist. Once on the planet, in a setting resembling the ancient garden of Mount Olympus, they meet up with the person responsible for the green hand in space, a man who calls himself the god Apollo. Soon, Apollo sets his sights on Lt. Carolyn Palamas, deciding he wants her all to himself to do with her whatever he wishes. Essentially, his concubine.
Yeah, wouldn't we all love to have one of those.
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God Apollo checking out the parts on Lieutenant Carolyn Palamas, played by actress Leslie Parrish.
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| Here with her archaeology and anthropology gadgets |
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| God Apollo got her all dressed up...and no doubt plans to remove it later |
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| Capt. Kirk to the rescue. Nobody screws my Enterprise women, buddy! Except me! |
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| Lieutenant Carolyn Palamas falls down. Oops... |
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| By the way, Uhura gets a new hairstyle in Season 2, as seen in this episode |
More about Leslie Parrish...
Leslie Parrish was born in 1935, making her 32 at the time of filming "Who Mourns for Adonais?" She began modeling at age 19, later becoming an actress and appearing in about 25 movies and a slew of television shows, including Perry Mason, Batman, My Three Sons, Hogan’s Heroes, Adam-12, and McCloud. At the time of this writing, Leslie Parrish is 81 and resides in Melrose, Massachusetts.
