Amok Time

"Amok Time"
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
Arlene Martel as T'Pring and Leonard Nimoy as Spock
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 1
Directed by	Joseph Pevney
Written by	Theodore Sturgeon
Featured music	Gerald Fried
Cinematography by	Jerry Finnerman
Production code	034
Original air date	September 15, 1967 (1967-09-15)
Guest appearances
Celia Lovsky - T'Pau Arlene Martel - T'Pring Lawrence Montaigne - Stonn Byron Morrow - Admiral Komack
Episode chronology
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"Amok Time" is the second season premiere episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, scored by Gerald Fried, and directed by Joseph Pevney, it first aired on September 15, 1967.

The episode features First Officer Spock returning to his homeworld for a brutal Vulcan wedding ritual. It is the only episode of The Original Series to depict scenes on the planet Vulcan.

It was the first episode to air (though the fifth, by production code, of season 2) featuring Ensign Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig) as the ship's navigator. It was also the first episode to list "DeForest Kelley as Dr. McCoy" in the opening credits, and the first episode broadcast in the series' new time slot of 8:30 pm on Friday night. This is the first episode to use the "Vulcan salute" and introduced the concept of pon farr, the Vulcan mating cycle.