This Side of Paradise (Star Trek: The Original Series)

"**This Side of Paradise**"
"This Side of Paradise"
Star Trek: The Original Series episode
	A smiling Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and Leila Kalomi (Jill Ireland), from a publicity still
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 24
Directed by	Ralph Senensky
Story by	D. C. Fontana; Nathan Butler
Teleplay by	D. C. Fontana
Featured music	Alexander Courage
Cinematography by	Gerald Finnerman
Production code	025
Original air date	March 2, 1967
Guest appearances
	Jill Ireland: Leila Kalomi; Frank Overton: Elias Sandoval; Grant Woods: Lt. Kelowitz; Michael Barrier: Lt. DeSalle; Dick Scotter: Painter; Eddie Paskey: Crewman; Walker Edmiston: Voice of Transporter Chief;
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"This Side of Paradise" is the twenty-fourth episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek. Written by D. C. Fontana and Jerry Sohl (using the pseudonym Nathan Butler) and directed by Ralph Senensky, it was first broadcast on March 2, 1967.

In the episode, the USS Enterprise visits a planet where the inhabitants are under the influence of strange plant life.

The title is taken from the poem "Tiare Tahiti" by Rupert Brooke and the 1920 novel This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald.