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TOS re-watch day 27: "Errand of Mercy" gives us the debut of the Klingons, as well as John Colicos playing Commander Kor. A total of 27 years would elapse between Kor's first appearance, and his second. But Colicos' initial portrayal would do much to define who and what the Klingons would be throughout successive films and television series. The setup itself isn't a strong one: seemingly superpowerful beings masquerading as medieval pacifists—whose world lies at the fulcrum of the Klingon Empire's interstellar melee with the Federation—decide to settle the war before it's truly begun. No real reason given for why such Q-ish people would pretend to be mortal, nor for why they would care to solve the Federation's conflict with the Klingons. Except a constant assertion that they find violence abhorrent. So much so I find both Kor's and Kirk's irritation with the Organian's entirely reasonable. Especially since they refuse to explain themselves, while also telling the Klingons and Starfleet they don't understand. But that doesn't much matter. The real joy of the episode is Colicos' devilish Kor. Who sees in Kirk a worthy opponent against which to test his skill as a warrior, thus making the (assumed) victory so much sweeter. Nearly all Klingon portrayals afterward would tie back to this focal point of culture: the Klingon people are conquerors, and a Klingon untested against a worthy foe is not a Klingon. The aesthetic of TOS Klingons is ersatz-Mongolian, of course. With not much beyond the sash surviving to TNG and Michael Dorn's portrayal of Worf. The look and feel of the Klingons during the Shatner-era movies is rather different, and more long-lived. But still, the Klingons of Kor's introduction are a martial species. Who see the galaxy as a thing to be taken by blood, versus negotiation. The conclusion of this story doesn't sit well with me, only because almost everything that comes after puts the lie to the idea that the Organians have somehow imposed a galaxy-wide halt to Klingons vs. Federation conflict. But I think it stands in the upper third of outings for TOS. Purely on the strength of Colicos' performance, and the vitality the Klingons provide.

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