Where To Stream Star Trek Season 1 Episode 13
The Conscience of the King
- Aired December 8, 1966
- 60 Min
- Rated 6.7
- Number 79 Of 79 Rated Episodes
Dr. Leighton calls Enterprise to his home on Planet Q with the promise of a new food source that could end hunger. But this is a ruse: Leighton is one of the few remaining survivors of Kodos the Executioner, who used a planetary famine to apply his own ideas of eugenics on Tarsus IV years earlier. A burned body convinced authorities that Kodos had died then, but Leighton is certain that actor Anton Karidian is Kodos. Kirk is less than amused at the deception - and then someone murders Leighton....