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The episode discusses the ancient-aliens premise of the Star Trek episode 'Who Mourns for Adonais?' and its themes of worship and defiance.

A giant green hand grabs the Enterprise — and the Greek god Apollo demands worship. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler weigh TOS S2E2's ancient-aliens premise, Kirk's defiance, and the ending that was filmed but never aired. The post Who Mourns for Adonais? (TOS) appeared first on StarQuest Media .

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