In "The Ambergris Element", the Enterprise heads to a water planet in a similar scenario to a Federation planet that is soon doomed to be underwater due to seismic activity. Their goal is to figure out how to combat this. While taking samples on a boat, the crew is attacked by a sea monster. The vessel is destroyed and Kirk and Spock go missing, only to be found later with girls and webbed hands and feet.
Their lives were saved by the Aquans, an underwater species wary of land walkers. Kirk and Spock ask to be changed back but the knowledge of this has been lost. The two mist convince the younger Aquans to take them to the forbidden ruins to look for literature on how to reverse the operation. It turns out Aquans are descendents of the deceased land walkers. They need venom from the sea monster to change back. They acquire this and return to normal. The younger Aquans say they'll use the technology to go back to land walking while maintaining ties with their underwater brethren.
This episode is a mess. It's boring, clunky, and has so much exposition packed into it that it felt like it needed 2 hours to get everything it wanted in the plot set up for us. And even then it would be a terrible movie. Not much in the form of redeeming qualities in this episode.
Their lives were saved by the Aquans, an underwater species wary of land walkers. Kirk and Spock ask to be changed back but the knowledge of this has been lost. The two mist convince the younger Aquans to take them to the forbidden ruins to look for literature on how to reverse the operation. It turns out Aquans are descendents of the deceased land walkers. They need venom from the sea monster to change back. They acquire this and return to normal. The younger Aquans say they'll use the technology to go back to land walking while maintaining ties with their underwater brethren.
This episode is a mess. It's boring, clunky, and has so much exposition packed into it that it felt like it needed 2 hours to get everything it wanted in the plot set up for us. And even then it would be a terrible movie. Not much in the form of redeeming qualities in this episode.
