Stardate 5832.3: The Enterprise rescues a group of six "hippies" led by Dr. Sevrin from a stolen ship whose engines they have unwisely overloaded. Kirk is advised to bear with the behavior of the group, as the son of the Catullan Ambassador is among them. Spock establishes a dialogue with the group, in particular with the musician Adam. The hippies hope to find a planet called "Eden" where they plan to lead a simple and peaceful life, and Spock locates that planet for them. Chekov discovers that his former girl-friend Irina belongs to the group too, and inadvertently helps them to hijack the ship when he shows her the auxiliary controls. Once they arrive at Eden, Sevrin and his people disable the crew with ultrasonic sound. They find a world where everything is beautiful but poisonous. Adam eats an indigenous fruit that kills him, and when a landing party beams down to rescue the rest of the group, the obviously insane Sevrin commits suicide when he bites into a fruit too.

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