Captain Kirk finds himself facing the end of his career or even imprisonment for hanging a fellow officer out to dry. It seems he has history with this guy having turned him in for a nearly allowing a catastrophic event. A sequence of events that where Kirk thought he had acted appropriately lie in dispute because the computer says otherwise. Kirk is suddenly shunned by his peers and seems judged before his trial. The daughter of the man killed blames Jim (she is named Jamie and is actually named after Kirk). During a trip to one of his watering holes, Kirk runs across a pretty young attorney. They obviously have had some romantic involvement in the past. To Kirk's surprise, he finds out that she will be prosecuting him. Elisha Cook is an unconventional but highly respected attorney who will be defending the Captain. The trial proceeds, Jamie in attendance. All the evidence, including a video of the bridge at the time, proves the Prosecution's case. Kirk is toast until Spock sits down to play a game of 3-Dimensional Chess (I never quite figured out that game). The sappy conclusion to this episode doesn't help much, but it is fun to watch Cook (whom I remember from "The Maltese Falcon") and the usual banter between Spock and McCoy.
Review of Court Martial
