Star Trek: Season 3 Episode 6 "Spectre of the Gun"

I watched Season 3 Episode 6 of Star Trek. It is called "Spectre of the Gun." I was not looking forward to watching this episode and I came to realize that it was not half bad. The episode revolved around the fact that the Enterprise trespassed into some uncharted territory. Captain Kirk and the crew (Spock, McCoy, Scotty and Chekov) were transported to a place that resembled that of Tombstone, Arizona. It was October 26th, 1881 and the crew, or the Clantons as they were in the show, were forced to fight the Earps. In real life, the Clantons are killed and the Earps win. However, in this episode, Billy "dies" because believes he was actually shot. Spock realizes that if they truly believe that the bullets are fake then they won't die. Turns out that Spock is correct. The Earps unload bullets on them, but the guys don't budge. Kirk fights one of the Earps and after proving to him that he could kill him he lets the guy go. The episode ends with Kirk and the crew telling the leader of this uncharted territory that they try not to kill when it is not needed.

While watching the episode, I was thinking of ways it related to Dollhouse. I noticed that the crew was placed into this situation (being in "Tombstone, Arizona) just like the actives in Dollhouse are placed into situations where they have to do a task. Also,I instantly noticed that Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, and Chekov's names were changed to Frank McLaury, Tom McLaury, Billy Claiborne, Ike Clanton, and Billy Clanton in the episode. It reminded me of how the actives in Dollhouse do not use the names they have in real life. Finally, Spock reminded me a lot of Topher because he was the brains of the group. Topher is the genius behind programming the actives and Spock is the one that figured out that if they believe the bullets are fake then they will not die. I did not think I would find as many correlations between Dollhouse and Star Trek, but I was pleasantly surprised.