The show's producers, meanwhile, were concerned about one of the main episode elements: Humanlike aliens dressed as ancient Greeks that torture the crew with their telekinetic powers and force the two USS Enterprise crew members to kiss. 22, 1968, came before Star Trek morphed into a cultural phenomenon. "Plato's Stepchildren," which first aired on Nov. In this utopian-like future, we solved this issue. "The characters themselves were not freaking out because a black woman was kissing a white man. The kiss between Uhura and Kirk "suggested that there was a future where these issues were not such a big deal," said Eric Deggans, national television critic for National Public Radio. But the kiss between actors William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols in "Plato's Stepchildren" would help change attitudes in America about what was allowed to be shown on TV and made an early statement about the coming acceptance of interracial relationships in a United States still struggling with racism and civil rights. Sadistic, humanlike aliens forced the dashing white captain to lock lips with the beautiful black communications officer.
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