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### **Star Trek Episode Review: "The Alternative Factor"**
**Rating: 55/100**
*"The Alternative Factor"* is one of *Star Trek: The Original Series'*
most perplexing and often criticized episodes. While it attempts to explore grand ideas of parallel universes, antimatter, and the nature of existence,
the execution is muddled, with an incoherent plot, confusing editing,
and a guest character who fails to engage the audience.
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### **Plot Summary**
The *Enterprise* detects a sudden disruption in space, described as a "blink" in reality. This anomaly coincides with the appearance of a mysterious humanoid named Lazarus on a nearby planet. Lazarus appears to be shifting between
two states: at times, he is calm and rational, and at other times, he becomes frenzied, screaming about an enemy he must defeat.
As the crew investigates, they uncover that Lazarus is somehow connected to
the anomaly. Spock determines that two universes - our own and an antimatter counterpart - are at risk of annihilation if Lazarus and his supposed "enemy" come into direct contact. Eventually, Kirk learns that there are actually
two versions of Lazarus: one sane and peaceful (from the antimatter universe) and the other unstable and dangerous (from the matter universe). The real
enemy is not another being, but Lazarus's own destructive obsession.
In the end, Kirk and Spock manage to trap the two versions of Lazarus in
a dimensional corri