In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Return of the Archons, which aired on February 9, 1967, Star Date 3156.2.
 The Enterprise arrives at the planet Beta III in the C-111 system, where the USS Archon was reported lost nearly 100 years earlier. They find the inhabitants living in a 19th-century Earth-style culture, ruled over by cloaked and cowled “Lawgivers” and a reclusive dictator, Landru.
It turns out that Landru “pulled the Archons down from the skies”. They find out that Landru saved their society from war and anarchy 6,000 years ago and reduced the planet’s technology to a simpler level.
Marplon takes Kirk and Spock to the Hall of Audiences, where priests commune with Landru. A projection of Landru appears and threatens them. Kirk and Spock use their phasers to blast through the wall and expose a computer programmed by Landru, who died 6,000 years ago. The computer neutralizes their phasers. Kirk and Spock argue that because the computer has destroyed the creativity of the people by disallowing their free will, it is evil and should self-destruct, freeing the people of Beta III. The computer complies.

Compliance Takeaways:
1.     Is the Prime Directive absolute, or is there room for flexibility?
2.     Groupthink can kill off a civilization or corporation.
3.     AI will always be enhanced by human interactions and interpretations.
 Resources
Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein for Return of the Archons
MissionLogPodcast.com-Return of the Archons