In this episode of Trekking Through Compliance, we consider the episode Friday’s Child, which aired on December 1, 1967, Star Date 3497.2.
Kirk attempts to secure a mining agreement for topaline on Capella 4, where Bones had once been stationed. He warns Kirk that although the Capellans are scrupulously honest, they are war-like. After beaming down, a security guard pulls out a phaser to shoot a Klingon emissary and is instantly killed by a fleet-wielding Capellan.
On the planet, the leader is killed in a coup, and his pregnant wife Eleen is sentenced to death because she carries a royal child. After giving birth, Eleen escapes and runs to give herself up to the Capellans. She claims to have killed the child and the Earthmen as they slept. The Klingon does not believe her and demands of the Capellans, under threat of phaser fire, that they verify Eleen’s story. Suddenly, Kirk shoots the Klingon with an arrow, and an exchange between the Capellans and Kirk and Spock follows. The Klingon threatens to shoot anyone who raises a weapon against him. This does him no good, however, since Maab exchanges his life for that of Eleen by confronting the Klingon, and Keel uses the opportunity to kill the Klingon. Kirk gains mining rights when Eleen is regent for the child Tierr-to-be, Leonard James Akaar.
Compliance Takeaways:
1. The three C’s of leadership.
2. How do you react when the leader goes off the deep end?
3. Train your employees on what to do when faced with a bribe demand.
Resources
Excruciatingly Detailed Plot Summary by Eric W. Weisstein
MissionLogPodcast.com
Memory Alpha
