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As Charles Evans, the lone survivor of a crashed colonizing expedition to the
planet Thasus, comes aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise from the S.S.
Antares, but when Captain Ramart of the Antares contacts Kirk about Charlie,
the S. S. Antares is suddenly destroyed.
Charlie shows not only a lack of grief for the people who had become his
benefactors, but almost an indifference to their deaths. He seems only concerned
that his new "family" like and accept him. Unfortunately, teenage
hormones and an isolated upbringing make that difficult.
Strange events occur whenever Charlie is angered — he makes Yeoman Rand
disappear when she rebuffs his advances, he breaks Spock's legs when the Vulcan
tries to discipline him, and he causes injury and discomfort to anyone who he
thinks is laughing at him.
Charlie demands that the U.S.S. Enterprise take him to the nearest
inhabited planet, but Kirk fears that his uncontrolled temper and dangerous
powers will create havoc for any civilization. Charlie gains control of the
ship, but Kirk shortly overcomes him. Suddenly, an alien face appears on the
bridge. It is that of a Thasian, the race who raised Charlie and gave him his
extremely powerful psionic powers.
The Thasians had realized that Charlie has left their planet and thus sent
their own starship to intercept the Enterprise. Despite Charlie's tearful
pleas to remain, the Thasians take the lonely child back to Thasus. Before they
depart, the beings restore the U.S.S. Enterprise and her crew to normal.
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