Whom Gods Destroy story
Captain Kirk visits a mental health facility and confronts an insane starship captain who believes he is destined to control the universe .
27 total · 2 choice · 11 major · 14 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| the desire for vengeance | choice | Garth of Izar :: Garth to everyone |
| treatment of the criminally insane | choice | The viewer is shown a future vision of prison conditions for the criminally insane. |
| delusion of grandeur | major | Garth, an institutionalized former starship captain, fancied himself a monarch and had delusional dreams and creating for himself a little interstellar empire. |
| delusional point of view | major | Garth of Izar :: Garth |
| facing a mortal enemy | major | Kirk :: Kirk facing Garth |
| human vs. captivity | major | Kirk, Spock :: Kirk and Spock held by Garth |
| mental illness | major | Garth |
| obsession | major | Garth of Izar :: Garth |
| psychopathy | major | Garth clearly had no real empathy with other people, and killed on a whim. |
| ruthlessness | major | Garth of Izar :: Garth |