Reminds me of the Star Trek episode, "Day of the Dove." An alien entity has the Enterprise crew and Klingons fighting one another:
Against Mara's objections, Kirk and Kang fight each other. Outside engineering, a team of Starfleet security officers led by Spock and McCoy battle several Klingons. The senior officers leave the confrontation and enter engineering. They watch as Kirk surrenders and finally manages to persuade Kang that they are all being controlled by an alien. Eventually, the Klingon commander purposefully drops his sword. He and Kirk use the ship-wide intercom to direct their respective troops to cease hostilities. When the officers comply, the entity is weakened by the abrupt termination of violence.
Spock suggests that "good spirits" would further weaken the alien. Calling it a "dead duck", Kirk urges it to leave the ship. Kang tells the entity that Klingons need no urging to hate Humans and also yells at it to leave the Enterprise, as they have no wish to fight "in a burning house". Kirk shares a hearty laugh with McCoy and Kang, and the alien finally departs from the Enterprise into open space.
Good one. I just watched The Pope's Exorcist who claimed the devil didn't like jokes. You know, I think there's truth in that.
Reminds me of the Star Trek episode, "Day of the Dove." An alien entity has the Enterprise crew and Klingons fighting one another:
Against Mara's objections, Kirk and Kang fight each other. Outside engineering, a team of Starfleet security officers led by Spock and McCoy battle several Klingons. The senior officers leave the confrontation and enter engineering. They watch as Kirk surrenders and finally manages to persuade Kang that they are all being controlled by an alien. Eventually, the Klingon commander purposefully drops his sword. He and Kirk use the ship-wide intercom to direct their respective troops to cease hostilities. When the officers comply, the entity is weakened by the abrupt termination of violence.
Spock suggests that "good spirits" would further weaken the alien. Calling it a "dead duck", Kirk urges it to leave the ship. Kang tells the entity that Klingons need no urging to hate Humans and also yells at it to leave the Enterprise, as they have no wish to fight "in a burning house". Kirk shares a hearty laugh with McCoy and Kang, and the alien finally departs from the Enterprise into open space.
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Day_of_the_Dove_(episode)
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