Oh man... this is like an episode of some Sid & Marty Krofft show on steroids. As psychedelic kid's Saturday morning entertainment went, H.R. Pufnstuf had nothing on this episode.

Things I did not have space to show:

• Life support systems on the Enterprise failing, and all the air running out instantly.
• Megas-Tu looking like a Peter Max painting before Lucien changes it to look more like a normal planet.
• The women on Megas-Tu all being young and beautiful, and lining up to buy love potions to ensnare a man.
• Spock drawing the pentagram.
• Spock moving chess pieces by magic.
• Sulu summoning from thin air a beautiful woman in a cabaret club cocktail waitress outfit and attempting to embrace her.
• Uhura casting a dismissive eye at Sulu doing the above and muttering, "Good luck."
• All the crew of the Enterprise in stocks, surrounded by Megans in American Pilgrim garb.

This episode's writer, Larry Brody, originally intended the Enterprise crew to meet God, and Gene Roddenberry liked the idea. However, NBC executives nixed the plan, saying you couldn't show God as a character on a kid's TV show. So they used the Devil instead. True story. Oh, and Asmodeus too, for good measure.

Transcript

1
{bridge}
Captain's log, Stardate 1254.4. Attempting our most inexplicable adventure yet.
Lucien: Greetings! My name is Lucif- I mean, Lucien!
2
{on the planet Megas-Tu}
Lucien: My people visited Earth long ago and brought magic. But we were persecuted and fled! Care for a tempting apple?
Caption: Thing that happens
3
{Enterprise}
Caption: Spock does black magic:
Spock: {standing on a pentagram} Magic works here. It is logical that we use it.
Caption: Thing that happens
4
{on the planet Megas-Tu}
Asmodeus: I am Asmodeus! We will put you on trial as you did us in Salem!
Kirk: Humanity has changed. Look, check our history tapes and punched cards!
Caption: Also thing that happens
5
Caption: Magic fight!
{Kirk and Asmodeus exchanging spells}
Sign: SALEM Massachusetts
Caption: Thing that... Yeah. I kid you not
6
Kirk: You can't punish Lucien, even if he is the Devil. We forgive him.
Asmodeus: It was all a test of your compassion!
Caption: Wait... What?