Star Trek’s First Masterpiece Episode Had a Completely Different Ending (& Caused a Years-Long Feud)

“The City on the Edge of Forever” is widely considered one of the greatest episodes in Star Trek history. It’s a sweeping time travel adventure where the USS Enterprise encounters the Guardian of Forever and is thrown back to New York City during the Great Depression. The crew must prevent a change to the past, but Captain Kirk realizes doing so means sacrificing the woman he’s falling in love with. The episode famously ends with Kirk making the heartbreaking decision to let Edith Keeler, played by Joan Collins, die in a traffic accident, preserving the timeline at any cost.








