Executive producer: Gene Roddenberry
Associate producers: Edward K. Milkis and Gregg Peters
Producer Fred Freiberger
Co- producer: Robert H. Justman
Story consultant: Arthur H. Singer

Writer: John Meredyth Lucas
Dir.: John Meredyth Lucas

Captain Kirk: William Shatner
Science Officer, First Officer, Cmdr. Spock: Leonard Nimoy
Dr. Leonard "Bones" Mc Coy: DeForest Kelly
Lt. Sulu: George Takei
Lieutenant Commander Montgomery Scott: James Doohan
Lieutenant Uhura: Nichelle Nichols
Elaan: France Nuyen
Lord Petri: Jay Robinson
Kryton: Toni Young

Stardate 4372.5

Tellun star system. Elas and Troyius are two planets in the Federation that are still at war with each other and the Klingons are interested in gaining power in the region. There is a chance for peace now because Elaan, the Dohlman of Elas, is to marry the leader of Troyius. It is the duty of the Enterprise and her crew to bring Elaan to Troyius; ... which sounds to be a simple task until Elaan arrives on board. She does not only behave ignorant, but is unaware of any patterns of behavior or respect for any other person, offending various people, she does not only behave undignified but savagely - and she is not planning to marry the man she is has been committed to bring peace to the region.

A peace which is not desired by the Klingons, who have positioned a ship nearby the Enterprise and try to intervene in the safe arrival of the Dohlman with the help of an Elasian, who is amongst the men accompanying Elaan and seems to be in love with her. While trying to educate her the Troyian ambassador gets stabbed to death- she did not like to be educated. This is why Kirk takes over. What he does not know is that any man coming into contact with her tears will be submitted under her rule. He will be doing whatever she wishes and forget his own intentions. As a reaction to Kirk's tough education she cries and he touches her tears.

McCoy- "Did you come into contact with her tears?" Spock - "This is not fascinating, captain"	May I ask whether the bridge is the right place for the dohlman in the moment, captain?

Kryton is one of the man of Elaan's staff. He works together with the Klingons and commits suicide after successfully destroying the ship's dilithium crystals. It becomes obvious why the Klingons are interested in the area when Spock detects that Elaan's jewelry is consisting out of pure dilithium and Elaan tells him it is a common stone on Elas. Scotty uses the jewelry to restore the ship's power and Kirk succeeds in convincing Elaan of the importance of peace in the area which will be established by the marriage. She finally agrees to the marriage. Kirk's dependency on her is broken shortly before McCoy has found an antidote to the Elasian tears: By his love for the Enterprise.

Spock- "The Enterprise is the antidote to Troyian tears" McCoy- "There is no antidote to the Enterprise" Spock - "In this case I cannot oppose your logic"	A never used scene