Capt. Kirk may have been a good space captain but he really shone as a murderer

[msstice]

Before you beam me up and phase me: I'm on a Columbo binge right now and was startled to find him in the lead murderer role in two episodes. (There may be more, I'm skipping round a lot).

 

[Valtharius]

Even more surprising given his future career as both a police officer and lawyer.

 

[paranoid marvin]

All those Red Shirts he sent on 'away' missions to their doom...

 

[tinkerdan]

There is always that famous Twilight Zone episode.

 

[DAgent]

Columbo even busted Spock for murder on one occasion! Fun fact, in one of the Shatner episodes, there is a very slim chance you might see Mr Checkov aiding Columbo. Walter Koenig was hired to play a police officer who makes one report to Columbo, but not one close up of him were shot for some reason.

 

[DAgent]

That said, there is something to be said about the greatest fictional serial killer of all time, Jessica Fletcher. I don't think she ever had any close encounters with out intrepid crew of space explorers.

 

[msstice]

Columbo even busted Spock for murder on one occasion! Fun fact, in one of the Shatner episodes, there is a very slim chance you might see Mr Checkov aiding Columbo. Walter Koenig was hired to play a police officer who makes one report to Columbo, but not one close up of him were shot for some reason.

Yes! I did a double take when I saw the plainclothes officer in a very tweed jacket. That guy looks familiar! I almost didn't recognize him without his faux Russian accent.

 

[Boaz]

And you’re all ignoring his passion for recording music.

“I’m a… Rock….et man.”

I would say that his rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody set music back by twenty-five years, but the millennials beat him to it.

 

[Ian Fortytwo]

Kirk even wrote some nifty naff tek wars novels.

 

[M. Robert Gibson]

Don't forget his appearance on Alfred Hitchcock Presents

"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" Mother, May I Go Out to Swim? (TV Episode 1960) - IMDb

Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?: Directed by Herschel Daugherty. With Alfred Hitchcock, William Shatner, Jessie Royce Landis, Gia Scala. John Crane is attending a coroner's inquiry and remembers the events that brought him there. John lives with his mother Claire and they are obviously very close...

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[Valtharius]

I would say that his rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody set music back by twenty-five years, but the millennials beat him to it.

Are you kidding me? This is a masterpiece of the spoken word format!