https://archive.org/details/CharacterInsightEp176
Ensign Williams is a lower ranked security officer serving aboard the Starship Enterprise during Captain Kirk's five-year mission. Her daily logs are recorded in conjunction with each of the first 30 episodes of The Original Series TV show, and it's a funny and lighthearted take on both life as a red shirt security officer as well as someone living through the crazy times on the ship.
Some of these crazy times include the episode for The Naked Time, where Ensign Williams' quarters being right next to the recreation area leads to an invasion of people from the orgy on board. Awkward! In another episode based on Charlie X, Ensign Williams regales us with tales of all the different strange moves used during physical training led by another crewman named Sam. Of course, when Charlie and Sam come to odds, that leads to a great quote from the witness of the event, Ensign Williams:
"Sam was laughing at the kid and the kid just makes him disappear into thin air...It was AWESOME...not more PT!"
In later episodes, Ensign Williams moves beyond her quarters to provide field reports in her log as well. One of the most notable of these is in the episode about Arena, where Ensign Williams is apparently stranded on the planet with the Gorn and Captain Kirk. Like a good red shirt, she takes it mostly in stride:
"I changed my mind, I don't want to be an explorer anymore. I just want to go home and listen to my dad's dumb jokes the rest of my life. How am I supposed to contend with a space dinosaur?"
Other early highlights include both captain halves repeatedly invading her cabin in the episode for The Enemy Within, regardless of whether she locks the door or not, and the loss of some other red shirt friends in What Are Little Girls Made Of, where they become wonderfully creepy androids. Of course, later we also have episodes featuring the writing talent of Darrell and the voice talent of Mike from this very podcast. The adventures are never too much for this particular red shirt, but it's a wonder she does not go crazy considering all the crazy surrounding her.
The essence of a good fan film is to do something original and fun while honoring the original subject matter. There's little doubt the logs of security Ensign Williams do just this, as every episode should both help you recall some referential moments from the TOS episode while also causing some hearty laughs and chuckles. Regardless of whether this series continues beyond the 30 episode run it has been on thus far, we can say for certain that Ensign Williams is another great character now added to the extended Star Trek lore. To that, I say thanks to Ashley Robinson and Jason Inman for giving us yet another fun character to profile on this segment and enjoy in film form.
Until next time, keep away from danger, especially if you happen to be a security officer on the Enterprise.
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