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"Russian Roulette" finds Jeannie still willing to go out with Captain Healey, but gives in to her master's demands if he promises not to do the same with other women. Unfortunately, his latest assignment is to escort Russian Major Sonya Tiomkin (Arlene Martel), beautiful enough to bedazzle a helpless captain. Inside her bottle, Jeannie tags along in Roger's jacket, but he finds the bottle and gives it to Sonya. Tony is unable to recover the bottle before Sonya discovers its secret, wishing for Captain Nelson to kick both his general and Dr. Bellows. It's a race to the airport to retrieve his former genie, with a possible court martial looming over his head. Arlene Martel was still two years away from her best known role as T'Pring, bride of Spock, in STAR TREK's "Amok Time," Paul Reed serves as this episode's one shot general, and newcomer John Beck enjoys his television debut in a tiny part.

I didn't realize, before watching this episode, that the prime Guest Star would be none other than Arlene Martel, most famous in her role as T'Pring, the Vulcan on the Star Trek episode "Amok Time." In this "Jeannie" episode, she does a splendid job as a Russian with a taste for the finer things in life.

But what really stunned me was: as I watched the closing credits, Ms. Martel was the LAST actor listed. I still cannot believe that. Well, okay, perhaps the other guest stars were better known at the time? I'm not sure; however, Martel had the lion's share of screen time, with Larry Hagman alongside.

If she happened to view this episode when it first aired, she had every right to be furious! I know that I was.