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   From: bthorn64@suddenlink.net   
      
   On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:35:26 -0800 (PST), "David E. Powell"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Hmm, three I can riff on from TNG?   
   >   
   >"Up The Long Ladder?" - Was that the one with the common genetics to   
   >all the sentient species, manipulation that wasn't really ever covered   
   >again?   
      
   That was "The Chase".   
      
   "Up The Long Ladder" was the "send in the clones!" episode.   
      
   >"Shades of Gray" gets a lot of bad rap but I don't remember it being   
   >too bad, it was OK, despite the clip re-use. Still not as bad as a   
   >Glen Larsen series on that score.   
      
   It was a clip show after only two years. Not enough material to work   
   with, and a dreadful supporting story.   
      
   >"The Game" was (I believe) the first try for Star Trek to look at   
   >drugs, 20 + years after Harlan Ellison's original script for "City on   
   >the Edge of Forever" set off alarm bells with Roddenberry and was   
   >subsequently edited. The one with the "dealer and addict" planets did   
   >a better job on TNG though.   
      
   "Symbiosis".   
      
   Brian   
      
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