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   <2231b6c2-3252-4b1c-b52e-96d0e5501932@y23g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,   
    Alls Quiet  wrote:   
      
   > On Nov 20, 11:12 pm, Professor Bubba    
   > wrote:   
   > > Alls Quiet  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > Not true. "Half a Life" deserves to be a top ten, no matter whether   
   > > > you care for the character or not.   
   > >   
   > [SNIP]   
   > >   
   > > If they'd told a story where the scientist insisted on dying on   
   > > schedule, but nobody wanted him to because they selfishly needed him to   
   > > save their world, that would have made for an intelligent and   
   > > interesting story.   
   >   
   > No, I disagree. David Ogden Stiers might have been who gave the   
   > episode weight, but I think both he and Majel Roddenberry offered   
   > different perspectives (traditional male; traditional female) of the   
   > kind of...for lack of a better word...skittishness that dogs people   
   > around true midlife (45--55). I'm not defending the plot or the   
   > dialogue, but rather the effective portrayal of not feeling at home in   
   > one's own skin. I think both did bang-up jobs and ironically showed   
   > what Picard's age *really* feels like (along with some sterling   
   > characters/actors in other episodes). AFAIAC, Picard was the most   
   > unrealistic captain of all five series. But that's just my opining.   
      
   Well, the unrealistic part was that they acted like he was doing a good   
   job, instead of just killing him.   
      
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