Just watched this, and I think that mostly it's there as the annoying "lesson"   
   that one guy insists on instilling every day, and it doesn't really mean much   
   of consequence. I took it to refer to hierarchies in general being shaped like   
   pyramids.    
   Alexander's repetition of it shows that he's taking in views other than his   
   father's, and maybe he's pointing out that his father is alone in their   
   "partnership/contract" because it isn't an even relationship, but that's a   
   slight stretch. More    
   practically, it doesn't make a ton of sense. The writer was probably having an   
   off week.    
      
   On Tuesday, June 30, 1992 at 1:31:25 PM UTC-5, Bruce E. Haddad wrote:   
   > In article <1992Jun30.051239.15035@access.usask.ca>, skeeter@s   
   atter.usask.ca writes...   
   >  >In "The Perfect Mate," Alexander said "the higher, the fewer" at least   
   twice.   
   >  >What the heck did that mean?  Our station routinely chops two minutes    
   >  >from every episode, so we might have missed something.  Please email.   
   >  >    
   >  >    
   >  >skeeter@skatter.usask.ca					no nifty .sig   
   >    
   > Alexander was "introduced" to a new world by Mrs. Troi (via the holodeck)   
   > and one of the things that someone said in that world "the higher, the    
   > fewer".  Alexander repeats that phrase much the same way that some college    
   > students repeat their professors' political views.   
   >    
   > Bruce   
      
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