jcr@mitre-bedford (09/20/85)
From: jcr@mitre-bedford.ARPA
I'm sure you all remember the following ST scene:
Near the end of the episode, Kirk is broken up after losing one of
the few women he actually fell for. Spock & McCoy come to check up
on him; he falls asleep, which gives McCoy a chance to lecture Spock
about how great is this thing called love which Vulcans will never
understand. McCoy then leaves, & Spock shows that he DOES understand
(at least to some degree) by going over to the sleeping Kirk, doing
a quick mind-meld, and saying, "Forget."
Touching scene, eh? But in which episode did it occur? Here at the office
we've narrowed the choices down to two:
"The Paradise Syndrome" -- The Enterprise crew finds a transplanted
tribe of American Indians on a remote planet; Kirk loses his
memory, lives with the tribe for a while, & REALLY falls for
an Indian girl by the name of Mirumanee (or something similar).
By show's end, she's dead, along with their unborn child.
"Requiem for Methuselah" -- Our Heroes encounter an Earthman named
Flint, who turns out to be nearly immortal, & who's lived for
>2000 years, having been, along the way, Rembrandt, Mozart,
and/or other assorted greats. He uses Kirk to awaken emotions
in a female android he's built as a companion. Kirk falls for
the girl, but when he & Flint fight over her, it's too much for
her, and she dies.
So, Trek gurus, can you help out? Are we close, or did the scene happen in
a completely different episode? Our voting is currently 1 for "Paradise,"
3 for "Methuselah."
Send responses to "jcr@Mitre-Bedford.ARPA"; I'll summarize to the net
if you wish.
Much advance thanks,
--- Jeff Rogers
jcr@Mitre-Bedford.ARPAbrown@utflis.UUCP (Susan Brown) (09/25/85)
> --- Jeff Rogers > jcr@Mitre-Bedford.ARPA It is definitely "Requiem for Methuselah", Jeff. *Now* can you mail me instructions on finding valid mail paths to people? :-) Susan
brust@hyper.UUCP (Steven Brust) (09/27/85)
> > So, Trek gurus, can you help out? Are we close, or did the scene happen in > a completely different episode? Our voting is currently 1 for "Paradise," > 3 for "Methuselah." > > --- Jeff Rogers > jcr@Mitre-Bedford.ARPA "Mehuselah" is correct. There is an sf writer who is currently working on a Star Trek novel that will be a sequal to this episode, and attempt to plug some of the historical and characterization holes it left. The book is not under contract, so I don't know if will sell, but the draft is near completion and reads quite well. In fact reads very, very, VERY well--for a Star Trek novel. -- SKZB
brown@utflis.UUCP (Susan Brown) (10/02/85)
In article <254@hyper.UUCP> brust@hyper.UUCP (Steven Brust) writes: >"Mehuselah" is correct. There is an sf writer who is currently >working on a Star Trek novel that will be a sequal to this >episode, and attempt to plug some of the historical and >characterization holes it left. The book is not under >contract, so I don't know if will sell, but the draft is >near completion and reads quite well. In fact reads >very, very, VERY well--for a Star Trek novel. So give! Who? Where? Maybe if they can't sell it to Pocket Books (the only publisher with permission from Paramount) they can sell it privately like a fanzine. ST Fandom can get to work on this. Thanks.