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Number / Name
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Why I liked it
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077 / 4:1
Storm front I
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If our crew had been in WW2. USA invaded.
Touching to see Earth is still there.
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/ 4:2
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079 / 4:3
Home
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The victory speech.
Vacation.
Romance.
Visiting her parents! Having a very polite family fight. And the ex shows up. Arranged marriage.
Xenophobia.
War changes people.
Sacrifice.
Fascinating.
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080 / 4:4
Borderland
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A family / an actor, we've seen before.
Genetic engineering. Super humans.
A father and his children.
Slavery.
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081 / 4:5
Cold station 12
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Instinct and intellect out of sync.
A pacifist father and his violent children.
Megalomania.
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082 / 4:6
The augments
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Leadership issues.
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083 / 4:7
The Forge
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Vitality can be viewed as dangerous.
Deaths. Terrorism. Or a frame up? Hm. Iraq?
How do you interpret correctly a text, that's thousands of years old? Hm. The Bible?
Pilgrimage. In a baseball cap ;-)
Telepathy.
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084 / 4:8
Awakening
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Rejuvenating a society, returning to the intended path. Pacifism.
Preemptive strike. WMD.
Wow! Imagine being able to talk to Jesus about modern day Christianity.
Possession.
Wire taps.
A mother dies.
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085 / 4:9
Kir Shara
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A new commanding officer.
Interrogations, torture.
Divorce.
An original version of ancient texts.
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086 / 4:10
Daedalus
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Meeting an idol. And the possibility of a scientific breakthrough.
Grief? Isolation.
Guilt. Over the lost, but not yet dead.
Taking a chance.
A new identity. And a broken relationship.
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087 / 4:11
Observer effect
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Observing without interfering. Experimenting (versus exploring). Testing intelligence. Preparing for a first contact between species. Is it okay not to interfere/help?
Possession.
Energy beings. Old "friends".
Compassion. Empathy.
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088 / 4:12
Babel one
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Total honesty.
Trying to trust a former enemy.
Stirring up trouble, by impersonating other species.
The ultimate in remote control.
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089 / 4:13
United
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Cooperation.
A twisted kind of diplomacy.
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090 / 4:14
The Aenar
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Telepathy.
Unlimited expansion.
We are all soldiers.
A sub-species.
Courage.
A transfer, for personal reasons.
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091 / 4:15
Affliction
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Coercion. Means and ends.
A new job.
Telepathy?
Spying? Lying. Conflicting duties.
A new approach to an old problem.
One crew member abducted, another transferred, a third imprisoned!
A new ship. A new beginning.
Interesting.
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092 / 4:16
Divergence
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Speed.
Guinea pigs.
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093 / 4:17
Bound
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Dancing. Physical attraction.
Slavery.
A Spock-like final comment.
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094 / 4:18
In a mirror, darkly, part 1
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Twists on terribly familiar scenes. And on the credits.
If our crew were more aggressive. Racist.
Parallel universe. Time travel. Telepathy. And the kitchen sink.
Good fun.
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095 / 4:19
In a mirror, darkly, part 2
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A fight for equality.
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096 / 4:20
Demons
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Suddenly parents.
A human/alien hybrid.
Xenophobia.
Reminiscents of terrorists. Communists. Purists.
Ex girlfriend.
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097 / 4:21
Terra Prime
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Life is change.
Mourning parents. Refreshing to see the father in tears. And touching.
Diplomacy.
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098 / 4:22
These are the voyages
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A cross between 2 series.
An alliance.
A dead crewman. A sacrifice. Mourning.
The final speech, in 3 parts - had me in tears.
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Anne McCaffrey
