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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.ARPA