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Number / Name
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Why I liked it
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551, 7:1
Image in the sand |
Vision. Interpreting it, following it.
Mourning. Helping a friend. Religion, ritual.
Song.
Disturbing news about mother.
A kind member of an arrogant race. |
552, 7:2
Shadows and symbols |
New version of old crewmember.
therapist.
A quest. Destiny, even to be born. Hearing voices.
Am I the figment of somebody's imagination?
Blockade. |
553, 7:3
Afterimage |
Back in the usual surroundings, but not the same person anymore.
Who am I?
Therapy. Guilt.
Adultery? |
554, 7:4
Take me out to the holosuite |
A very bad baseball team. Training. Trying to win. And -
failing?
An old rival.
A 2001 moment: a ball turns into a space station. |
555, 7:5
Chrysalis |
Finally among peers. And falling in love.
Austistic-like. Cured. Or not.
Music.
Good one. |
555, 7:6
Treachery, faith, and the great river |
A traitor.
The belief that persons are gods.
An epidemic. A sole survivor? |
557, 7:7
Once more unto the breach |
The right to die as one lived.
Nice shot of ships leaving a planet atmosphere.
Cruel teasing of an elderly.
Revenge doesn't work. |
558, 7:8
The siege of AR-558 |
A B5 actor!
A wounded soldier/nephew. Every life, and every death, is important.
Song.
A lot of darkness. |
559, 7:9
Covenant |
Religion. False gods - but who is to say?
A warrior turned priest - will it last? Has he really started loving his
enemies? And if he is frail - does that mean the religion is false?
Forgiveness.
A suicide sect. |
560, 7:10
It's only a paper moon |
Trying to learn to live a handicap. Escaping into a dream
world, recovering. And then the hard re-entry into real world.
Therapy.
Song.
An artificial person comes a step closer to real life.
I like it. |
561, 7:11
Prodigal daughter |
The daughter, who hasn't seen her family for years, and who's
changed a lot. And who's still changing/adjusting.
A mother keeping her children down.
Something goes wrong - and everybody feels guilty. |
562, 7:12
The emperor's new cloak |
Alternate universe. Apparently where everybody's stupid.
Lesbianism. |
563, 7:13
Field of fire |
A murderer. Jekyll and Hyde? A repression surfacing? Tapping
into a past as murderer to understand the current killer. Trying to make
a psyche profile. But doing it without turning into a new murderer.
A sneaky weapon.
Repressing emotions. |
564, 7:14
Chimera |
One orphan finding another.
Conforming, too much?
Romance. Choosing between love and independence. Loving enough to let go.
A very close connection. |
566, 7:15
Badda-bing, badda-bang |
If our crew lived in Vegas in 1962.
Song.
Good fun. |
565, 7:16
Inter arma enim silent leges |
Spying. Everybody's lying. |
567, 7:17
Penumbra |
Setting down, soon to be husband and wife. Maybe.
POW? Dead? A ex-wife searching. Finding him, but then they both are lost.
And have a good fight - and make up.
A dying god - awful.
A vision, a warning. |
568, 7:18
'Til death us do part |
A vision.
Calling off a wedding. Misery. And then doing it anyway.
2 great, scheming minds getting together. Both religious.
Ex-spouses back together - except she's into somebody else. |
569, 7:19
Strange bedfellows
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Finally word from the prophets - and then it's false prophets!
Fighting. Then somehow making that work.
An alliance, bothersome for a while, now turns really stinky.
A weakling hating to see himself in the mirror - and then he's too weak
to smash the mirror! Cute.
Ex-lovers coming to terms. |
570, 7:20
The changing face of evil |
People attacking not just us, but our very homes - argh!
Studying an ancient, evil text. Plotting.
Marriage.
One of our favorite ships abandoned, destroyed. |
571, 7:21
When it rains... |
Helping a former enemy, now an ally.
A familiar person, a familiar uniform - but not a familiar combination.
A friend diagnosed with a deadly disease. A war might be won by not finding
a cure the enemy can steal. So what to do? And then a deeper secret: planned
genocide.
Struck blind for hubris. And then a lesson in humility.
A good general replaced by a politician. |
572, 7:22
Tacking into the wind |
Sick. But still at work.
Between some enemies there can be no peace.
A bold move to gather intelligence.
Dealing with bad leadership. And suddenly one of our crewmembers is the
new emperor? No, but still part of history. |
573, 7:23
Extreme measures |
Dying from a loved one. And then: a wonder cure.
Manipulating the manipulaters. Spying on the spies.
A mechanical telepathic link. Taking a walk in another persons mind.
Friendship. |
574, 7:24
The dogs of war |
Somebody beams in, and it's not a main character!
A trap.
"I have been used!"
War crimes.
One of our crew elevated to ruler. Time to clean up! Or not.
How to start a revolution.
Romance.
Pregnancy. |
749, 7:25
What you leave behind |
A family morning.
The final battle of the war. Genocide.
A religious ritual. Done by evil people, who of course fight and betray
each other. And of course won't succeed.
The final episode - and everybody scatters. Relationships are put on hold.
Personal sacrifice for the greater good. Captured in a touching song and
flashback sequence.
Endings - but also cliffhangers.
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Anne McCaffrey
