Gene-ology 9 - Reformed Criminal

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🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

It's 1955, and Gene, still writing as Robert Wesley, returns to the police drama with "Reformed Criminal", an early episode of the '50s TV mainstay Highway Patrol. Guest starring Mark Pracht as Detective Dan Mathews and Scott Martin as Mr. Morse.

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0:00.0	You're listening to a Rodberry Podcast.
0:07.0	9 out of 10 doctors.
0:10.0	We'll be right back.
0:14.0	No one can escape the long arm of the law on genealogy, a Roddenberry podcast. Episode 9, reformed criminal.
0:27.0	Welcome to Mission Log Genology. I'm Norman Lau.
0:35.0	And I'm Earl Green.
0:37.0	Every week on Genology, we bring one of Gene Roddenberry's early TV scripts into question it
0:42.0	and put out an all-points bulletin to find its
0:44.9	morals, meanings, and messages because even though Jean was famous for working those
0:49.4	into his later work, he was already slipping those messages into his earlier work as well.
0:55.2	This week we start covering Jean's work on another 1950s police drama, Highway Patrol, and
1:01.6	examined the first of five scripts he wrote for that show
1:04.8	Reformed Criminal. Earl will be back with trivia in a moment but first here's how you
1:10.0	can reach us. Genealogy is meant to be entertaining and informative, but it's
1:14.7	also the beginning of an ongoing conversation about the works of Gene Roddenberry.
1:18.8	Drop us a line at missionlog at rodenberry.com and join us on X, formerly known as Twitter and Facebook
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1:31.4	podcast platform.
1:33.0	And please remember your comments could be used on future
1:36.2	installments of geneology.
1:38.9	And now here's Earl Green with this week's trivia.
1:43.0	Thank you, Norman.
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