Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 4, Episode 25 - "In Theory"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 June 2016
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "In Theory," deep and mysterious is the Mar Oscura nebula. Almost as deep as the human heart. And the robotic heart. This week, Data becomes the ultimate emotionally unavailable boyfriend for Lt. Jenna D'Sora.
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| 0:00.0 | Mission Log, A Roddenberry Star Trek podcast. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm Caden Ray. And I'm John Champion. John Champion is the kindest bravest |
| 0:26.6 | most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life. |
| 0:31.6 | Thank you first of all but we're not doing that anymore. |
| 0:37.0 | Doing what? |
| 0:38.0 | Never mind. |
| 0:40.0 | Each week on Mission Log, we explore the unknown, explored by an episode of Star Trek, |
| 0:45.4 | casting a light in its darkness, or sometimes just blowing it up, blowing it up real good. |
| 0:51.4 | This week, in theory, the one where data learns he's got a lot to learn about |
| 0:55.9 | love in a moment I'll be bringing you trivia in theory but first but first got a |
| 1:02.2 | question or comment for us? Seeking advice for the love learn? |
| 1:06.0 | All of that and more is just a few modes of communication away. Mission Log Pod is the |
| 1:10.7 | address to find us on Facebook, Skype, and Twitter. If you want to leave us a |
| 1:14.3 | voicemail, maybe make a long distance dedication. Our number is 323, 522, 5641. |
| 1:20.0 | That number again, 323, 522, 5641, please they'll remember we can't play every request. |
| 1:25.8 | Our email address is Mission Log at rodenberry.com. Our show website including |
| 1:30.7 | discovered documents is at Missionlog Podcast. |
| 1:32.9 | com and please do remember we may use your comments on an upcoming episode of |
| 1:37.5 | Mission Long and now time for trivia with Dr Love. |
| 1:42.0 | Oh I can't wait, thank you Ken. |
| 1:44.0 | Today's episode in theory was written by Joe Minoski and Ronald D. Moore. |
| 1:49.0 | And by the way, just to get this out up front, they hated the B plot. |
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