Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 5, Episode 20 - "Cost of Living"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2016
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Cost of Living," Alexander, Lwaxana and the whimsiest whimsies that ever whimsied give us life lessons. Also, there is a B-plot.
Hosted by John Champion & Ken Ray
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| 0:15.0 | Mission Log. A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast. |
| 0:20.0 | Episode 212. cost of living. The Higher The Fewer. |
| 0:34.0 | Or as the hits get bigger, the numbers get smaller. |
| 0:37.0 | We're on our way to another episode of Mission Log, |
| 0:40.0 | a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm Casey Kaysam. I'm John Champion. And I'm Ken Ray. |
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