Star Trek: Voyager, Season 2, Episode 19 - "Lifesigns"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2022
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: Voyager episode, "Lifesigns," looking for love in the Delta Quadrant is difficult no matter who you are, even for the EMH and his Vidiian girlfriend with a holographic uplink.
Hosted by John Champion & Norman Lao
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| 0:49.0 | A Roddenberry Star Trek podcast. |
| 1:14.8 | I'm Norman Lough. |
| 1:16.0 | And I'm John Champion. |
| 1:17.5 | Each week on Mission Log, we take a look at an episode of Star Trek, |
| 1:21.0 | examining it for the morals, meanings, and messages and trying to determine |
| 1:25.5 | if it stands the test of time. |
| 1:28.3 | This week, Life Signs, the one where the doctor discovers he's more than a mere program |
| 1:33.6 | as he falls in love with a Vadian woman whose life he saves by turning her |
| 1:37.6 | into a hologram. |
| 1:39.2 | I'll return shortly with trivia, but first Norman will tell you how to stay in touch with us. |
| 1:45.0 | Mission Log is a conversation about Star Trek. |
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