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Star Trek? It’s ok I guess. This still is from the coolest story Star Trek ever did. And it was never referenced again.

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  1. Benjamin BaughSeptember 8, 2016 at 9:10 AM

    this was super gnarly for the time.  Exploding heads and all that shit. 

    Major hints at big things in the future... then nada.

    I wonder why this got the axe.

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  2. Humza KSeptember 8, 2016 at 9:11 AM

    Benjamin Baugh I think they wound up going with the Borg instead of the Conspiracy aliens.

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  3. Casey G.September 8, 2016 at 9:11 AM

    The gore blew my fourteen(?) year old mind.

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  4. Andrew ShieldsSeptember 8, 2016 at 9:12 AM

    Casey G. Plus, Starfleet was supposed to be the safe space, far from enemy lines.

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  5. trey causeySeptember 8, 2016 at 9:19 AM

    Coolest story? Eh, Maybe for TNG. It is a shame they didn't follow up.

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  6. N. Phillip Cole (NPC)September 8, 2016 at 9:19 AM

    What episode?

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  7. James BrighamSeptember 8, 2016 at 9:22 AM

    I also vividly remember this episode from my youth and would frequently talk about it with my friends and wondered why it got forgotten. I think I read that this plot might have been readdressed and resolved in a years later novel.

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  8. Humza KSeptember 8, 2016 at 9:24 AM

    N. Phillip Cole Conspiracy I believe.

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  9. Paul VermerenSeptember 8, 2016 at 10:09 AM

    Yeah, that was super disturbing. Possibly too disturbing for Star Trek.

    http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Conspiracy_(episode)

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  10. Jonathan TweetSeptember 8, 2016 at 10:14 AM

    I really like that episode in original Star Trek where Kirk gets in a fight over a woman and the question is raised of what it means to be human. Wasn't that a great one?

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  11. Casey G.September 8, 2016 at 10:18 AM

    That was a good one.

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  12. AnxySeptember 8, 2016 at 10:30 AM

    I want a list of interesting story lines cut short

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  13. Casey G.September 8, 2016 at 10:33 AM

    A bad storyline cut short was the "warp engines cause space-climate-change." They set a warp speed limit to reduce damage to...space...then never refer to it again.

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  14. trey causeySeptember 8, 2016 at 10:35 AM

    Casey G.​ Actually, it was referred to in a later episode where they were given "special permission" to exceed the limits due to some threat.

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  15. Eric Duncan (Dragonsong)September 8, 2016 at 10:47 AM

    The fact that they never went back to it is why it is so great!

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  16. Ramanan SSeptember 8, 2016 at 3:45 PM

    Such a weird episode. Gross in a way TNG rarely was.

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