Of course, there's also the episode where the Enterprise encounters an alien probe from a defunct civilization. The probe briefly takes control of Picard's consciousness, and he "lives" a full life within that civilization, all the space of about 20 mins. of "real time." Like the rest, not sure about the episode title. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jeff McIntire-Strasburg Office: FDH 644 University of Nevada, Las Vegas Phone:(702) 895-4001 Dept. of English -- Box 455011 Fax:(702) 895-4801 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy. email: [log in to unmask] Las Vegas, NV 89154 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, John Peterson wrote: > I believe the episode goes like this, Riker is 30 years in the future. He > has had a full life(including a son). He soon realizes this is just a > Romulan trick to extract information from him. THEN later he realizes his > "son" is just a lonely being with great mental ability had attempted to > create a reality for Riker to keep the boy company. But of course Riker is > too smart. > > > Also, a different Star Trek Next Gen episode: > This one also with Riker, He is sent down with an away team to survey a > planet. The entire team injestes some kind of gas. They have to beam them > all out of there. When Riker revives he learns that it is now 30 years > later and that he is suffering some kind of memory loss. > Anyway, he relizes that it is not real and then thrown into another > "reality" as well. (I don't remember the name of this episode, maybe > somebody else can help out). > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama. > > > John P > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite > ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite