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Aug 29 - Retro Review: Hero Worship
A young boy who is the sole survivor of a disaster that killed his parents decides to emulate Data.

Aug 21 - Retro Review: New Ground
Worf's human mother brings his son Alexander on board, insisting that she can no longer raise the boy.

Aug 14 - Retro Review: A Matter of Time
When a visitor from a future era arrives on the ship, Picard asks for assistance about how to save a dying planet.

July 31 - Retro Review: Unification, Part Two
Picard learns the reason for Spock's visit to Romulus: an attempted reunification of the Vulcan and Romulan races.

July 17 - Retro Review: Unification, Part One
Shocked to learn that Spock may have defected to the Romulans, Picard and Data cross the Neutral Zone in to find him.

July 10 - Retro Review: The Game
When an interactive game becomes addictive to the crew, Wesley Crusher and his new girlfriend must save the day.

June 20 - Retro Review: Disaster
Troi must take command of the ship while Picard struggles to work with three children and Worf delivers Keiko's baby.

June 6 - Retro Review: Silicon Avatar
A scientist pursuing the Crystalline Entity discovers that Data's brain holds her son's memories.

May 30 - Retro Review: Ensign Ro
A court-martialed Starfleet officer from occupied Bajor is sent to help locate a terrorist leader.

May 23 - Retro Review: Darmok
Picard is exiled with the leader of an alien race who speaks in incomprehensible metaphors.

May 15 - Retro Review: Redemption, Part Two
Picard discovers that Tasha Yar's Romulan daughter is influencing the Klingon civil war.

May 9 - Retro Review: Redemption, Part One
When Picard is asked as Arbiter of Succession to oversee Gowron's installation, Worf resigns from Starfleet to fight against the Duras family.

May 2 - Retro Review: In Theory
Data creates a romantic subroutine to experiment with love.

Apr 24 - Retro Review: The Mind's Eye
LaForge is kidnapped and altered by Romulans to take part in an assassination plot against a Klingon governor.

 
By T'Bonz
September 9, 2008 - 10:15 PM

Paramount executive Mel Harris, who helped to revitalize Star Trek with the launch of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987, is dead at the age of 65.

As reported by Variety, Harris, who spent twenty-five years in the top ranks of both Paramount and Sony Pictures Entertainment, passed away September 6th at the age of sixty-five at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Born in Kansas, Harris received a doctorate in mass communications from Ohio University in 1971. He served in Vietnam as a commander of a combat photography unit in the Army Signal Corps, for which he was awarded a Bronze Star. His broadcast career began as a radio announcer, after which he managed local television stations. In 1977, he joined Paramount.

Harris helped to popularize and modernize both the home video market and first-run syndication business, which included using satellite distribution to deliver shows to affiliates. He also convinced Paramount to offer low priced videos directly to customers in lieu of offering rentals to customers. Harris was also responsible for getting Star Trek: The Next Generation on the air.

A memorial service will be held for Harris on September 16th, at 10:30 A.M., at the El Caballero Country Club in Tarzana. Harris is survived by his wife, Ruth; a son Chad who is an executive at the Hallmark Channel; and two grandchildren.

To read more, head to the article located here. Further information on Harris can be found here.

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