ÿþ<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Shades of Gray</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR=#000000"> <TABLE ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="595" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0"> <TR> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="150" VALIGN=MIDDLE ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="STTNG Pictures/Next-Gen-Logo.gif" WIDTH="175" HEIGHT="117" BORDER="0" ALT="Star Trek The Next Generation Logo"></TD> <TD WIDTH="245" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="3" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"><B>'Shades of Gray'</B><BR><BR><FONT SIZE="3">(Story Code 148)<BR>by Maurice Hurley,<BR>Richard Manning<BR>and Hans Beimler<BR>Story by Maurice Hurley</TD> <TD ROWSPAN="2" WIDTH="200" VALIGN=CENTER ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="STTNG Pictures/STTNG S2 Cast.jpg" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="142" ALT="Star Trek The Next Generation Cast"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> While on a routine geological survey on the jungle planet of Surata IV, Commander Riker is scratched by a small thorn. Losing the feeling in his leg, Riker beams back to the <I>Enterprise</I>, only to learn from Doctor Pulaski that an unknown microbe is now spreading rapidly through his nervous system - and when it reaches his brain it will kill him. Unable to remove the infection without destroying Riker s entire nervous system, Pulaski watches on as the commander bravely tries to ignore the threat to his body. However, it is not long before Riker falls ill and slips into unconsciousness. Now that the organism has spread to his brain, the only way to keep the commander alive is to electronically stimulate his memory. The dying Riker s past literally flashes before his mind s eye& <BR><BR> Patrick Stewart (<B>Captain Jean-Luc Picard</B>), Jonathan Frakes (<B>Commander William Thomas Riker</B>), LeVar Burton (<B>Chief Engineer Lieutenant Geordi La Forge</B>), Michael Dorn (<B>Security Chief Lieutenant Worf</B>), Marina Sirtis (<B>Councelor Deanna Troi</B>), Brent Spiner (<B>Lieutenant Commander Data</B>), Wil Wheaton (<B>Ensign Wesley Crusher</B>), Diana Muldaur (<B>Doctor [Commander] Katherine  Kate Pulaski</B>), Colm Meaney (<B>Transporter Chief</B>) <BR><BR><B>Directed by Rob Bowman <BR>Produced by Robert L. McCullough <BR>Executive Producer Gene Roddenberry </B> <BR><BR><B>TX:</B> <FONT COLOR="#99CCFF" SIZE="2" FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans"> <BR>17th July, 1989 <BR><BR><B>Notes:</B> <BR>*Featuring Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Commander William Thomas Riker, Chief Engineer Lieutenant Geordi La Forge, Security Chief Lieutenant Worf, Councelor Deanna Troi, Lieutenant Commander Data, Doctor [Commander] Katherine  Kate Pulaski, Transporter Chief Miles O Brien and Ensign Wesley Crusher <BR><BR>*This is a flashback episode <BR><BR><BR> </BODY> </HTML>