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 THE HOST  (#197)
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   [ Bev and Odan kissing... ]

*PASSION* IGNITES BETWEEN DR. CRUSHER AND AN ALIEN AMBASSADOR...

   [ Bev and Troi talking ]

  Troi:  Beverly, you're in love.

   [ alien ship firing on an Enterprise Shuttle, Riker piloting,
     a bulkhead explodes, injuring the ambassador ]

...BUT A SHUTTLE DISASTER LEAVES HIM IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

   [ Odan on a biobed in sickbay ]

  Bev:    You're dying.

  Odan:   Help me!

  Riker:  Then I volunteer.

   [ Bev operating on Riker, implanting an alien "pod" in his abdomen ]

NOW A SHOCKING ALIEN TRANSPLANT PUTS TWO LIVES AT STAKE.

   [ Bev and Riker/Odan together ]

  Riker:  I am Odan.  I still love you.

  Bev:    I don't know who you are!

   [ Riker exits bridge turbolift, and collapses ]

UNKNOWN MYSTERY, ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.


Short version:

  Dr. Crusher's *sizzling* romance ends in a tragic shuttle 
  disaster, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.