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 THE INNER LIGHT  (225)
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A MYSTERY OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN...

   [ strange alien probe shown on main viewscreen ]

   [ On the bridge: Picard collapses, Riker catches him ]

  Riker:  Riker to Sickbay, the Captain's hurt.

   [ Picard's (Kamin) wife Eline smiles at him as he awakes ]

...TRAPS PICARD IN ANOTHER WORLD...

   [ Picard (in local clothing) gets out of bed looking confused ]

   [ From a hilltop, Picard looks down upon "his" village ]

   [ Picard speaking in a room... ]

  Picard:  Am I a prisoner here?

...AND ANOTHER MAN'S SOUL.

   [ Picard and Eline kiss ]

  Picard:  This is not my life!

DESTINED TO SPEND ETERNITY ON A DOOMED PLANET.

   [ An *OLD* Picard enters instrument readings into a journal ]

   [ A very aged Picard/Kamin speaking... ]
  
  Picard:  You simply cannot let this civilization die!

UNTIL FATE...

   [ The real Picard lays in Sickbay, while Bev and Ogawa work on him ]

  Eline:  Kamin?

   [ A not-quite-so-old Picard/Kamin collapses ]

...STRIKES A FATAL BLOW.

   [ Worf and Riker on the bridge ]

  Worf:  The Captain is under attack.

   [ Beverly in Sickbay, the real Picard is convulsing; 
     Old Picard/Kamin looking very weak ]

  Bev:  I'm loosing him.

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


Short version:

  A bizarre accident traps Picard in another man's life
  for eternity, on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.