Dec. 5th, 2002

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As the fable accumulates more layers of ambiguity, it recalls "The Cage," the seldom-seen pilot episode of "Star Trek" in which the starship commander (played by Jeffrey Hunter) is disfigured in battle and imprisoned by a mentally advanced, but physically depleted tribe of telepathic aliens who use him for their pleasure. In the episode's ambiguously happy ending, he and an equally damaged woman end up living in a shared romantic illusion that becomes their captors' erotic entertainment. Heaven may exist, the episode suggests, but it's just a manipulated fantasy.

I'll spare you the details if you aren't already saying "hey, wait a minute..."

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