60: Hierarchy Over Hippocrates

Published: May 11, 2014, 8:30 a.m.

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Seasons of Light and\\nDarkness.

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Early in The Wrath of Khan, Doctor McCoy visits Admiral\\nKirk bearing gifts in honor of his birthday. The conversation isn\'t\\nthe most cheerful, and Bones asks why everyone is treating Kirk\'s\\nbirthday like a funeral. It was a telling moment between two close\\nfriends, but did you ever wonder happened next? In his novella\\nSeasons of Light and Darkness, Michael A. Martin gives us\\na missing scene from The Wrath of Khan, one that explains\\nwhy McCoy is such a curmudgeon, and why he is so concerned about\\nhis friend\'s state of mind.

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In this episode of Literary Treks hosts Matthew Rushing\\nand Christopher Jones discuss Seasons of Light and Darkness, how it\\nadds to the McCoy mythos, when it is acceptable to cast aside our\\nown rules and ethics in the name of the greater good, and why, if\\nyou plan to appear on The Bachelor, you should make sure it isn\'t\\nthe Capellan edition.

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