Similitude story
Commander Tucker becomes comatose after an accident, and a rapid-growing clone is created for the purpose of harvesting brain tissue. Directed by: LeVar Burton. Story by: Manny Coto.
13 total · 3 choice · 6 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human cloning | choice | Phlox bred a Tucker clone whose full lifespan lasted 15 days. |
| people bread for organ donation | choice | Phlox bred a Tucker clone in order to harvest its organs for the purpose of saving Tucker's life. |
| what if I discovered that I was a facsimile of someone else | choice | The Tucker clone realized it was a clone of the real Tucker. |
| choosing who dies and who lives | major | Archer had to choose who between Tucker and the Tucker clone would die. |
| compromising one's ethical principles vs. great need | major | Archer was prepared to force the Tucker clone to undergo a life ending operation that would result in the life of the real Tucker being saved, because Archer needed the real Tucker to complete his all important mission. |
| donating an organ to save a life | major | In the end, the Tucker clone made the fatal decision to willingly donate some vital brain tissue that was needed to save Tucker's life. |
| killing to save a loved one | major | Should Archer force a life ending operation on the Tucker clone in order to save the real Tucker's life? |
| personal identity | major | To what extent was the Tucker clone not "the real" Tucker. |
| unethical human experimentation | major | Phlox decided to breed a person for the purposes of organ donation. |
| coping with the death of someone | minor | The crew grieved over the death of the Tucker clone. |