Shades of Gray story
Riker is poisoned into a coma where he relives various moments of his service aboard the Enterprise . (Clip show as a result of the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike .)
10 total · 3 choice · 5 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with a loved one being gravely ill | choice | Troi stayed by Riker's side while he lay in a delirium on his deathbed. |
| coping with a terminal illness | choice | Riker :: Riker |
| the nature of the subconscious | choice | Riker's subconscious explored in a series of flashbacks |
| coping with being injured | major | Riker :: Riker gravely wounded |
| coping with the death of a friend | major | Troi prepared for what she assumed would be the death of her longtime friend, and former lover Riker. |
| courage in the face of death | major | Riker :: Riker |
| fear | major | Riker :: Riker had to be frightened to be cured |
| friendship | major | Riker/Troi :: Riker and Troi |
| platonic love | minor | Riker, Troi :: Riker and Troi |
| technophobia | minor | Miles O'Brien made a sarcastic remark about how much Dr. Pulaski loved using the transporter. |