man man episode american science fiction television series star trek deep space tenth fourth season originally aired november broadcast syndication directed story originated pitch assistant script coordinator turned script producer episode score later nominated emmy awards set 24th century series follows adventures deep space space station located near stable alpha gamma episode plays 1960s secret agent alongside accident makes crew members appear characters program duo prevent dying game killed real life production team deliberately avoided malfunction related episodes felt star trek generation pitched circumstances caused issue seen episode moore came 1960s setting influences episode james_bond films raised reviewers obvious influence resulted metro mayer contacting studio later references episode simple investigation toned man received nielsen ratings percent episode praised reviewers particular attention paid performance criticism depiction women plot playing secret agent program 1960s convinces let tag captain major chief petty officer miles brien returning deep space arrive find vessel warp core breach imminent beams ship destroyed transport forced store patterns repairs uses station memory putting station systems line physical patterns end computer controlling appear characters program appear russian spy introduces colonel idea major informs shut program let characters die lose patterns crew members explains scientist called planning world cut earth crust resulting plates sinking causing global flooding orders rescue professor falcon brien attempts assassinate stop killing brien pattern lost casino paris speak associate manages buy way meeting winning money cards trio knocked drug awake pinnacle enters gives monologue destroy world shows big red button push taken ground laser time laser activated bare performs final check laser slips key protests dangerous continue turned program result deaths close program kill crew members shoots grazing bullet shocked impressed agrees continue programme concerned knows program end death professor bare colonel following defeat duo burst study hits button activate world room occupants realize annihilated entire population earth prepared spare execute able transfer crew patterns computers aboard uss defiant simply aboard returning normal end program relief saved day destroying world notes taught order production story editor keen damaged story appear felt star trek generation specified information sheet sent freelance writers deep space accepting stories involving producer explained looking unique story specifically deep space detective stories seen generation whilst brien adventures mentioned episodes simply expensive shown screen effectively felt story man budget story initially pitched staff deep space assistant script coordinator immediately convinced told story equally enthusiastic original pitch wasn specific setting clearly set sold idea went wrong simply computer decided store information following accident producer came 1960s setting felt appropriate spy wrote based variety sources including james_bond man flint man wild wild west later explained loved kid certain loved writing episode elements suggested staff members naming colonel changing metro mayer later pleased approach spy program appeared later episode simple investigation references generic managed save time production shots involved seeing falcon approach seeing reflection bottle champagne time scheduled attempt shot explained director filmed sequence digitally manipulate bottle responsible firing bottle head screen appear managed man longest shoot single episode deep space taking days film instead normal seven episode required great deal stunt work special equipment going tempered glass instead sugar glass better glass breaking effect great deal new sets took longer set camera lighting crew familiar standing sets backdrop rented crew realised lacked snow modify return original condition majority 1960s style technologies base custom built house parts moved generally manually operated screen art director said manually operated brain computers things faster hand reception home media release man broadcast november broadcast syndication received nielsen ratings percent placing eighth place timeslot lower episode aired previous week sword gained rating percent man final new episode deep space air repeats running aired january ratings percent episode nominated emmy awards score television episode zack_handlen compared man little green men earlier season saying episode better paced comparison generation hollow pursuits saying instead enact fantasies people bear deal real life forced world going wants save lives friends handlen praised relationship episode said man demonstrates characterisation review criticised role women episode saying fared better james_bond movies thought taking character element episode repeated elements seen episodes previous season praised acting born play bond sidekick writing said obvious actors enjoyed new parts episode said episode holy fun particular praised bond esque roles saying brooks villain par played gave man rating list episodes franchise man placed place home media release man episode vhs cassette alongside sword united_kingdom june followed united_states canada single episode release october later released dvd season box set august
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