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Regarding the subject of Roddenberry's additions to Charlie X, surprising is a word I use for the unexpected, Nelson. In this case, interesting should suffice. But I didn't think the sexual emphasis of Charlie's troubles was a problem there. I felt like it was just focusing the story for the purpose of clarity and we could assume all the other kinds of problems someone that age would experience. And I completely agree about Kirk giving the speech. Better for the story, but especially for his character in the long run. I understand why producers find network notes so frustrating: "Great story. Now change it." There's also an inherent snobbery there, in a way--I like your script, but Mr. and Mrs. America are going to be too dense to get it. But then of course, the frustrating thing is when they turn out to know their business. Yes, it's possible that the movie was the reason for the huge drop. But didn't he also warn about that in The Enemy Within? Another great movie at 9:00? Taken together, much as it hurts to admit, network execs may sometimes know their audiences.The quick move from episode to episode must be jarring for all actors on single camera shows. It also really destroys any possibility for rehearsal, so I can understand why Shatner and others pushed to create their "rehearsal table" in the second year, even if the directors didn't like it. Also interesting that Joe Sargent asked for and got one full rehearsal day on The Corbomite Maneuver. I definitely never knew that!Was Ms. Fontana nice about sharing story credit? Maybe. Did she have a choice? If that's how Roddenberry was going to credit it, she would have had to ask for Writers Guild arbitration to take his name off, and this was her first assignment on the show; a risky proposition. (Wait till you get to Archons.)