Alrighty. I've been away for awhile, stressed and busy with he demands of life. I've missed listening to OTR and CBSRMT quite a bit and have prescribed for myself a weekly dose of the Show of the Week to help out. I anticipated the selection since last night, worked today and eagerly found the choosen show. Upon listening I was immediately reminded of a Star Trek episode, "Requiem for Methuselah" which has a love struck Kirk fighting over a complex, multitalented, kind, intellegent and beautiful woman, who unfortunetly turns out to be a robot. (Come now, who could blame him!) Well, the similarities soon end here. Our woman, Amelia, in " Life Blood", subtly and not so mechanically played by Marian Seldes is more programable than Kirk's Rayna. Rayna, aside from the spare parts, was too human. Amelia is pure input! Thus, her programming reflects the mind, and more importantly the heart of her creator, Arthur Moore ( John Beale). What is programmed is carried out, and Moore wishes to avenge his ego against an offending fellow scientist who happens to also be a womanizer, Harry Burton played by the almost always wonderful Ralph Bell. In fact, Moore is so obsessed that he creates this robot for the sole purpose of hurting Burton. The analogy of the story surfaces when we discover that Moore has placed 10 yr worth of his own blood into Amelia to make her all the more real and consequently ruins himself. Thus, his hate and obsession for revenge robbed him of life....much like hypertension and heart disease might with those that continue to carry similar grudges against elements in life. :?: It's about ruination as a result of intentions that are destructive and self serving. As regards the acting, I find episodes with John Beal and Ralph Bell nearly consistantly good, because they are that good. When I hear Ralph, I feel like I'm with a friend :!: I had not ever listened to a show made so late in the series either, and was pleased to find that good episodes exist here too.