I certainly like \"Star Sapphire\" as well. It\'s interesting that, for all the negativity aimed at Elspeth Eric on this board (some, but not all, deserved), her scripts often seem to evoke very strong emotional reactions. I once pitched her episode \"The Train Stops\". People disagreeing on the meaning of the story but all agreeing that she had dealt with some very heavy emotional material.

Same with \"Star Sapphire.\" Personally I would nominate the scene in which the father gets the adopted daughter to disrobe as possibly the single most disturbing scene in the entire run of RMT (at least based on my listening to several hundred episodes).

As for Marshall\'s outro, a couple of comments:

1) I suspect that the reason the outro focused on the nature of hypnosis instead of the \"power\" theme is because that had already been thoroughly covered in his earlier comments...Something on the nature and limitations of hypnosis was therefore appropriate. After all, the whole story hinged on it.

2) I think I posted this sometime before, but Marshall\'s comments for all episodes were definitely scripted. They appear in the original RMT scripts right along with the dialogue and sound effects. In fact, anyone can see an authentic Bob Juhren RMT script right here: Personally I doubt Marshall or Grimes ever actually read or heard most of the shows. Marshall is known to have recorded his commentaries separate from the rest of the cast (this is revealed in the Payton/Grams RMT book); most likely he did them in bunches, when he had the time, perhaps at the CBS studios in Hollywood.

Anyway, \"Star Sapphire\" is certainly one of the darkest and most disturbing of all RMTS. Great choice.<br><br>