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tanyev

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1. She's no Edith Keeler.
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 02:55 PM
Sep 2020

Adding for non-Trekkies:

The City on the Edge of Forever

Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) give chase, in time learning that McCoy has changed time by saving the life of Edith Keeler (Joan Collins), the near-saintly proprietor of a soup kitchen. If allowed to live, her idealistic message of pacifism and tolerance will delay the United States’ entry into World War II, allowing Hitler to develop the atomic bomb, win the war, and dominate the Earth — shutting the door on the hopeful future imagined throughout the series.

And so, as Spock says twice in the episode — first as a question then as a statement arrived at through cold, hard logic — Edith Keeler must die. The only problem: Kirk has fallen in love with her and isn’t sure he can bring himself to let her die. But, after reuniting with McCoy, he does just that, stopping the doctor from saving Edith from a truck that strikes her down in the street.

https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/6/29/17518928/harlan-ellison-star-trek-grudge-science-fiction-rip

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She's no Edith Keeler. tanyev Sep 2020 #1
Bye bye Edith! Trumpocalypse Sep 2020 #4
she should be grateful anyone mentions her at all for any reason, ever nt msongs Sep 2020 #2
She's still relevant NYCButterfinger Sep 2020 #3
She is? RhodeIslandOne Sep 2020 #5
Oh yes, Collins is a young 87 NYCButterfinger Sep 2020 #7
No. She's not. LanternWaste Sep 2020 #10
She is in some roles NYCButterfinger Sep 2020 #20
Gasp ! She's still alive ? OnDoutside Sep 2020 #6
Piers Morgan and Collins are BFFs NYCButterfinger Sep 2020 #8
He sucks too. RhodeIslandOne Sep 2020 #9
From what I understand, she has always been a right winger. She loved Ronnie. nt Blue_true Sep 2020 #11
Frankly, I don't give a flying fig who ANY "celebrity" endorses. Totally Tunsie Sep 2020 #12
Collins has dual citizenship. She lives in America half of the year. NYCButterfinger Sep 2020 #18
Do you have a source regarding her citizenship? Totally Tunsie Sep 2020 #21
She has residences in the U.S. NYCButterfinger Sep 2020 #22
Residency doesn't grant citizenship. Totally Tunsie Sep 2020 #23
wasn't she Regan's 1st wife? demtenjeep Sep 2020 #13
That would be Jane Wyman. Totally Tunsie Sep 2020 #14
oh of Falcon Crest demtenjeep Sep 2020 #15
Who ? JI7 Sep 2020 #16
She played Alexis Colby Carrington in the Reagan-Bush Eighties show Dynasty NYCButterfinger Sep 2020 #19
sarcasm is hard to detect over the interwebs uriel1972 Sep 2020 #24
I hated that show. Ilsa Sep 2020 #28
Ugh! Who gives a damn what she thinks. smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #17
I'm not in the least surprised. She was always arrogant. muriel_volestrangler Sep 2020 #25
I have a funny story about her sister Jackie Collins, PCIntern Sep 2020 #26
Her choice of men has never been that astute. Klaralven Sep 2020 #27
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