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It was always noticeable when the writers were on strike.

Clip shows are a strong indicator. Some of the best episodes are writers strike episodes though. Measure of a Man was a speculative script selected for production during a writer’s strike and is one of the first great episodes of the show.

I had no idea Measure of a Man was written during a strike... Every rule has its exceptions, I suppose.

I don't know if it was written during a strike. It was submitted speculatively and produced during a strike.

> It was written as a speculative script by former attorney and Star Trek: The Original Series novelist Melinda M. Snodgrass.

> The script was accepted due to the impact of the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike, and resulted in Snodgrass being recruited as a staff writer and script editor. She would remain on the staff until the end of the third season.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Measure_of_a_Man_(Star_Tre...

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