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In the X Minus One episode titled Shanghaied, Jeff Coffin is a young man on the brink of marriage, celebrating with friends at a bar. However, his night takes a drastic turn when he is unwittingly shanghaied onto a spaceship, the R.S. Michael M. Rafferty. As he struggles to comprehend his situation, he learns that he is now part of the crew, forced into a life of hard labor in deep space. The crew, led by a captain who is less than accommodating, has no intention of turning back, and Jeff's pleas for release fall on deaf ears.
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