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This is Nightline, your open door to people and places, and this is Walter O'Keefe. Nightline invites you to listen in on NBC's award-winning science fiction series, X-1. Now escape to a world of the future. Countdown for blast-off. X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one, fire. From the far horizons of the unknown come tales of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories of the future, adventures in which you'll live in a million could-be years on a thousand may…

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In the episode X Minus One: Tsylana, we meet Norman Blake, a first-class statistician living in a meticulously organized society in the year 2055. This utopia, shaped by the principles of a great psychologist, has eliminated crime and emotional extremes, creating a world where everyone is perfectly adjusted. However, Norman's world is turned upside down when he discovers a shocking anomaly in his statistical reports: a candy bar has been taken from a baby, marking the first theft in nearly three decades.

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Fred Collins

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Adele Ronson

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Walter Black

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XMinusOne57-09-19112Tsylana.mp3

X Minus One, Episode 112

Tsylana

Thursday, September 19, 1957 · 20:14

X Minus One, Episode 112

Tsylana

Thursday, September 19, 1957 · 20:14

Summary

In a perfectly adjusted society, statistician Norman Blake discovers a crime that threatens the stability of his world. As he grapples with the implications of this deviation, he contemplates taking drastic measures to restore order.

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