From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
   Subject: Re: Star Trek: Am I the Only One?   
      
   In article <4b30062e$0$1662$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,   
    Dimensional Traveler  wrote:   
      
   > Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   > > In article ,   
   > >  Merrick Baldelli  wrote:   
   > >    
   > >> On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:14:27 -0700, Anim8rFSK    
   > >> wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> Ooo, Merrikus, no moe posting before 6am!  'twas Pulaski that left and    
   > >>> went to LA Law.  McMuffin's LA Law career encompassed exactly one    
   > >>> episode as "non actress doing worst accent ever heard" a reprise of her    
   > >>> literal walk on in Hunt (rhymes with..) for Red October.   
   > >> .Pish -- 6 AM for me is 6 PM for you.  And yes....  McFadden   
   > >> was amicably released.  Not fired.   
   > >    
   > > You have a cite for that?  And if so, why released?  She doesn't seem to    
   > > have done anything in her year off.   
   > >    
   > Just 'cause I'm bored I'm gonna throw some gasoline on this flame.  I    
   > remember the rumor going around many years ago that McFadden left TNG    
   > for the second season to go into rehab.  *dives into fireproof bunker*   
      
   Hah.  Okay, now you're making me google.   
      
   Wiki says she was written out (not her choice) and Stewart was puzzled    
   as to why and was the one that got her back; so, same as he ruined the    
   writing staff, he crippled the acting pool.   
      
   Memory Alpha says the executive producers got rid of her (not her    
   choice).   
      
   in 2006 she did a series of commercials for MicroSoft, so she continues    
   to be on the side of unrepentant evil.   
      
   http://en.allexperts.com has a completely innaccurate article saying it    
   was her choice, and also claiming she did bit parts on TNG throughout    
   the second season; clearly the writer "Shelley" is on crack.   
      
   Two odd tidbits from a raving fan site for McMuffin:   
      
   http://www.northco.net/~crusher/history2.html   
      
   "The real reason Gates left is because she was getting sexually harassed    
   by Maurice Hurley. She told Roddenberry it was him or her and for some    
   reason they picked him. So she left, but they realized it sucked w/o    
   her, and asked her to return. She agreed, but only if Hurley left. If    
   you notice, Hurley's name is present on the credits for all 1st and 2nd    
   season eps, but absent after that."   
      
   and   
      
   "when I attended a convention with Gates McFadden in Kansas City, she    
   refused to talk about it. All she would say was that "Some people didn't    
   like me.""   
      
   Hey, even Gates says Crusher is incompetent!   
      
   The running joke around the set has always been, 'Is Beverly on the ship    
   because she's sleeping with the captain?! (Laughter) And the reason she    
   doesn't have her medical diplomas up on the wall is because she didn't    
   really get them!' Usually, when there's a guest star that, for whatever    
   reason, is on the medical table, one member of the cast will say,    
   'Listen, sorry you're being treated by Bev-you might not make it!' "    
   said by Gates   
      
   So to sum up:   
      
   Gates left not by her own choice   
   Crusher is incompetent   
   Gates has a sense of humor about Crusher being incompetent   
      
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