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| Lethe | |
| Race: | Human |
| Sex: | Female |
| Actress: | Susan Wasson |
Lethe was committed to the Tantalus Penal Colony prior to 2266. By 2266, she had been rehabilitated and had elected to stay on as a therapist on Dr. Tristan Adams' staff.
Questioned about her offense by Captain Kirk, she replied "Does it matter?" She described her previous self as a "different person -- malignant, hateful" Dr. Helen Noel remarked that the shifting of memory patterns was basic to psychotherapy; Dr Adams added that patients should not be required to relive the evils committed earlier in their lives, when they were ill. (TOS: "Dagger of the Mind")
- It is possible that the idea of removing horrific memories from a patient's mind as part of his cure was one of the reforms for which Dr. Adams was famed.
- Lethe is one of the rivers of Hades. Mythology held that souls were made to drink from this river so they would not remember their past lives when they were reincarnated. It is likely that this "forgetful" character's name refers to this.