Valerie 23

A young man finds himself confined to a wheelchair. He can't shake his depression and a friend/coworker feels that he could combat loneliness by having access to a beautiful android, manufactured in the lab. The stresses come from his futility in finding relationships. At first he rejects her because she is a "machine." However this machine is fully functional and breathtakingly beautiful and can provide everything a red-blooded man could want. Unfortunately, one emotion that was left in the mix by her creators was jealousy. When he fellow realizes that there is someone else and pursues a relationship with a real woman (less attractive but kind and caring), Valerie begins to flex her synthetic muscles. She becomes more than angry; she becomes a real threat. There is some serious talk about what makes a sentient creature (fearing death, for example), and this gives the episode some legs. The byplay between the man and his "plaything" is pretty believable (assuming such a being could be put together) and we feel for him, but once again, one mustn't mess with the gods and creation.