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![“[Jack Nash from The Andromeda Strain] was not in the original film, but he was kind of a Geraldo Rivera almost kind of reporter that had a drug addiction. We start the story in rehab, and then he gets the roots of the story. I loved him.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/eric-mccormack-2915_addiction_jack-nash-from-the-andromeda-strain-was_2439939.jpg)
