I watched this with my Fiancée and she didn't understand why Tom opted for his holodeck program to be black and white since that was just a limitation of film from that era, so if you are experiencing Captain Protons life it would be in colour.
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This episode gave the Doctor some fun stuff to do too, as the most qualified member of the crew to make first contact with a photonic race.
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A fun holodeck episode, I think Kate Mulgrew had fun playing Queen Arachnia. The photonic beings only regardling other photonics as being alive is a fun idea and I like how it forces the crew to play along
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Let's talk Star Trek Voyager some more. Season 5, episode 12 "Bride of Chaotica". While Tom Paris plays Captain Proton on the holodeck, Voyager finds itself trapped in a rift that contains photonic beings who get attacked by the Captain Proton's nemesis Chaotica
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I appreciate that there are no easy answers here and the Doctor has to push through this on his own over months.
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The reveal being that the Doctor had to make a choice between two patients and let one die, so his ethical subroutines essentially went into meltdown is great sci-fi.
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S05E11 "Latent Image" is one of the best episodes this season. A doctor episode (of course!). The concept of the Doctor discovering his memory files were altered is a fun cold open
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Not to mention that Tuvok is also at risk from the Devore inspections. The cat and mouse relationship between Janeway and Kashyk was fun. Some real Gul Dukat and Kira energy. I saw the twist a mile away, but it was still fun.
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Time for more #startrekhottakes #VoyagerThoughts with S05E10 "Counterpoint". This was a fun one with Voyager smuggling telepaths through a sector of space that has outlawed telepaths. Not sure hwo this ISN'T violating the prime directive but still a fun episode.
Not a strong entry, but I love a good allegory. Also Tom stays an ensign for another season and a half I think.
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The plot centers around a water planet that is losing all it's water. Apparently this is caused by the planets powerplants. When confronted with the need to shut down their industry to save their planet the Aliens balk at the solution. Another classic apolitical Trek episode...
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Next is "30 days" which opens with Tom Paris in the brig, demoted to ensign. This plays out a lot like the TNG episode "Suspicions" Where the lead is retelling their story as a log entry as a framing device
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It's a bit of a bummer that we don't subvert expectations on the Cardassian, but it turns into an excellent metaphor for the ethics of medical discoveries made in concentration camps. The Doctor must contend with getting a solution from Space Mengele
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There is skepticism in the crew that a Cardassian can be trusted. The Doctor argues that this mans scientific acumen should matter and just because he's Cardassian he isn't automatically evil. *Narrator: But he was evil*
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Season 5 episode 8 "Nothing Human" is one of the better episodes. B'Elanna is put into a coma by an alien scorpion and the Doctor uses a Hologram of a famed Cardassioan exobiologist to look for a solution.
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I'm at the end of season 6 but I need to update some posts for season 5 still!
I spent over a year posting about TNG, Strange New Worlds and Voyager, but my one off the cuff post about Starfleet academy is the one that gets heat.
If you are just discovering me now you can check out my #VoyagerThoughts and #startrekhottakes
It's another convoluted revenge plot against the Borg. I think my favourite part of this was Naomi Wildman deciding to idolize Seven of Nine. Very cute stuff. 21/21
That's all for now
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"Infinite Regress" was a fun one. Seven of Nine comes into contact with a Borg McGuffin that causes her to channel the personalities of other assimilated aliens. 20/21
This was a great vehicle for Jeri Ryan to flex her acting chops. You can tell she's having fun
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This was some peak Star Trek time travel bullshit. The whole episode is about taking actions to erase the actions of the episode. Levar Burton shows up as Geordie LaForge sent to protect the timeline. 19/21
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Fifteen years later Harry, Chakotay and Chakotays girlfriend travel back to the Voyager crash site and recover the Doctor. Then they violate the temporal laws and send a message back in time to avert the disaster 18/21
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"Timeless" is a mess. Harry builds a slipstream engine and when they test it out it destroys Voyager but Chakotay and Harry are ahead in the Delta flyer and get home safe 17/21
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I dunno I get that she's a kid, but it sure seems like a weird choice to lie to this girl. If her mom dies, isn't that going to be more traumatic? Anyways, happy endings for all, so not a bad episode 16/21
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Naomi's mom is on an away mission she might not survive (though there are too many regular cast members with her for me to worry too much). But the crew take turns spending time with Naomi, and debating if they should tell her about her mom 15/21
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"Once Upon a Time" brings us the precocious Naomi Wildman. The cold open with Naomi in the holodeck playing a kids story was pretty weird, but overall this was an interesting episode 14/21
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This just felt like an excuse to do some call backs to TNG, I dunno
I hate species 8472.
13/21
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They also don't take roll call because Chakotay wanders in and nobody says shit. Chakotay has the obligatory romantic encounter with an alien and ultimately Voyager forges a truce with species 8472
12/21
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Species 8472 are masquerading as Alpha quadrant aliens and have set up a replica earth with a replica Starfleet and are almost always acting in character even though there is no one around 11/21
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"In the Flesh" brings back Species 8462. I'm sure this time around we will actually care about them... No not really 10/21
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B plot was dark, and compelling, but honestly, this suffers from episodic television. We don't know Belana has this problem until this episode, and she is basically cured by the end of the episode. Wasted potential 9/21
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