If you've watched enough Star Trek you knew where this would end. But that's hardly a fault of the episode itself.
I like this episode a lot despite the fact it had a weak start. All off the actors did a great job. This episode also stands out as it is so far, and maybe will remian, the only episode I agree with Janeway's decision.
If we would had that kind of technology at hand, maybe a lot of bad things could've been avoided in our time.
-Words alone cannot convey the suffering so we are just gonna give random Ptsd to random people passing by this planet, that'll teach them!
A serious topic. A breakdown of morale. War crimes. Mind manipulation. Remorse. Neurological issues. A trauma. A masscare. A war crime memorial. A culture of remembrance.
Despite all the drama, fighting and shouting, it's a boring, tiring, badly executed chamber play though. I don't like it.
SO MUCH YELLING!!!! MUCH DRAMA!!! MOAR YELLING!!!!
Saavedra did nothing wrong.
Seriously though who they get the cut the grass it looks gorgeous for not being touched for 300 years.
If they weren't manipulated, I'd think they had ptsd
More incredible acting in this one
Absolutely agree with the decision to keep the memorial going and with Neelix being the one to advocate for it, I guess witnessing the genocide of your own people will put things into perspective for you (and THAT is the point). Most people don't acknowledge something until it happens to them directly, only then is an experience made real in their eyes, a sad reality, but reality nevertheless.
Agg am I not soon finished with this crap. At least sometimes a good, even great episode comes along, but this was awful. And the captain! Sigh.
Review by LNeroBlockedParent2020-10-12T03:36:44Z— updated 2021-01-31T02:30:55Z
TL;DR Awkwardly executed, but with a truly Trekkian and compelling ethical dilemma. The Seven and Neelix scene near the end is worth the price of admission for subtly showing a socially and philosophically matured Seven.
Voyager's weak point has always been not knowing what to do with most of its main crew. Tom and Harry are boring and handled unnaturally, and the beginning of this episode is no exception. Then, suddenly... DRAMA, YELLING. Unsurprisingly, I was not invested in the stakes or the actions. BUT.
But, there is a compelling ethical question at the heart of the episode, and it's as Star Trek as you can get. There's also a great Seven scene when she's talking to Neelix. It's still not handled as well as later TNG episodes or DS9 episodes, but it was a great character moment that was a long time cooking, and came out naturally, and was profound, and fittingly uttered with a tempered explanatory tone by Seven in an Evo-Devo perspective, which suited her perfectly.
The problem with the story's delivery was that it was clear where it was going, and factually apparent what did not happen, and clearly suggestive what was going on, and I was the one yelling at the TV by the last 8 minutes when they finally had Janeway realize what was going on.
However, the final scene where she decides what they should do about it was handled about as well as can be expected with Voyager, and I actually agreed with this version of Janeway, which is a lot closer to what kind of ethical steerswoman she should have been throughout the show to this point.