Quite a nice romance story and Robert Picardo gets to shine as the Doctor. I think I quite enjoyed it for its simplicity, but also found myself craving something with a bit more to it. I'm kind of bored of the Vidiians already, even though Danara has a much different attitude to any one of them we've met before. There were echoes of the Doctor's antics in 'Heroes and Demons' and the romance he found there, but this at least developed things considerably more.
There's a real issue here which the show hasn't addressed, and I've brought it up before because it bugs me: the Doctor appears to have become completely sentient and self-aware. This suggests that ships are capable of creating life forms, and it's not being treated with the kind of importance it deserves. The TNG episode 'Elementary, Dear Data' and its sequel did investigate this concept with some detail, but that's far removed from the current situation.
The Doctor acting on Kes' advice and telling Danara he's romantically attracted to her is a great comedy moment, and I also really liked his subsequent talk with Paris. And again, Paris almost gets the best parts of the episode with his continuing streak of bad behaviour - however, if any viewer was confused about what's been going on with him, then this episode absolutely bashes you over the head with the obvious suggestion that it's a ruse to root out Jonas, the spy on board the ship.
"Shmullus" is an unfortunately laughable name, sorry to anyone who actually has that.
Review by LeftHandedGuitaristBlockedParent2017-11-05T10:05:20Z
Quite a nice romance story and Robert Picardo gets to shine as the Doctor. I think I quite enjoyed it for its simplicity, but also found myself craving something with a bit more to it. I'm kind of bored of the Vidiians already, even though Danara has a much different attitude to any one of them we've met before. There were echoes of the Doctor's antics in 'Heroes and Demons' and the romance he found there, but this at least developed things considerably more.
There's a real issue here which the show hasn't addressed, and I've brought it up before because it bugs me: the Doctor appears to have become completely sentient and self-aware. This suggests that ships are capable of creating life forms, and it's not being treated with the kind of importance it deserves. The TNG episode 'Elementary, Dear Data' and its sequel did investigate this concept with some detail, but that's far removed from the current situation.
The Doctor acting on Kes' advice and telling Danara he's romantically attracted to her is a great comedy moment, and I also really liked his subsequent talk with Paris. And again, Paris almost gets the best parts of the episode with his continuing streak of bad behaviour - however, if any viewer was confused about what's been going on with him, then this episode absolutely bashes you over the head with the obvious suggestion that it's a ruse to root out Jonas, the spy on board the ship.
"Shmullus" is an unfortunately laughable name, sorry to anyone who actually has that.