A pretty uninspired look at self-harm, which never quite rings true. I have a similar issue with this as I did with the DS9 episode, 'The Sound of Her Voice', in that we are suddenly presented with a main character who is depressed/struggling and apparently has been for quite some time, but the show has done nothing to show this to us in the previous episodes. B'Elanna is acting very out of character and while I know from first hand experience the way that depression sneaks up on you, this doesn't work at all.
The depiction of the depression itself is also a little simplified. I'm disappointed, because the episode actually made me dislike her when I should have been feeling sympathy. Chakotay's smirk whenever he's talking continues to bug me, too.
The Delta Flyer is kind of cool, the show has needed a runabout style craft for quite some time. I do think that Tom's retro controls are a bit dumb though, and they look like something from an old Atari console.
B'Elanna disengages the holodeck safeties a number of times in this episode, and on each occasion the computer asks her for confirmation and provides a warning. Great, but only two episodes ago Seven disengaged the holodeck safeties and it was instant. A small thing, but consistency counts for everything in storytelling, and Voyager continues to fail at this.
The Malon also still suck. Are we going to be spending more time with them?
Review by LeftHandedGuitaristBlockedParent2018-06-13T14:24:09Z
A pretty uninspired look at self-harm, which never quite rings true. I have a similar issue with this as I did with the DS9 episode, 'The Sound of Her Voice', in that we are suddenly presented with a main character who is depressed/struggling and apparently has been for quite some time, but the show has done nothing to show this to us in the previous episodes. B'Elanna is acting very out of character and while I know from first hand experience the way that depression sneaks up on you, this doesn't work at all.
The depiction of the depression itself is also a little simplified. I'm disappointed, because the episode actually made me dislike her when I should have been feeling sympathy. Chakotay's smirk whenever he's talking continues to bug me, too.
The Delta Flyer is kind of cool, the show has needed a runabout style craft for quite some time. I do think that Tom's retro controls are a bit dumb though, and they look like something from an old Atari console.
B'Elanna disengages the holodeck safeties a number of times in this episode, and on each occasion the computer asks her for confirmation and provides a warning. Great, but only two episodes ago Seven disengaged the holodeck safeties and it was instant. A small thing, but consistency counts for everything in storytelling, and Voyager continues to fail at this.
The Malon also still suck. Are we going to be spending more time with them?