Essentially answers the question what happens when a Vulcan interacts with children. ILLOGICAL.
Tuvok with a bunch of kids is not particularly compelling, even though these aren't the worst child actors in the world. I did appreciate that this gave us a good look at Tuvok's character and more info on his background, but outside of that this did nothing for me. The alien race was also annoying.
Definitely worth the watch for a bit of Tuvok's character development. We are reminded of the Vulcan state of being - that it is not the lack of feeling but control to the point of suppression (also examined in the previous episode 'Meld'). Tuvok has a family he misses dearly, so the plight of these "children" affect him very much, despite his external appearance of calm.
Also, damn that meddlesome Prime Directive (ad infinitum). LOL!
So much for not interfering with other cultures' lifestyles.
This episode is not so good to watch on a re-run. The impact of the twist at the end is lessened if you know it already.
I find the idea of a race with a reversed aging process interesting and I was thinking all the time how a pregnancy would work. But at the end it is mentioned they are created out of the energy that's leaving them at death. I guess that works as I would have trouble imagining a grown humanoid being born. So, nice they adressed that.
Of course the main topic here is the fear of death, which is a human trait. From that point of view I like that they integrated that in a scifi story. Althought aside from the end they didn't really explore it.
Which is sadly one of Voyagers traits often and I wonder how much better the show could have been with only slight adjustments.
The crew of the Voyager encounter Orkans!
Shout by Alexander von LimbergBlockedParent2022-01-08T21:45:44Z
Hm. I don't know. The logician and the children... At the same time, that's silly, adorable and tells you surprisingly much about the Vulcan society. Problem: there's this other civilization and you really don't have any context. Are they somehow important in the sector? What role do they play? Or are they just generic baddies (or so it seems)? Well, in the end there's a twist and an interesting phenomenon is discovered. This philosophical part isn't bad but very shallow
This episode is totally inconsequential. Off they go and next week's episode starts as if nothing had happened.