Okay yes, this one did feature time travel... again. But wait, it’s actually good, easily the best of the episodes so far. Basically it’s a story about people getting their hopes up and then dashed, maybe that’s why I liked it.
Kes even gets some nice scenes, this time with the Doctor and his burgeoning personality. The parts about him getting to feel more like a part of the crew were touching in that respect. The Doctor is incidentally reminding me more and more of Hugh Laurie’s House.
I also liked the scenes between Janeway and the Romulan with her desperate to win him over through his cynicism and mistrust. It worked especially well in the beginning of his relationship and there was only his voice to connect with.
Ironic though in the end, that it’s Tuvok, a Vulcan would be the one to dampen everyone’s enthusiasm after the Romulan left.
I’m actually even struggling to think of anything intrinsically bad about this one. Kim’s doe eyed enthusiasm worked for the theme episode and Neelix wasn’t even in it. I did think while watching it, the best way to blow up a Romulan ship is to convince them you’re in the Delta Quadrant and then beam a test cylinder/bomb to them.
So, the best episode so far is one in which you have nothing to say about the storyline and os one I can't remember?
ReplyDeleteEpisode and why I like it:
ReplyDeleteKim finds wormhole to alpha quadrant. - That's good
Wormhole is very tiny - That's bad
They might be able to communicate through it - That's good
Turns out its to a Romulan ship - That's bad
He agrees to the taking of letters to StarFleet AND they may be able to transport there! - That's good
Turns out it's in the past - That's bad
He can still keep the letters until the right time - That's good
Turns out he died two years before that - That's bad and he was also cursed