It's the return of Seska and the Kazon. Well one out of two isn't bad I suppose. Seska is of course the ex-Voyager crew member who disappeared with the Kazon. So why then are the crew completely surprised when she's the one behind the Federation beacon trap?
Next the Voyager crew has their nacelles completely handed to them and the Kazon steal transporter equipment, so Chakotay goes all Timothy Dalton to get back and not risk violating the Prime Directive. I’d say the fact that there’s even a StarFleet ship called Voyager that’s currently crawling across the Delta Quadrant is violating it enough as it is, they are a Ship Of Death after all. Anyway, this results in some interesting scenes between Seska and him (Chakotay not Dalton unfortunately).
I like Seska as a recurring villain in this series; she brings something to the Kazon. Thinking about it, she’s probably bringing an extra dimension, at least now Maje Culluh seems almost like a real alien and not a 1950s comic book villain like the rest of the Kazon.
All in all, a quite good episode let down enormously though by the fact Janeway doesn’t discipline anyone, Chakotay gets away with it. No wait, he’s put “on report”. I’ll bet he’s scared stiff whenever StarFleet catches up with them. While we’re at it is there any member of the Voyager crew who hasn’t mutinied against her so far. Actually, Janeway’s probably disobeyed her own orders at some point, but who can blame her?
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