Have you ever wondered what an episode would be like if Tom Paris travelled faster than anyone had ever gone before, mutated into a new reptile and had lizard babies with Janeway? You have? Then it’s a pity Voyager’s been over now for ten years because you could’ve made a bloody fortune on the writing staff. You might be lucky and they could have a spin off with their offspring, Star Trek: Lizard Babies. If it could have Neelix shouting “Neelix go bye-bye!” then it might be worth it.
Speaking of Neelix, we have him giving advice on how to break the warp 10 barrier with transwarp travel with his glib analogies, inadvertently I’ll grant you, but does he have to be an expert in everything?
Also of all the people on the ship, Lizard Paris has to kidnap to have reptile children with, he chooses Janeway? To paraphrase Blackadder if she was the only woman in the Delta Quadrant I’d be trying to have babies with Neelix.
All in all it’s a good thing the Doctor exists on this show because without his character there would literally be nothing in this entire episode to praise. As it is, his response to Janeway’s request to wake up Paris while he’s in sickbay with “WAKE UP!” and not the usual hypospray was the only highlight.
Now let us never speak of this episode again.
FUN FACT: Paramount decided this is the only episode of Star Trek ever that's not in continuity.
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