Janeway and Neelix come back to find Voyager deserted. Very similar teaser to TNG's Genesis, but hardly surprising since they were both written by Braga. Turns out this macro virus has spread throughout the ship which gives Janeway her chance to do her Die Hard In The Delta Quadrant pitch.
This just doesn’t feel like a Star Trek episode and more like a typical summer action blockbuster. Even some of the dialogue feels set about this level. Even the Doctor in this episode doesn’t feel like he’s written as well as he normally is, nice though it is that he gets to go on his first away mission to another planet.
The Tak Tak who feature briefly in this, are the weirdest alien race encountered so far in Voyager with their elaborate gestures, which makes sense since Voyager's so far away from Earth. Of course we only see them for about 5 minutes, so much for that.
This is also the first episode to heavily feature purely computer generated aliens that the crew have to react with, and they act better than some of the regulars. If you turn your brain off for this story (and it’s Voyager why would you have it on?) it’s a pretty passable episode.
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