Tuesday 16 August 2011

Episode 69: Scorpion Part II


Here we are then with Season Four, the halfway season of the series. What better time then to introduce a new character, Deep Space Nine did it after all. So here we have the introduction of a new character, the infamous Seven of Nine.

Voyager and the Borg go ahead with their bargain, which just delights Chakotay (well, it might, who can tell with this guy?). The Borg need someone to deal with Captain Janeway face to face so they send their sexiest Borg, and it’s the aforementioned Seven.

There’s a bit more of the tension between Janeway and Chakotay in this one, especially when Janeway is out of action and Chakotay reverses her decision but this episode is definitely all Seven (the Borg as opposed to George Constanza’s offspring). It’s difficult to say if she’ll be any good in the series since she’s just playing an automaton in this one but her journey to humanity could be good (Hi Data and the holographic Doctor and... well you get the idea).

As with most two part stories this conclusion isn’t as good as it’s predecessor, that might be because it just doesn’t live up to the epic promise of Part I and unfortunately feels more like a run of the mill episode.

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