Exciting times. No, not the episode but I’ve thought of a new drinking game, just take a shot anytime a character says the word ‘Nemesis’. Downside is you’d be unconcious within ten minutes, which is also the upside coincidentally. As an aside this game would also be suited to these reviews and the words ‘dull’ or ‘boring’.
For the first twenty minutes I thought this was vying to be one of the worst Voyager episodes yet since we’re just treated to Chakotay and a few caricature military aliens on a planet. This is after he crashes a shuttle craft (third to crash in three episodes, how many do they have?!) I was even pleading for Neelix or even Harry Kim to be involved to liven things up. Thankfully though it does get mildly better and the ending of how Chakotay was brain washed was in it’s small way quite good.
It doesn’t help thought that since this is the Delta Quadrant and supposed to be completely different that the Kradin look almost identical to the Nausicaans from TNG and DS9.
Seven doesn’t feature at all in this one which was a surprise since the way the season was going so far I was beginning to think she’d be the subject of every episode. Actually in this one it might’ve helped.
Worst episode to this point in the series for sure. Found myself wishing for it to end, and had a very hard time fighting the strong urge to shut it off. The language in this made me want to vomit. "Gloried way after", "Nullified", "Sharper", "Make yourselfs sly", "in the trucks", the crap just kept coming. Well, over 170 episodes, I guess there was bound to be at least a couple that really stunk it up!
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