Reviews of Star Trek Voyager sixteen years on. Is it really as bad as I remember it?
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Episode 112: Course: Oblivion
So here’s one I remember being pretty good when I watched it years ago.
It’s a wedding on Voyager! Complete with comedy wedding ring moment! Paris and Torres are getting hitched and they even prepared their own vows. Oh goody. Before you can say tragic bride she’s struck down by a mysterious illness and dies. So I guess this isn’t the real Voyager crew but a sequel to Demon and the mimetic life form ones. “Harry” says this doesn’t make any sense but when has it? This naturally doesn’t stop him from kissing “Janeway’s” arse(ass) but he does end up as “Captain”. Mainly due to virtually everyone else “dying”. Then the real Voyager arrives but just too late as the faux Voyager (fauxager?) has dissolved into it’s constituent particles.
This wasn’t a bad episode, not as good as I remembered it but I like that the Fauxager had adventures that didn’t involve the real Voyager. Also the ending with the two ships not meeting was the right choice.
What’s the deal with with “Torres” and “Paris” planning a honeymoon on the holodeck for a week? What’s wrong with an actual planet? What would they eat? Where would they go to the toilet? Oh god, you can just imagine the mess on the holodeck floor when they finally say “Computer end program”. Now, that’s Course: Oblivion.
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