Episode 125: Alice

Alice? Who the fuck is Alice? Well, I’ll tell you.

Voyager arrives at a collection of ships which is apparently a flea market run by a man called Abaddon. He and Neelix get on like a incredibly warm residential building while Paris sees a rundown shuttle in the debris and wants to acquire it. Chakotay points out they have a full complement of shuttles. How the hell do they still have all their shuttles? Anyway they get the second hand shuttle and Paris sets about fixing it up, naming it Alice. The shuttle’s computer begins to talk to Paris. He starts spending more and more time there, and becoming more and more irritable with everyone else. So much so that Torres goes whinging to Janeway, who instead of telling her she’s far too busy as she’s the Captain of a Starship thousands of light years from Earth, listens to her. The ship wants him to fly away from Voyager with her which he’s able to do as quite easily even though he's now dressed up as a Christmas Tree. Who needs security? Meanwhile Voyager is able to talk to Abaddon who also used to be under the ships spell. Alice and Paris have reached their destination, a Particle Fountain which is Alice’s home. No we don’t find out what it is or why it’s her home. Voyager arrives and they send Torres over in the same signal as the shuttles computer. Good thinking, if there’s one thing that’ll distract him it’s his argumentative wife. While she’s doing that Paris is beamed over before the ship disintegrates in the Fountain.

At the end Paris says he can still remember it all and he’s sorry. I feel the same way. Another bland by the numbers episode. I’ve a feeling this is going to be a looong season.