Thursday 8 March 2012

Episode 157: Lineage


Torres is in an astonishingly good mood and Paris asks her what she had for breakfast. Cock by the looks of it. It turns out she's pregnant, see I was right. The Doctor tells her she can expect some mood swings, or as they're known, her character trait. Everyone finds out about it so Paris tries to find people who haven't just so he can tell them. Torres later shunted to Paris about people giving her advice despite Paris asking for advice from Tuvok. The Doctor then tells the couple that their child, a daughter, who will have a deviated spine. Torres is concerned that the child will still have Klingon ridges. We then flashback to a camp that Torres, her father and friends went on when she was twelve. She didn't think that the other children liked her, probably because she kept having flashbacks. During the procedure to have the spine cured she has another flashback to a kid at the camp putting a worm in her sandwich which is probably something Paris would still think is funny. Oh dear god, I'm wanting there to be science fiction in this so bad. Even a spatial anomaly! After the procedure she decides her child would be better with looking like a human and asks the Doctor to do that. Did Khan die for nothing?! The Doctor doesn't agree with it and neither does Paris so Torres takes it with humility and grace. Oh wait, no she doesn't and they have a massive argument. Torres has some more flashbacks before reconciling with Paris. The Doctor then says he's changed his mind and the genetic alteration needs to be done right away. While Torres is about to do that, Paris discovers she altered the Doctor's programme. Security is sent to sickbay buy leave to let Torres and Paris hug it out. It's not like she committed a crime is it?

So apparently its all Daddy issues and everything's all fine in the end so nothing is done about Torres' reprogramming. If it was anyone else Janeway would dish out justice. Oh wait, never mind.

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