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We skipped the Hirogen eps on the grounds that they're boring and we've waited long enough, and moved straight to The Omega Directive.
Pros: Seven has a spiritual experience!
Cons: At no point does anybody, least of all Janeway, consider explaining to these hapless rubes why they shouldn't go messing around with omega particles. Nor do they offer them alternative technology to ease their energy crisis that won't run the risk of fucking up the entire quadrant. So, you know, as soon as they get the chance I guess they'll be back at their experiments? Janeway, do better.
Then there's Unforgettable:
Wow, Chakotay moves fast in his relationships! Also, I feel like he really has a point about their refugee crisis - nobody expends this much effort just to retrieve a couple of malcontents. The more usual response is "good riddance" - unless, of course, there really is a big problem with their society, as Chakotay suggests. Welp, it's not Voyager's problem, that's the important thing!
And we also watched Living Witness, which I think hits a little differently today than it did in the 90s.
Now, Jenn suggested that I don't simply think evil Janeway is actually hot, but that I think that of all evil versions of canon characters. And you know, she's right - I do. Maybe it's their penchant for black, or maybe it's the insouciant way they all slouch in their chairs, but damn.
( Enough of the plot to constitute spoilers )
I also watched Severance. I gotta say, that weird Kier hymn doesn't sound half bad coming out of an old-school computer monitor. Or maybe that's the nostalgia calling me. I can't actually find a clip from this episode, but here's a reddit post about it from two years ago.
Pros: Seven has a spiritual experience!
Cons: At no point does anybody, least of all Janeway, consider explaining to these hapless rubes why they shouldn't go messing around with omega particles. Nor do they offer them alternative technology to ease their energy crisis that won't run the risk of fucking up the entire quadrant. So, you know, as soon as they get the chance I guess they'll be back at their experiments? Janeway, do better.
Then there's Unforgettable:
Wow, Chakotay moves fast in his relationships! Also, I feel like he really has a point about their refugee crisis - nobody expends this much effort just to retrieve a couple of malcontents. The more usual response is "good riddance" - unless, of course, there really is a big problem with their society, as Chakotay suggests. Welp, it's not Voyager's problem, that's the important thing!
And we also watched Living Witness, which I think hits a little differently today than it did in the 90s.
Now, Jenn suggested that I don't simply think evil Janeway is actually hot, but that I think that of all evil versions of canon characters. And you know, she's right - I do. Maybe it's their penchant for black, or maybe it's the insouciant way they all slouch in their chairs, but damn.
( Enough of the plot to constitute spoilers )
I also watched Severance. I gotta say, that weird Kier hymn doesn't sound half bad coming out of an old-school computer monitor. Or maybe that's the nostalgia calling me. I can't actually find a clip from this episode, but here's a reddit post about it from two years ago.
