Just re-watched Retrospect (4x17 -> Accusations is the french title).
I liked this episode because of the issue which was very serious but it let me uncomfortable, especially because of Janeway's reaction, which was IMHO a little too light, afterward, toward Seven & the Doctor at the level of the penalty.
I mean, on the 3 people involved in this story: 1, Kovin, was so ashamed by false accusations of "rape" against him, he preferred to commit suicide that to face the slander and the alleged victim, Seven, and her defender, the Doctor - too blinded by his mentor's role and his so-called new capacities as psychologist -, got away with just the famous Janeway's glare (which must be the equivalent of the slap on the wrist, I guess!) - and furthermore, a sense of shame ...
I don't say that Janeway should have accepted the proposal of the Doctor to erase all the improvements brought to his program since the beginning, like the attempt to develop a realistic personality though he still is a member of holographic family, whatever his attempts to become "human". It was surely too much BUT, she would have formally had to ask him to stop his experiments that wasn't within his area of competence. I mean, he is an EMH, neither a ship's counselor like Deanna Troi (who besides her human qualities, learnt thanks to her long-term work) or a representative of judiciary like Tuvok! -> plus, impersonating is considered criminal. Seen the number of times when the Doctor used this way of making often for ego stuff, he would have deserved in many respects a serious warning from Janeway or Tuvok!
Anyway, what Seven & the Doctor did was a very serious error of judgement, which deserved an equally warning & some fairly sanctions, strong enough so that it made them think twice before acting in a irresponsible way (it would certainly have prevented Doctor from continuing afterward, the improvement of his program, exceeding by the same, his rights & duties, which will endanger Voyager and its crew from time to time. proving by the same, that he didn't hold lessons of his past errors, often just an ego stuff!
. On the contrary, Seven seemed more reasonable. 
). Even if they admited to have been/acted wrong in uttering of false accusations, the damage was already done and this case ended by the death of an innocent man. If Kovin hadn't died, his reputation and his integrity as man and trader would have been soiled for life, even after his innocence was recognized.
I liked this episode because of the issue which was very serious but it let me uncomfortable, especially because of Janeway's reaction, which was IMHO a little too light, afterward, toward Seven & the Doctor at the level of the penalty.
I mean, on the 3 people involved in this story: 1, Kovin, was so ashamed by false accusations of "rape" against him, he preferred to commit suicide that to face the slander and the alleged victim, Seven, and her defender, the Doctor - too blinded by his mentor's role and his so-called new capacities as psychologist -, got away with just the famous Janeway's glare (which must be the equivalent of the slap on the wrist, I guess!) - and furthermore, a sense of shame ...
I don't say that Janeway should have accepted the proposal of the Doctor to erase all the improvements brought to his program since the beginning, like the attempt to develop a realistic personality though he still is a member of holographic family, whatever his attempts to become "human". It was surely too much BUT, she would have formally had to ask him to stop his experiments that wasn't within his area of competence. I mean, he is an EMH, neither a ship's counselor like Deanna Troi (who besides her human qualities, learnt thanks to her long-term work) or a representative of judiciary like Tuvok! -> plus, impersonating is considered criminal. Seen the number of times when the Doctor used this way of making often for ego stuff, he would have deserved in many respects a serious warning from Janeway or Tuvok!
Anyway, what Seven & the Doctor did was a very serious error of judgement, which deserved an equally warning & some fairly sanctions, strong enough so that it made them think twice before acting in a irresponsible way (it would certainly have prevented Doctor from continuing afterward, the improvement of his program, exceeding by the same, his rights & duties, which will endanger Voyager and its crew from time to time. proving by the same, that he didn't hold lessons of his past errors, often just an ego stuff!
. On the contrary, Seven seemed more reasonable. ). Even if they admited to have been/acted wrong in uttering of false accusations, the damage was already done and this case ended by the death of an innocent man. If Kovin hadn't died, his reputation and his integrity as man and trader would have been soiled for life, even after his innocence was recognized.
) PC again, I can't wait to start making wallpapers for the next episode. Which one should that be, I wonder ...
