The Most Disliked Episode of VGR, Season 6: 2021 Edition...
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Most of the actors are doing atrocious mock Irish accents, Fair Haven doesn't look like any Irish town or village I've ever seen, and the stereotypes on display (workshy, constantly trying to make a quick punt, "hilariously" backwards and superstitious, heavy drinking at all times of day, solving any and all disagreements with a pub brawl at the end of which everyone sings together and there's no hard feelings) are borderline offensive. If this had been a British TV show rather than American there would have probably been a minor outcry in Ireland about how these sorts of cliches belonged back in the 1950s.
Also, on a less patriotic point, Michael Sullivan and Janeway have zero chemistry.
"FURY" wins season 6.
I was hoping for this one to win, because it was a horrible way to bring back Kes. The ONLY redeeming feature about it is that it finally explains why it took Samantha Wildman a year and a half to have her baby.
Thank you all for playing. I'll start season 7 in a bit.
I was hoping for this one to win, because it was a horrible way to bring back Kes. The ONLY redeeming feature about it is that it finally explains why it took Samantha Wildman a year and a half to have her baby.
Thank you all for playing. I'll start season 7 in a bit.
My only complaint about the doubleheader FH/SF is that it's stupid. Through and through, it's one big ball of uninteresting stupidity. I can't think of a single detail that saves it from flat-out idiocy. Even Picardo is unusually mediocre in it. HIs homily is so overdone it's carbonized.
I could never get past the idea that it was somehow considered a healthy answer to Janeway's desire for a relationship to pair her up with a fictional character. I mean, if I seriously tried to tell people Mr. Darcy was my boyfriend, I'd be put away. Even if he did look like Colin Firth, and even if he was a really high-quality blow-up doll....
Yes, but imagine, if instead of a doll, it would be a simulacrum so realistic that it'd be nearly impossible to tell it from the real thing. Some people would start to prefer simulated relationships to real ones with all their pitfalls, especially shy people, or people who are self-conscious about their appearance.
More to the point, everyone on Voyager is Janeway's subordinate and therefore off limits for romance. The EMH was right, a hologram was her only choice.
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That doesn't mean that it will make a good story, though.
Given her situation, that's an unrealistic stricture, as it effectively bars her from forming a long-term relationship for an indefinite period -- possibly for the rest of her life.
A relationship with a fictional character doesn't qualify as a relationship. And I think it's fair to say the EMH is hardly a dispassionate advisor when it comes to holograms. That said, I never had a problem with him being in a romantic relationship with a flesh-and-blood person. But he's a sentient being, not a fictional character. (In-universe, obviously.)
A better solution would be for Janeway to realize, and accept, that it's psychologically unhealthy for her to live without intimacy, and modify the policy accordingly. The captain has a right to maintain her own mental health, and her crew needs her to do so.
Consensus seems to be that it didn't! Seriously, when KJ was reluctant to shut down the malfunctioning holodeck in "Spirit Folk," I for one wondered if she was putting the continued existence of her imaginary boyfriend over the continued existences of Tom and Harry. Not a good look, KJ!
