What surprise is this?
Could it be.. YOUR BIRTHDAY?!
YES!
I hate, hate, hate,
loathe surprises. Hate them.
I get all antsy and impatient. Twenty-six years later you think I'd have learned? No.
Christmas, birthdays, and even anniversaries. Drives me up the wall.
I. Have. To. Know.
He got me something and he's keeping his lips zipped. And it's driving me batty.
If I self destruct within the next 24 hours we know who/what to blame.
She was clearly hurt over losing her three favorite people, but... there needed to be something more to warrant her drop-kicking time. Parts of the episode are really lovely and sad, but I think it would have been more effective if there was a lot more at stake. Or if they just sorta dumped that whole time travel business in the first place.
Just wasn't enough. Not a good enough reason to go back, and not enough closure at the very end.
Like of we had seen Chakotay die?
Or a flashback of Sev- nope! Never mind there was enough C/7 in the episode.
When did Chakotay die?
It's referred to right after they get back, but Harry misses a funeral within the last four years.
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPY BIRTHDAY!
And... showing would have helped, yeah! Seven's death scene might have been rather powerful if done right. And I'm sure any kind of friendship J/C had probably went straight in the can after that.
I don't think we're told when, why, or how Chakotay died. Could have been from heartbreak, or illness... or... anything, really. He might have even survived to the end of the trip (the fact that he has a grave marker in the AQ leads me to believe he prolly died there.)
Even then, though - showing would have helped the story, but not solved the problem, IMO. The circumstances just weren't dire enough to change that much history. Like, if they were preventing a disaster on a huge scale a la "Future's End," I could see that.