I've noted in the review threads, people admitting that some episode recently trashed was "a fav" or a "guilty" pleasure.
Do you have one you care to share.
ESPECIALLY if its one bound to show up on someone else's "worst" list?
I do.
Season 6's "Muse"... the one where B'Elanna and Harry are lost on a shuttle mission, and Voyager is searching long after their oxygen was expected to run out. The two are separated, and end up on a class L planet... one with people at the "Xena Warrior Princes" stage of developement, rather than the warp capable 24th century earth.
This exchange between the playwright and B'Elanna (his muse) pretty much sums up what I like about it.
KELIS: Anger is like fire. Love can be the rain that extinguishes it. My patron is filled with hatred for his rival so our play should be filled with love.
TORRES: You can't change somebody's way of life with a few lines of dialogue.
KELIS: Yes, you can. It's been done before. Do you know what this place used to be A hundred years ago? A temple, and this was the altar stone. Every year a victim would be sacrificed on it in honour of winter. And then, one year, nobody remembers exactly when or why, a play took the place of the ritual and no one had to die here again. Why can't my play take the place of a war?
TORRES: Well, you're going to have to do a lot better than Harry Kim kissing the Delaney sisters.
KELIS: Why?
TORRES: Because when you think that you are surrounded by enemies, when you're up against the Borg, or, or Species 8472, the last thing on your mind is romance.
KELIS: You're an Eternal. You have to help me.
TORRES: I'm sorry, Kelis.
KELIS: The Borg. Tell me more about them.
TORRES: They're soldiers, part of a vast army. They all think the same thoughts, and they travel on ships that look like hives.
KELIS: Like insect colonies.
TORRES: They even have a queen.
KELIS: That sounds terrifying. Captain Janeway hasn't been able to destroy them?
TORRES: She is a Starfleet officer, trained to avoid violence whenever possible.She would make peace with the Borg if she could!
KELIS: This is what I need! An enemy, someone to stand in the way of Voyager finding B'Elanna Torres. Captain Janeway, driven by vengeance, must seek out the Queen of the Borg. The audience thinks she plans to destroy them all, but...
TORRES: Go on.
KELIS: The Sudden Reversal! Captain Janeway, holding her spear at the queen's throat, throws her weapon aside and she argues passionately to put an end to their conflict in words no one will fail to understand.
TORRES: Including your patron? That's much better than all that kissing.
(B'Elanna, my love, YOU should TALK!"
)
I also love how... B'Elanna really came through for him in the end in the outdoor theater.
CHORUS: Finally, Voyager has reached our shores.
TORRES: (Runs on the stage, pulling Kelis by the hand) And not a moment too soon. Kelis the poet must say goodbye as B'Elanna Torres returns to the Eternals in a dazzling blaze of light.
CHORUS 3: (Flabbergasted/tries to cover for the bold statement) On a far-away, snow-covered peak?
TORRES: No, right here before your eyes.
LAYNA: Wait! She's not from across the Eastern Sea. She's an Eternal! I'm telling you she's B'Elanna Torres. The real B'Elanna Torres! I saw her ship.
CHORUS 1: (Again, chorus intervenes to cover for the star's accusations) The lead actress, in a fit of jealousy, brands her rival an Eternal. Our patron rises to his feet to stop the play.
AUTARCH: (Stops and checks himself, quickly realizing he's being played...) Nicely done. I almost believed you. Continue.
KELIS: (To B'Elanna, heart on his sleeve) Stay.
TORRES: (Tenderly) Voyager needs me.
KELIS: So do I.
TORRES: No, you don't. You have all that you need right here.
KELIS: I'll be inspired every time I think of you.
TORRES: (Smiles, and steps back ) One to beam, to ascend to the heavens. (transports away to the ohhhs and ahhhs of the crowd)
CHORUS 1: And so ends the rescue of B'Elanna Torres, half-Klingon. B'Elanna Torres, half-human. B'Elanna Torres, Chief Engineer.
KELIS: These stories will continue for as long as we have the breath to tell them, and as long as our patrons remain wise and compassionate. And Voyager will continue on her journey to the gleaming cities of Earth where peace reigns, and hatred has no home.
Do you have one you care to share.
ESPECIALLY if its one bound to show up on someone else's "worst" list?
I do.
Season 6's "Muse"... the one where B'Elanna and Harry are lost on a shuttle mission, and Voyager is searching long after their oxygen was expected to run out. The two are separated, and end up on a class L planet... one with people at the "Xena Warrior Princes" stage of developement, rather than the warp capable 24th century earth.
This exchange between the playwright and B'Elanna (his muse) pretty much sums up what I like about it.
KELIS: Anger is like fire. Love can be the rain that extinguishes it. My patron is filled with hatred for his rival so our play should be filled with love.
TORRES: You can't change somebody's way of life with a few lines of dialogue.
KELIS: Yes, you can. It's been done before. Do you know what this place used to be A hundred years ago? A temple, and this was the altar stone. Every year a victim would be sacrificed on it in honour of winter. And then, one year, nobody remembers exactly when or why, a play took the place of the ritual and no one had to die here again. Why can't my play take the place of a war?
TORRES: Well, you're going to have to do a lot better than Harry Kim kissing the Delaney sisters.
KELIS: Why?
TORRES: Because when you think that you are surrounded by enemies, when you're up against the Borg, or, or Species 8472, the last thing on your mind is romance.
KELIS: You're an Eternal. You have to help me.
TORRES: I'm sorry, Kelis.
KELIS: The Borg. Tell me more about them.
TORRES: They're soldiers, part of a vast army. They all think the same thoughts, and they travel on ships that look like hives.
KELIS: Like insect colonies.
TORRES: They even have a queen.
KELIS: That sounds terrifying. Captain Janeway hasn't been able to destroy them?
TORRES: She is a Starfleet officer, trained to avoid violence whenever possible.She would make peace with the Borg if she could!
KELIS: This is what I need! An enemy, someone to stand in the way of Voyager finding B'Elanna Torres. Captain Janeway, driven by vengeance, must seek out the Queen of the Borg. The audience thinks she plans to destroy them all, but...
TORRES: Go on.
KELIS: The Sudden Reversal! Captain Janeway, holding her spear at the queen's throat, throws her weapon aside and she argues passionately to put an end to their conflict in words no one will fail to understand.
TORRES: Including your patron? That's much better than all that kissing.
(B'Elanna, my love, YOU should TALK!"
)I also love how... B'Elanna really came through for him in the end in the outdoor theater.
CHORUS: Finally, Voyager has reached our shores.
TORRES: (Runs on the stage, pulling Kelis by the hand) And not a moment too soon. Kelis the poet must say goodbye as B'Elanna Torres returns to the Eternals in a dazzling blaze of light.
CHORUS 3: (Flabbergasted/tries to cover for the bold statement) On a far-away, snow-covered peak?
TORRES: No, right here before your eyes.
LAYNA: Wait! She's not from across the Eastern Sea. She's an Eternal! I'm telling you she's B'Elanna Torres. The real B'Elanna Torres! I saw her ship.
CHORUS 1: (Again, chorus intervenes to cover for the star's accusations) The lead actress, in a fit of jealousy, brands her rival an Eternal. Our patron rises to his feet to stop the play.
AUTARCH: (Stops and checks himself, quickly realizing he's being played...) Nicely done. I almost believed you. Continue.
KELIS: (To B'Elanna, heart on his sleeve) Stay.
TORRES: (Tenderly) Voyager needs me.
KELIS: So do I.
TORRES: No, you don't. You have all that you need right here.
KELIS: I'll be inspired every time I think of you.
TORRES: (Smiles, and steps back ) One to beam, to ascend to the heavens. (transports away to the ohhhs and ahhhs of the crowd)
CHORUS 1: And so ends the rescue of B'Elanna Torres, half-Klingon. B'Elanna Torres, half-human. B'Elanna Torres, Chief Engineer.
KELIS: These stories will continue for as long as we have the breath to tell them, and as long as our patrons remain wise and compassionate. And Voyager will continue on her journey to the gleaming cities of Earth where peace reigns, and hatred has no home.
I really, really, really like this episode. I am a sucker for fantasy settings and ancient civilizations mixed in with the "high technology" of sci-fi.
