I just watched "Worst Case Scenario" for the first time in about 20-25 (or close) years. I had completely forgotten Seska's appearance therein. What a fantastic episode; Martha Hackett was outstanding.
I'm in the mood for Seska!
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I feel like Seska had chemistry with everyone. All her featured episodes, starting with State of Flux, were great, but it was her feud with Chakotay that I really liked. I actually watched Shattered on Pluto TV the other night and it was nice to get a Chakotay/Seska episode (With a decent helping of Janeway) before the end.
I agree that "Worst Case Scenario" is a fun episode.
The only glaring plot hole is that Seska is able to singlehandedly write a program that can hack and/or circumvent all and any safety measures, and block all attempts and stymie the rest of the crew working together for almost the entire episode, but I suppose that's a contrivance that's simply required for the episode to work. (I've got the same objection against Dreadnought for example: how the hell is B'Elanna (or the Cardassians for that matter) able to create/reprogram a probe that can withstand anything a 150-crewed starship with all its resources can throw against it, regardless of whether it's tactics or brute force? - except for the inside job B'Elanna does at the end)
The only glaring plot hole is that Seska is able to singlehandedly write a program that can hack and/or circumvent all and any safety measures, and block all attempts and stymie the rest of the crew working together for almost the entire episode, but I suppose that's a contrivance that's simply required for the episode to work. (I've got the same objection against Dreadnought for example: how the hell is B'Elanna (or the Cardassians for that matter) able to create/reprogram a probe that can withstand anything a 150-crewed starship with all its resources can throw against it, regardless of whether it's tactics or brute force? - except for the inside job B'Elanna does at the end)
I think my one issue with WCS is... why did she do it? She had no idea at the time that she would be leaving the ship, and obviously she didn't know that she would be dead. So why get herself brigged by killing two crew members?
Also, the "holonovel" part itself was actually more fun than the "characters in danger for real" part.
Also, the "holonovel" part itself was actually more fun than the "characters in danger for real" part.
Do we know when she accessed Tuvok's holoprogram, then?
If she did it shortly after Caretaker I would agree with you. On the other hand, if it was closer to the events in State of Flux, Seska might have known that it would only be a matter of time before she was found out, so that it was not a question of if she was leaving the ship, but when.
Even so, it would be taking an unnecessary risk on the random chance that Tuvok would access the narrative parameters before she was uncovered anyway, I'll agree with that. Or perhaps she programmed it before, but only activated the 'booby trap' when she knew she was probably toast anyway (e.g. perhaps activating it was part of her JXL command).
She says in the episode that she booby-trapped it only a month before she left the ship. Given what we know, I think it's not unreasonable to speculate that she may have considered leaving the ship a very real possibility at that time.
EDIT: Reconsidering, I think I must be wrong that she says that. But someone does.
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Reviving this thread as I just watched "State of Flux" and "Maneuvers" as I was also in the mood for Seska.
I really enjoy the character dynamic of someone who blames Janeway for their predicament and seeing that resentment fester and develop into antagonism.
The Kazon never felt threatening but I liked that Seska never seemed that threatened either and was able to manipulate them like she'd done with Chakotay and crew.
I would have liked to have see her cast off the Kazon and appear throughout the show to generally be a pain in Voyager's arse, though as others have said, she got some fun posthumous showings.
(I also loved the campy, soap opera-like interactions with Chakotay. Especially the tacked on ending of Maneuvers where she goes "oh by the way, I stole your DNA while you were unconscious and now I'm pregnant byeee.")
I really enjoy the character dynamic of someone who blames Janeway for their predicament and seeing that resentment fester and develop into antagonism.
The Kazon never felt threatening but I liked that Seska never seemed that threatened either and was able to manipulate them like she'd done with Chakotay and crew.
I would have liked to have see her cast off the Kazon and appear throughout the show to generally be a pain in Voyager's arse, though as others have said, she got some fun posthumous showings.
(I also loved the campy, soap opera-like interactions with Chakotay. Especially the tacked on ending of Maneuvers where she goes "oh by the way, I stole your DNA while you were unconscious and now I'm pregnant byeee.")
Martha Hackett was pregnant at the time, so they added the pregnancy into the storyline.
Actually, that seemed to be the year of pregnancies... at the same as here, DS9 had Keiko pregnant, and then the real life pregnancy of Nana Visitor. (And their method of adding in the pregnancy was genius.)
Actually, that seemed to be the year of pregnancies... at the same as here, DS9 had Keiko pregnant, and then the real life pregnancy of Nana Visitor. (And their method of adding in the pregnancy was genius.)
I always wished Seska had been in it longer. The actress is super compelling and the character was a great idea.
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