I watched Parturition yesterday and even if the episode isn't the most exciting, it does have a lot of funny scenes and conversations.
The most funny scene is of course "the spaghetti fight between neelix and Tom Paris in the mess hall.
Then we have some funny comments as well, such as:
KIM: Something bothering you, Paris?
PARIS: Oh, Harry. I'm in trouble.
KIM: What's new?
PARIS: I think I'm in love.
KIM: What's new?
PARIS: With Kes.
KIM: Kes!
PARIS: I know. I know. I never even saw it coming. I thought we were just good buddies. But there she was in my arms.
KIM: In your arms? Paris, you didn't.
PARIS: What? Oh, no. I didn't. I wouldn't. She stumbled during a flight simulation. I caught her. I held her for an instant. Are you going to play or not?
(Kim does a few notes.)
PARIS: A whole crew full of women and I have to fall for the one I can't have. Why do I do this to my self?
KIM: If you ask me, I say you enjoy it.
PARIS: Enjoy it?
PARIS: Of course, it would help a little if Kes and I weren't going to be stuck on the same ship for the rest of our lives.
KIM: That's a pessimistic view.
PARIS: I'm in a pessimistic mood. Play something pessimistic. Practice, Harry, practice.
The conversation between Kes and The Doctor in sickbay is outstanding:
KES: There are some things you can't cure. Neelix and Tom Paris had a physical fight over me.
THE DOCTOR: How delightful.
KES: Delightful?
THE DOCTOR: You should consider it a high compliment. Throughout history, men have fought over the love of a woman. Why, I can quote you autopsy reports from duels as far back as 1538.
KES: That's not funny.
THE DOCTOR: It's not meant to be. You've always been interested in autopsies.
KES: On my homeworld it's so much simpler. You choose a mate for life. There's no distrust, no jealousy, no envy, no betrayal.
THE DOCTOR: Hmm. Your world must have very dry literature.
This one makes me think of a song:
NEELIX: I wrote my own book. My life before Voyager was no bed of Felaran rose petals.
PARIS: No, more like a bed of
NEELIX: What?
PARIS: Nothing.
NEELIX: You were going to say junk, perhaps? Go ahead. Say it. Junk. I was a dealer in junk. Perhaps not worthy of a woman like Kes, in your opinion.
The rock band Bon Jovi once made a ballad called "Bed Of Roses".
Sometimes I imagine our new favorite Rockin' Neelix sitting down at the piano during a performance At Quarks, singing this song with the following sad and touching lyrics:
NEELIX SINGS:
Sitting here wasted and wounded
With this old piano
Trying hard to capture
The moment this morning I don't know
'Cause a bottle of vodka
Still lodged in my head
And some blonde gave me nightmares
Think that she's still in my bed
As I dream about movies
They won't make of me when I'm dead
With an ironclad fist
I wake up and French kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps
Its own beat in my head
While we're talking
About all of the things that I long to believe
About love the truth and what you mean to me
And the truth is, baby you're all that I need
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I sleep on a bed of junk, say it again! JUNK!
This one is a bit funny too:
TUVOK: I have anticipated your request, Captain. Am I correct in the assumption that you will want to use minimal force?
JANEWAY: Assumption confirmed.
TUVOK: I cannot guarantee success. My evaluation of their weapon systems suggest a capacity equal to our own. However
JANEWAY: You've come up with an ingenious plan to neutralise them.
TUVOK: I have. In my analysis of our first encounter, I have detected what I believe to be a vulnerability in their shield configuration. There appears to be a slight phase retraction when auxiliary power is transferred to their aft weapons systems.
CHAKOTAY: A covariant phaser pulse into their aft control systems might disable their entire weapons array.
TUVOK: That was my ingenious plan, Commander. You are correct.
And here's another favorite:
NEELIX: This creature is our responsibility.
PARIS: Ours?
NEELIX: The moment we came in here, it became our responsibility.
PARIS: And you expect to take care of this thing until what? It graduates from high school, college? And what if Mom doesn't come back? Are you planning to bring this with us back on the ship?
A funny episode with some great interaction and comments from our favorites. The fight between Tom Paris and Neelix is great and so is also the discussion between The Doctor and Kes about the problems with love and romance. In the end everything works out fine between the main combatants. A nice and funny episode.
I'll give it 4 points out of 5
And don't forget to visit At Quark's, the place in space for entertainment:
Not to mention this new sensation:
Performing re-made songs by the 20th century Earth group The Mamas and The Papas, such as
"Founder, Founder" "Dedicated To The Founder We Love" and "Gamma Quadrant Dreaming".
The most funny scene is of course "the spaghetti fight between neelix and Tom Paris in the mess hall.
Then we have some funny comments as well, such as:
KIM: Something bothering you, Paris?
PARIS: Oh, Harry. I'm in trouble.
KIM: What's new?
PARIS: I think I'm in love.
KIM: What's new?
PARIS: With Kes.
KIM: Kes!
PARIS: I know. I know. I never even saw it coming. I thought we were just good buddies. But there she was in my arms.
KIM: In your arms? Paris, you didn't.
PARIS: What? Oh, no. I didn't. I wouldn't. She stumbled during a flight simulation. I caught her. I held her for an instant. Are you going to play or not?
(Kim does a few notes.)
PARIS: A whole crew full of women and I have to fall for the one I can't have. Why do I do this to my self?
KIM: If you ask me, I say you enjoy it.
PARIS: Enjoy it?
PARIS: Of course, it would help a little if Kes and I weren't going to be stuck on the same ship for the rest of our lives.
KIM: That's a pessimistic view.
PARIS: I'm in a pessimistic mood. Play something pessimistic. Practice, Harry, practice.
The conversation between Kes and The Doctor in sickbay is outstanding:
KES: There are some things you can't cure. Neelix and Tom Paris had a physical fight over me.
THE DOCTOR: How delightful.
KES: Delightful?
THE DOCTOR: You should consider it a high compliment. Throughout history, men have fought over the love of a woman. Why, I can quote you autopsy reports from duels as far back as 1538.
KES: That's not funny.
THE DOCTOR: It's not meant to be. You've always been interested in autopsies.
KES: On my homeworld it's so much simpler. You choose a mate for life. There's no distrust, no jealousy, no envy, no betrayal.
THE DOCTOR: Hmm. Your world must have very dry literature.
This one makes me think of a song:
NEELIX: I wrote my own book. My life before Voyager was no bed of Felaran rose petals.
PARIS: No, more like a bed of
NEELIX: What?
PARIS: Nothing.
NEELIX: You were going to say junk, perhaps? Go ahead. Say it. Junk. I was a dealer in junk. Perhaps not worthy of a woman like Kes, in your opinion.
The rock band Bon Jovi once made a ballad called "Bed Of Roses".
Sometimes I imagine our new favorite Rockin' Neelix sitting down at the piano during a performance At Quarks, singing this song with the following sad and touching lyrics:
NEELIX SINGS:
Sitting here wasted and wounded
With this old piano
Trying hard to capture
The moment this morning I don't know
'Cause a bottle of vodka
Still lodged in my head
And some blonde gave me nightmares
Think that she's still in my bed
As I dream about movies
They won't make of me when I'm dead
With an ironclad fist
I wake up and French kiss the morning
While some marching band keeps
Its own beat in my head
While we're talking
About all of the things that I long to believe
About love the truth and what you mean to me
And the truth is, baby you're all that I need
I wanna lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight I sleep on a bed of junk, say it again! JUNK!
This one is a bit funny too:
TUVOK: I have anticipated your request, Captain. Am I correct in the assumption that you will want to use minimal force?
JANEWAY: Assumption confirmed.
TUVOK: I cannot guarantee success. My evaluation of their weapon systems suggest a capacity equal to our own. However
JANEWAY: You've come up with an ingenious plan to neutralise them.
TUVOK: I have. In my analysis of our first encounter, I have detected what I believe to be a vulnerability in their shield configuration. There appears to be a slight phase retraction when auxiliary power is transferred to their aft weapons systems.
CHAKOTAY: A covariant phaser pulse into their aft control systems might disable their entire weapons array.
TUVOK: That was my ingenious plan, Commander. You are correct.
And here's another favorite:
NEELIX: This creature is our responsibility.
PARIS: Ours?
NEELIX: The moment we came in here, it became our responsibility.
PARIS: And you expect to take care of this thing until what? It graduates from high school, college? And what if Mom doesn't come back? Are you planning to bring this with us back on the ship?
A funny episode with some great interaction and comments from our favorites. The fight between Tom Paris and Neelix is great and so is also the discussion between The Doctor and Kes about the problems with love and romance. In the end everything works out fine between the main combatants. A nice and funny episode.
I'll give it 4 points out of 5
And don't forget to visit At Quark's, the place in space for entertainment:
Not to mention this new sensation:
Performing re-made songs by the 20th century Earth group The Mamas and The Papas, such as
"Founder, Founder" "Dedicated To The Founder We Love" and "Gamma Quadrant Dreaming".
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