"Resolutions"
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Wow! Talk about a potential for major inbreeding!
Well they still had ships and sub space radio and were connected to the rest of the Alpha Quadrant.
Chakotay wanted to go back to Earth, and he studied at Star Fleet Academy without much fuss.
(Logically) The Rubber Tree people must go forth when they come of age and return with wives and husbands willing to adapt to their religion and life style adding their genetic diversity to the Tribes gene pool.
Hell, Chakotay at 16 even went to Earth with his dad to root out real rubber tree people.
It wasn't a closed system
Is it possible that tourism was encouraged?
Chakotay wanted to go back to Earth, and he studied at Star Fleet Academy without much fuss.
(Logically) The Rubber Tree people must go forth when they come of age and return with wives and husbands willing to adapt to their religion and life style adding their genetic diversity to the Tribes gene pool.
Hell, Chakotay at 16 even went to Earth with his dad to root out real rubber tree people.
It wasn't a closed system
Is it possible that tourism was encouraged?
To think that what got them out of there is the Doc's libido...
^ Ha! I see what you did there!
Denara Pel took a great risk by giving them the cure, IE possible retribution from the others. I am not sure she would have been willing to take that risk for less than a lover.
When talking "Resolutions", we must remember the episode that came immediately before it.
Janeway's quarters, late at night.
JANEWAY: Do you have feelings for him too, Kes? (She means Tuvix)
KES: No, I don't. I mean, how could I? I still love Neelix, and I'm not ready to give up on him, no matter what the Doctor says.
JANEWAY: I know how you feel. You're experiencing what people on this crew have been going through since we first got stranded in this quadrant. Do we accept that we're separated from our loved ones forever, or do we hold onto the hope that someday we'll be with them again?
KES: What do you do, Captain?
JANEWAY: Oh, I struggle with it every day. Sometimes I'm full of hope and optimism. Other times. ..then I dream about being with Mark and it's so real. When I wake up and realize it's just a dream, I'm terribly discouraged. In those moments, it's impossible to deny just how far away he really is. And I know that someday I may have to accept that he's not part of my life anymore.
KES: So are you saying that I should just accept that Neelix isn't a part of my life anymore?
JANEWAY: I would never tell you or anyone else to give up hope, Kes. I think the best thing you can do now is give yourself time
The other thing to remember is, after "Resolutions" we never see a photo of Mark in her quarters again and won't hear her mention him again until season 4's "Hunters" when she gets her "Dear John" letter.
And the last things to remember... that last scene on the planet AFTER Janeway says goodbye to the monkey and the name of this ep.
Janeway walks back to stare silent and sadly at Chakotay outside the shelter they shared. Neither one looks like they are jumping for joy at the prospect of finally beaming home to Voyager and leaving this dangerous and lonely planet.
No, they look like they are actively shedding their newly acquired personas as lovers and picking back up the mantel of Captain and First officer. They both have jobs to do and they have resolved not to let their personal lives interfere with those jobs in any way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXR-Wbn2HOU
That was pretty much how I thought it was too.
You forget about the "pitcher plant" episode. The "pitcher plant" was preying on people's hopes and desires to lure them in. So it gave each of them an Idyllic Earth to go to. Janeway, it made her think that Mark was coming back. So it may be exactly what Janeway was hoping for at the time.
The "pitcher plant" was clever enough to manipulate the crew into deactivating both the doc and seven as it knew that the two of them could cause it trouble.
Yes, and she was optimistic that they would get back together.
Poor Janeway
Poor Janeway
Thanks to Seven and the doc, she escaped the "pitcher plant" though.
