Lifesigns
This is a very nice and enjoyable episode. We get more development for the Doctor and the idea that he can add to his programming, but this episode was more than that. It was a love story done in a very unique and very lovely way, and it gave much needed backstory to one of Voyager's most interesting races, the Vidiians. I love Dinara Pel as a character, because in this episode she became a very complex character even to the point where you can understand her reasoning for not wanting to go back to the way things were with her disfigured body. When she spends two weeks enjoying life again without worrying if she is going to die, it makes that final scene between her and the Doctor all the more poignant. This is one of Season 2's more understated episodes and one of it's best.
Investigations
Well, it's been a long road, getting from there to here... Wait, wrong series.
This episode marked the end of the Michael Jonas/Tom Paris arc. In the last several episodes, we've seen Paris being a malcontent, shoving Chakotay, being late for shifts, and being a royal pain in the ass. In that time we've also seen Jonas sending messages to the Kazon Nistrim, but they were only small subtle scenes that all came to a conclusion in this episode.
I said before I love the Kazon/Seska arc, but I have to say I'm a little disappointed in how this arc ended. When Jonas was sending messages to the Kazon, he did so subtly. Here, when he's cornered, it's so completely obvious he doesn't know how to play spy. He almost turned into a nervous wreck, kind of like a cornered animal or something. Maybe it's just me loving the idea of story arcs coming to a resolution (Something Babylon 5 did so well, probably better than any of series I've seen) but this episode should have been a two parter. Maybe instead of killing Jonas, he's in the Brig and we get some aftermath with him, and Paris's reactions to Chakotay.
Speaking of Chakotay, man the writers seemed to screw him over this season. I mean how much abuse can he take. He get's betrayed by both Seska and Tuvok, he gets betrayed and violated by Seska again, and now Janeway and Tuvok used him as bait ti get Paris off the ship to find out who the mole is. Maybe he really was first officer in name only. One would think after so much betrayal, he might actually make Tuvok's mutiny holo-program a reality. If I was in his position, I don't know if I would have been that easy going.
Now that the Jonas arc is finally over, next up is double the Janeway, even though I already know Tatiana Maslany plays a better double than Kate Mulgrew.
This is a very nice and enjoyable episode. We get more development for the Doctor and the idea that he can add to his programming, but this episode was more than that. It was a love story done in a very unique and very lovely way, and it gave much needed backstory to one of Voyager's most interesting races, the Vidiians. I love Dinara Pel as a character, because in this episode she became a very complex character even to the point where you can understand her reasoning for not wanting to go back to the way things were with her disfigured body. When she spends two weeks enjoying life again without worrying if she is going to die, it makes that final scene between her and the Doctor all the more poignant. This is one of Season 2's more understated episodes and one of it's best.
Investigations
Well, it's been a long road, getting from there to here... Wait, wrong series.
This episode marked the end of the Michael Jonas/Tom Paris arc. In the last several episodes, we've seen Paris being a malcontent, shoving Chakotay, being late for shifts, and being a royal pain in the ass. In that time we've also seen Jonas sending messages to the Kazon Nistrim, but they were only small subtle scenes that all came to a conclusion in this episode.
I said before I love the Kazon/Seska arc, but I have to say I'm a little disappointed in how this arc ended. When Jonas was sending messages to the Kazon, he did so subtly. Here, when he's cornered, it's so completely obvious he doesn't know how to play spy. He almost turned into a nervous wreck, kind of like a cornered animal or something. Maybe it's just me loving the idea of story arcs coming to a resolution (Something Babylon 5 did so well, probably better than any of series I've seen) but this episode should have been a two parter. Maybe instead of killing Jonas, he's in the Brig and we get some aftermath with him, and Paris's reactions to Chakotay.
Speaking of Chakotay, man the writers seemed to screw him over this season. I mean how much abuse can he take. He get's betrayed by both Seska and Tuvok, he gets betrayed and violated by Seska again, and now Janeway and Tuvok used him as bait ti get Paris off the ship to find out who the mole is. Maybe he really was first officer in name only. One would think after so much betrayal, he might actually make Tuvok's mutiny holo-program a reality. If I was in his position, I don't know if I would have been that easy going.
Now that the Jonas arc is finally over, next up is double the Janeway, even though I already know Tatiana Maslany plays a better double than Kate Mulgrew.
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