I watched this episode where Voyager gets into one of those weird anomalies that turn up on every Trek show. This one turns the ship into an ever changing maze and no one can get to the bridge or engineering.
Now we've seen this kind of situation before. A starship enveloped by something weird with time running out. But this time it gets the Voyager twist.
The story begins on the holodeck during Kes' birthday party. The Doctor is playing bartender and fending off the amorous attention of the holographic bar owner. Tom Paris gives Kes a locket, a gesture that would be sweet if he wasn't such a cad. Neelix gets jealous.
Tuvok calls the holodeck from the bridge and tells them they've encountered a spacial anomaly or something. People leave the holodeck to go to their stations...but they can't get to their destinations. They all end up lost. The Doctor can't even transfer himself to sickbay without ending up back on the holodeck.
Once it becomes obvious that Voyager is in another fine mess, Janeway is struck unconscious and tensions between Tuvok and Chakotay surface about the best course of action.
Lot's of great character moments in this episode.
And when things look their worst, and the crew begins to admit they can't win this one, you see something you never see in any other Star Trek series: a crew that really bonds and admits that they truly value each others friendships...and mean it.
Again, the more I watch of Voyager the more I can't help but see that it was really the best of Star Trek.
