It's been a while since I've seen Voyager, so I wanted to get back into it where I left off, which was Season 2 and "Innocence". Well, I know that episode is kind of boring and while I might get back to it one of these days, I decided to skip it and go with The Thaw. Watching this episode I was thinking, in previous years around this time I typically watch "Catspaw" because it deals with the Halloween theme (Blantently obvious) and I like Star Trek. Well, this year, I don't know if I will watch "Catspaw" but I did watch this episode, as it was in a sense next on the viewing order and I think it might be the perfect Halloween episode.
I mean think about it. It doesn't come out and say "We're a Halloween Episode" like Catspaw does. It deals with the idea of Fear and what it is (Really liked those psychological episodes of Voyager in the early seasons, such as this as Emanations but that's a different topic) and you had a whole bunch of people in costumes and in a way a never-ending costume party. I mean other than the candy, the parallels right there.
As for the episode itself, it's one of Season 2's oddest episodes, but since I like TNG's Masks, I have to be consistent and say I liked this one too, actually quite a bit. The Clown really is one of the most oddest, but possibly unique characters in the franchise. Also, was this episode a benchmark for Inception before Inception was even an Idea. There were some similarities, but maybe I'm a bit off base on the comparison.
I mean think about it. It doesn't come out and say "We're a Halloween Episode" like Catspaw does. It deals with the idea of Fear and what it is (Really liked those psychological episodes of Voyager in the early seasons, such as this as Emanations but that's a different topic) and you had a whole bunch of people in costumes and in a way a never-ending costume party. I mean other than the candy, the parallels right there.
As for the episode itself, it's one of Season 2's oddest episodes, but since I like TNG's Masks, I have to be consistent and say I liked this one too, actually quite a bit. The Clown really is one of the most oddest, but possibly unique characters in the franchise. Also, was this episode a benchmark for Inception before Inception was even an Idea. There were some similarities, but maybe I'm a bit off base on the comparison.
The Thaw is one of my favorite eps in general!
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