Your favourite episode for your least favourite character?

[Oddish]

I thought Seska was an asset to Voyager as well. And while she was a great villain, it might have been even more interesting if she hadn't escaped to a Kazon ship. What would have happened if she and the Voyager crew were stuck with each other, whether they liked it or not?

 

[at Quark's]

It depends on what she would have done. Had she turned out to be the traitor, they simply would have stuck her in the brig or her quarters, end of her role, save perhaps for an escape episode or two. So it would have required her to either not be uncovered as a traitor or her not being a traitor in the first place - just someone openly malcontent, but little more than that.

 

[somebuddyX]

"Drone" "Relativity" for Seven of Nine. I dunno.

 

[Oddish]

It depends on what she would have done. Had she turned out to be the traitor, they simply would have stuck her in the brig or her quarters, end of her role, save perhaps for an escape episode or two. So it would have required her to either not be uncovered as a traitor or her not being a traitor in the first place - just someone openly malcontent, but little more than that.

Maybe... I expect she'd have been brigged for awhile, then confined to quarters. At some point, Voyager would likely have encountered a situation that called for someone with Seska's unique skillset ( espionage, deception, sabotage), and they'd let her out. Then, either she turns on them at the earliest opportunity but Janeway expects it and turns the tables on her like in "Counterpoint". Or, she's pragmatic enough to decide that Voyager is her best chance at getting home to Cardassia, so she joins the crew for real, possibly serving as a spymaster of sorts. Either scenario could have worked.

 

[Trekker09]

I'd like to have seen a redemption arc for Seska, but there was already a long one for Seven, and a shorter one for B'Elanna....three would have been too much. Always wondered what became of her son who was not Chakotay’s after all, but the Kazon’s. Maybe it was picked up in a novel?
My cousin was in the same class at Harvard with Martha Hackett and said how smart and funny she was.

 

[Seven of Five]

I am struggling to decide between Harry and Neelix.

Harry somehow managed to be pretty impressive in my favourite episode, Timeless.

Neelix, while pretty annoying throughout the entire run, seemed to average an episode every season that was always very bittersweet and good to watch. Mortal Coil is probably the one that does it the best.

 

[at Quark's]

I'd like to have seen a redemption arc for Seska, but there was already a long one for Seven, and a shorter one for B'Elanna....three would have been too much. Always wondered what became of her son who was not Chakotay’s after all, but the Kazon’s. Maybe it was picked up in a novel?
My cousin was in the same class at Harvard with Martha Hackett and said how smart and funny she was.

I somehow also like the idea that at least one or two characters in the series weren't 'redeemed'.

 

[Oddish]

somehow also like the idea that at least one or two characters in the series weren't 'redeemed'.

Oh, agreed. And I liked the idea of Jonas as well, a human character who didn't drink the Janeway Koolaid. Most of the characters, it was just...
JANEWAY: "Hey you Maquis guys, put on Starfleet uniforms."
MAQUIS: "OK."
JANEWAY: "I'm gonna kill Tuvix now, any objections?"
BRIDGE CREW: "Nope."
JANEWAY: "Think I'm going to no full Ahab on the Equinox now."
CHAKOTAY: "Token objection."
REST OF CREW: "No problemo."

Determining what might have happened if Seska had not been able to join the Kazon... it's an interesting exercise, nothing more.

 

[cosmic mouse]

The Thaw (Harry Kim)

 

[Oddish]

Regarding least favorite characters, here are some thoughts from me.
* I like Janeway a lot, both her soft side and her tough as nails side. Sometimes I wish she'd used her soft side when she used the tough side, and vice versa...
* Chakotay is pretty forgettable, but I enjoy it when he and Janeway are in a room together, especially early in the series when they let their chemistry show a little more.
* Tuvok is awesome. He's all Vulcan, but every now and then you see the man behind the ironclad discipline. Hard to believe Tim Russ was actually a comic "we ain't found " actor...
* Neelix is kind of like your bubbly cruise director, but Ethan Phillips pulls it off.
* Tom Paris's cockiness is nicely set off by his sensitivity.
* How Harry was handled was a travesty, but the character was essentially likable, and shined every now and then.
* While the EMH was well played, I was never totally onboard with the whole "sentient hologram" idea. I mean, Data feeling emotions is supposed to be a big deal... until you see that the computer on any starship can carry a being with more emotional capacity than Data, no problem.
* I was deeply ambivalent about B'Elanna, largely because I felt she shouldn't have been promoted as quickly as she was. Opposite problem as Harry, but the result was the same: two characters denied the ability to grow. Ironically, my favorite Roxann Dawson role is that creepy space station in "Dead Stop".
* Kes was just likable. It's easy to see why both Neelix and Tom had a thing for her.
* Seven was a great character despite her ludicrous costume... I don't condone that they focused on her so much, but I see why they did.

 

[Soaraway]

Relativity, cool time travel shenanigans with seven of nine. Also, it was much better to see her out of spandex.

 

[Farscape One]

My only problem with "RELATIVITY" was it was very complicated.

Time travel stories of that twisty nature hurt my brain.

 

[Oddish]

Thinking four-dimensionally can take some doing, that's for sure.

 

[at Quark's]

* While the EMH was well played, I was never totally onboard with the whole "sentient hologram" idea. I mean, Data feeling emotions is supposed to be a big deal... until you see that the computer on any starship can carry a being with more emotional capacity than Data, no problem.

Perhaps they simply should have said that such a 'rich' hologram only became feasible because of his total integration with the ship's systems (commanding more computer resources than would have fitted in Data's skull) and the introduction of bioneural circuitry.
(of course that would only have worsened the problems later on, when the mobile emitter was introduced).

 

[Oddish]

Given that the mobile emitter was from 500 years in the future, it's a reasonable assumption that it would have abilities far beyond Data's or Voyager's computer.

 

[at Quark's]

That's true. I guess I wasn't really considering the possible limitations of the mobile emitter as such, but the question how it could be so easy to down- and upload the EMH to it, when earlier in the series it was made a specific point that he was completely integrated into the ship's systems, and couldn't be separated from them (which is why in several episodes, he is threatened to leave behind when it seems the crew has to leave Voyager). But that inconsistency would have existed anyway, with or without my invented statement of my previous post.