When Tuvok is involved in a shuttle accident, he is left comatose. When he awakens, he is unaware of his identity and Neelix decides to teach him about his life in the hope of bringing the Vulcan back to normal.

The last Tuvok/Neelix episode was the dreadful Rise, so it was with great trepidation that I sat down to watch this. I have to admit to being slightly surprised but the fact that it wasn’t completely awful. Although the b-plot about attempts to find a cloaked race (the people who injured Tuvok) is rather uninspiring and ultimately only leads to the recovery of technology that can put Tuvok back to normal, the Tuvok storyline is okay.

It’s not brilliant, but you can’t expect miracles from these things. Why it actually works is because of Tim Russ. As per usual, given the opportunity to play Tuvok in a different way, he shines. It’s particularly ironic that what Tuvok discovers is that the real him is incredibly dull, something we’ve all known for years. If only the writers had taken a chance and allowed him to remain more free-spirited, if only for a while, it would have made future episodes of the series a lot more enjoyable.

Neelix, on the other hand, still doesn’t do much. He makes Tuvok cook and have fun, and although it’s a little sad that the relationship between the pair is effectively terminated, it doesn’t seem that there’s much more mileage in pairing up two characters who have a semi-grudging respect for each other. What the episode does have, however, is some hilarious double entendre as Neelix and Tuvok seem to be about to embark on a relationship. Now there’s a plotline worth following up…

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