Season Five Episode Reviews

5X1    Night 
Plot:  Voyager travels through a black void and encounters an alien power struggle.  Chakotay is forced to take command of the ship when Janeway starts obssessing about her mistakes.

Now this is more like it!  This was an extremely dramatic episode.  The first half was very dark and absorbing, as the crew tries to cope with the darkness.  Throughout the episode the darkness is an excellent visual.  Even the ole' alien conflict was really interesting.  The Night Aliens looked really amazing, and the FX battle sequences were amazing.  The visual of Voyager flying through nothing was very unnerving.  I have high hopes for the rest of Season Five, and things are looking good with one of the main writers departing this year.  A really excellent Voyager.

5X2    Drone 
Plot: A transporter mishap creates a 29th century Borg drone which Seven must raise and keep away from the Borg.

Not as action packed as I hoped it would be, but a very entertaining character peice.  The Seven-Drone scenes were pretty good, and the crew's attitudes were as well.  I was surprised at how slowly the episode moved, but it didn't hurt the story too much.  The ending battle was brief and disappointing but still nice.  My biggest complaint; they only fight a Sphere and not a Cube!  The abilites of Drone were pretty amazing and his character and opinions always keeps you on the edge of your seat.  With something that powerful, Seven and the rest are walking a very thin rope.  I was sure he would join the Borg at the end but I was pleasantly surprised.  A nice episode.

5X3    Extreme Risk 
Plot:  A shuttle race with the Garbage Men for a lost probe using a new Borgifyed shuttle is complicated by Torres' strange behaviour involving brushes with danger.

Pretty decent, but no where near the first two.  The shuttle chase was relatively exciting, but the amazing FX really made it work.  I love those 'spatial discharges' the Garbage Men use as weapons!  The new shuttle was pretty cool, but unfortunately it bears mention to the unmentionable rule to Voyager:  never explain the shuttle count!  The Torres plot was pretty good, the orbital skydiving in the teaser was pretty amazing.  Her reason for this behaviour is certianly plausible and good to hear about, but it comes about half a year too late.  Granted, we haven't seen too much of Torres in that time but some indication should have been given about this.  Oh well...  I really liked the scene when Chakotay confronts Torres, they were very disturbing and violent the way Chakotay was physically forcing her around the ship and into the holodeck, and his anger at her creating a fanatasy of their friends dying.  From his perspective, it certainly does appear perverse!  The episode resolution was decent but not spectacular, the shuttle chase was alright and the Torres resolution was left a little open-handed, unfortunately we will never hear of this again most likely.  Oh well, I still feel very positive about the new season as a whole.  Voyager is finally telling good stories without Seven being the star of them or not at all.

5X4    In the Flesh 
Plot:  Voyager discovers a Starfleet Acadamy simulation and Chakotay begins to fall for a women there while on recon.  Unfortunately it turns out that it's Species 8472 planning an infiltration of Earth!

This was a wonderful episode that feels like a Classic Trek for the '90s.  The top half with Chakotay and the babe was good but not great, but seeing our characters at Starfleet Acadamy was pretty cool and that is a very pretty place!  But what really stands out is the last half where Janeway tries to find peace with the 47s.  This was a Classic Trek-like way of addressing the Cold War only it does it in a very indirect way unlike Classic Trek.  Boothby as the 47's leader was really great, he was wonderful for the part.  Their frank discussion about paranoia and peace was really interesting, and once again Boothby was a wonderful character.  I figured this would be a cheesy Chakotay love story then a 47 conflict.  Instead the 'love' story was very subtle and believable (though when you think about her true form...!) and the 47 conflict became a wonderful resolution to the whole 47 aggression thing.  Even Boothby's statement that the rest of the 47s probably won't agree with them is frank and honest.  A really great Voyager that was retro and modern at the same time.

5X5    Once Upon A Time 
Plot:  When the Delta Flyer is stranded in an ion storm with Samantha Wildeman, Neelix is left to take care of Naomi using holodeck fairytales without telling her the truth about her mother.

Easily the weakest episode this season but still strong.  I found Naomi to be cute and not annoying, the two staples of a successful child actor.  However those fairytale scenes got stupid pretty fast.  Fortunately this episode has a serious angle that saves it from stupidity; another rare serious role for Neelix, who feels the need to tell Naomi the truth about her mother because his parents were killed at her age to.  I like when Neelix actually yells at Janeway about this, it shows him having some actual seriousness and strength about him.  The Delta Flyer crash plot was short and okay.  Not much else to say about this episode.

5X6    Timeless 
Plot:  In the future Chakotay and Kim are the only survivors of Voyager in the Alpha Quadrant.  They are going to contact Voyager 15 years in the future so that using the slipstream drive to go home doesn't kill the crew.

This was disappointing but still great.  The future stuff was pretty cool, but it was the present scenes that were best.  I love the champagne party where Seven gets drunk and starts praising the Doctor!  I also enjoy Paris being serious for once and addressing the problem instead of partying.  The beginning in the future where they were searching the frozen Voyager was a great visual.  The best shot was Voyager crashing onto the ice planet.  However the big guest star Captain La Forge was only in it for a little bit, and even then just on a small viewscreen!  Plus, his Galaxy class ship appeared for exactly two shots, a big disappointment.  Overall I was surprised how light on FX this big anniversary episode was, but the story was pretty good.  I like the way Kim's been brooding over this mistake for 15 years, and his interaction with the Doctor.  The ending was also a bit of a let down; Voyager gets another decade closer to home and they decide to never use the slipstream again.  Why the hell not?  Why can't they use it in little hops so they never get off course?  Why does it have to be at once?  Oh well...

5X7  Infinite Regress 
Plot:  When Voyager comes across an infected Borg Cube 'heart', Seven begins to be possessed by the thousands of personalities trapped inside it.

This episode really demonstrated the great acting ability of Seven, and the Borg plot was relatively interesting.  The Naomi subplot was cute and short, which is about as good as its going to get.  The mood shifts between Seven's personalites were a little unnerving; she goes from Seven to a ten year old girl in no time flat!  However the ending 'inside' Seven's mind was a little hokey, and the aliens were those dreaded stereotypical hardheaded aliens who attack Voyager, but at least they had the revenge against the Borg thing.  Not much else to say.

5X8    Nothing Human 
Plot:  When Torres is attacked by a parasite, The Doctor must create a Cardassian doctor hologram to help him.  When the doctor was revealed to be a sadist during the Bajoran Occupation everyone wants the Cardassian shut down except for Doc.

This was a great allegory to the US using Nazi doctors who committed atrocities against humanity during the war, and it worked great even by itself.  A great Doctor dramatic episode, and even the parasite didn't look silly!  The Cardie doc was a great character because he didn't appear evil; he looked friendly and charming.  Only when he begins to demonstrate little regard for his patient's feelings does the Doc become suspicious.  Meanwhile the Bajoran ensign is deeply offended, and so is Torres.  Torres is in this one for surprising little time but that's okay.  The problem of saving lives versus the ends justifying the means is a great debate for the episode and it carries it out well.  Doc's final decision to use the Cardie doc to save Torres' life and then kill him was great, but the ending lost a little impact because of the old 'Voyager under attack!' ending.  Still a great episode though, like "In the Flesh" it was vaguley Classic Trek in the way it addresses current social issues in a great way.  However the whole hologram issue is ridiculously implausible and condradicts everything before it!

5X9    Thirty Days 
Plot:  Paris is reduced to Ensign and jailed in solitary confinement for 30 days.  When Voyager came across a water world peopled by former nomads who refuse to do anything, Paris took drastic measures to protect the planet.

This has to be the best Paris episode I've ever seen; he was serious and steadfast about his beliefs.  His letter to his estranged father was also very touching.  This episode was a lot more philosophical than the 'waterworld!' comercial made it look.  However the FX shots of the ocean world and the Delta Flyer beneath were aboslutely breathtaking!  My favorites are the stormy ocean and the gigantic electric eel.  It was just amazing!  It also carried an interesting plot, about some old aliens sucking all the water off their planet and then disappearing, and the ecology v. industry concept was only slightly annoying.  It wasn't too preachy, though Paris sure was.  A great story enhanced even more by great FX.  As an aside, one of the more ironic scenes:  when Paris is in the brig, the ship comes under attack.  No one makes a big deal out of it!  This felt like an injoke on the weekly 'Aliens Attack Voyager!' tirade.

5X10    Counterpoint 
Plot: Voyager smuggles telepaths through a belligerant empire and is subject to constant searches.  The search team leader defects to Voyager and attempts to start a romance with Janeway.

Wow!  This episode was all Janeway and it was great.  I figured this to be a Tuvok episode what with all the telepath stuff...  The Janeway-Whoever repetoire was well done, though the guy was a tad... pretentious.  The great thing about this episode is the double cross(es).  I really thought Whoever was a real defector, so when he turned it was a nice shock.  The greatest scene is when he 'commands' the bridge, and Janeway is sitting in the XO chair, staring mutedly at the floor while his plan blows up in his face.  It says much for Janeway the way she quietly plotted against him like that.

5X11    Latent Image 
Plot: The Doctor begins realize that someone erased his memory concerning an alien attack and enlists Seven to discover who but the answer is not at all what he expected.

Another wow!  This was a great dramatic episode with a great performance from Doc.  The first half was an interesting enough mystery with some nice twists to it; while I knew it was Janeway who erased his program I thought the surgical scar on Kim was an memory erasure of the event and that every crewmember had it.  The best parts of this episode are the disucssions as to whether the Doctor has a soul or not, and if Janeway was right to treat him like a robot.  The flashback to the attack was well presented and the Doctor's conflict makes perfect sense.  The coldness in Janeway and the outrage of Seven in her stealing Doc's memories were well presented.  Best of all, there is no easy answer; Janeway has to lock herself up with Doc while he tries to 'process' this conflict and even then it is not resolved.  Then again, we'll never hear of this again...

5X12    The Bride of Chaotica 
Plot:  Paris' Captain Proton holodeck program creates trouble when 'photonic' aliens make first contact with Dr. Chaotica thinking him real and a war soon breaks out on the holodeck which the crew must stop.

Sure it was stupid, but it was fun dammit!  Just turn your brain off and enjoy it, this was fun because it was so campy and ridiculous, better than any NexGen holodeck episode I've ever seen, or DS9 for that matter as well.  Chaotica was the best character of all, the classic exaggerated supervillian was real hoot here.  Janeway dressing as Arachnia was vaguely funny but Chatoica really stole the show here.  Doc as President of Earth was also a hoot.  Nice to see that Paris is still an Ensign following "Thirty Days", and Paris was pretty good as Capt Proton.  Nice mindless fun!

5X13    Gravity 
Plot: Tuvok, Paris and Doctor are stranded on a planet lost in a time warp and encounter an alien woman who befrieds Tuvok, who is reminded of his childhood when he first learned to repress his emotions.

This was a great episode for Tuvok.  The childhood scenes were the real standouts but the Tuvok semi-love story was also good.  Lori Petty was an excellent choice because her voice does sound very alien.  Like in "In the Flesh", the love story never gets mushy which is a good thing.  However those aliens' motivations were never explained, nor why they regularly came down to attack the alien woman like that.  It was also nice the way Voyager didn't appear until half way through, giving the crash theme real credibility.  And of course the scenery was absolutely stunning.  The whole inner conflict of Tuvok was done very well, and the Vulcan Teacher was very interesting.  On a minor note, the huge spiders were really creepy.

5X14    Bliss 
Plot: Voyager finds a suspiciously conveinant wormhole to Earth but Seven suspects foul play when she encounters an alien hunter who is chasing after a colossal alien creature who can alter people's perceptions to draw them in for consumption.

This was a nice straight-forward action piece, nice and enjoyable but nothing special.  An excellent Seven show; it's nice to see she can still take over the whole damn ship whenever she wants!  Naomi Wildeman was also unannoying this episode, and W. Morgan Sheppard as always played an excellent character.  While some might complain the writers are teasing us with returning home AGAIN, it was shown throughout that it was a fake.  One complaint; more people should not have wanted to return home.  The perfect example: Neelix!  And possibly Paris since he'll be thrown in jail most likely when he returns.  The concept of this gigantic space whale, as well as the visuals, were very interesting.

5X15/6    DARK HORIZON (parts 1 and 2) 
Plot: Voyager is taking the offensive against the Borg, raiding ships for the technology to return home.  Seven begins to review the records of her Borg-studying explorer parents which brings back uneasy memories just as she is contacted by the Borg Queen.  On the next mission Seven remains a captive of the Borg and meets the Borg Queen who tries to seduce her back to her cause while Janeway mounts a rescue attempt using the knowledge of Seven's parents.

Wow!  Aside from a slow first half to the second part this two parter really felt like a Voyager Movie!  Not only was the FX amazing (who can forget the Borg Unimax One complex?) but even more subtly the music was cinematic; it used variations on the Borg themes and other themes from the First Contact movie!  And this wasn't just a mindless FX blowout like The Killing Game last year, there were themes to it plus great Borg action!  The teaser said it all; a Voyager attack on the Borg from their perspective!  The entire first part pulsed with action and never felt slow; even the Hansen flashbacks were extremely interesting not only because it was the origan of Seven but just the way these Federation explorers are moving amongst the Borg studying them, treating them like primitive animals (they got what was coming to them if you ask me), parelells were drawn to humans studying primates and giving them childish names when in fact they are very dangerous and very intelligent.  The concept of Voyager going on the offensive makes sense and is very interesting, it really keeps part one moving at a brisk pace.  The assult on the Borg sphere at the end was great, ending of course with the shocker of Seven being taken by the Borg.  The following scenes between Seven and the Queen were nice but not really thrilling.  The idea that Seven was an unwitting Borg plant on Voyager to learn individuality all these years was very interesting, and the Borg assult on some planet was handled well.  The scene where Seven walks through the processing of the natives felt like she was walking through the Nazi concentration camps.  The rescue attempt was a tad disappointing because of its lack of fighting action and the ease in which Janeway gets to the very heart of the Borg and Seven lets go waaaaay too easily.  Still the ending doesn't really feel like a cheat.  Another minor complaint; after all the Hansen flashbacks we don't see them attacked and assimilated by the Borg!  Naomi Wildeman has yet another cute little cameo, but I heard she was going to be vital to part two oh well...

5X17    The Disease 
Plot: Voyager works with a xenophobic 'generation ship' for repairs and Kim falls in love with one of the aliens while some of the aliens plot to rebel from their leaders putting both ships in jepordy.

Sure it was one of the two worst episodes of the season yet, but was it a klunker?  Nope.  It was crap but it was watchable.  Fortunately as with "In the Flesh" the love story aspect is actually a subplot to the real story so it doesn't crap up the whole episode.  The generation ship concept was exactly original but it was diverting enough, the rebel movement whatever.  This felt like the ole' cheesy Doctor Who episodes which are always about our heroes running into a new situation and joining the rebel movement to overthrow the mean leaders.  The 'disease' that Kim gets seemed pretty stupid especially when it essentially disappeers once it serves its purpose to expose Kim to the crew, but maybe that's a good thing.  The chick was pretty nice though, and the Kim relationship with her was...adequate.  Not a klunker, but certainly nothing spectacular.  This episode is hurt even more by the fact it is right after "Dark Horizon".  Why can't Kim ever get a decent episode?

5X18    Course: Oblivion 
Plot: Tom and Torres get married but Voyager and the crew soon begins to... melt!

Ugh!  What a waste of time peice of crap!  First of all, making a sequel to a crappy episode, last season's "Demon", is a bad idea.  While not have the show star the cast is not neccessarily a bad thing (like last season season's classic "Living Witness"), it is generally something that falls flat on its face.  The Paris-Torres wedding was...adequate I suppose, the honeymoon crap was stupid (Torres has no opinions on the matter and just does what Paris wants?  She's Klingon!).  About the only good thing about this episode (aside from the end) is the FX of Voyager melting and the makeup of the crew which maked them look REALLY ugly, especially Seven who looked like a witch.  This episode was a peice of crap in every way, but at least it was light and easy to watch.  In the end the entire episode seems like an utter waste of time, a waste of an episode.  Who gives a rat's ass about these silver thingees?  And the ending where Voyager comes across the dead silver bloob is just ABSOLUTLEY inexcusable.  In between now and "Demon", Voyager had two major jumps in their travel time, using the Slipstream in "Hope and Fear" and using the Borg transwarp coil in "Dark Frontier", shaving approxmiately twenty years off their voyage.  The silver thingees left at warp drive (how could they simulate a warpdrive with just themselves?  How could they simulate antimatter?) a month or so after Voyager left.  So how could Voyager suddenly come across the silver crap when they TURNED AROUND and headed home?!  It's just ridiculous!

5X19    The Fight 
Plot: When Voyager gets stuck in 'chaotic space', the only escape is to contact the aliens who live there, and only Chakotay can do it by going on a Vision Quest involving boxing.

Well, this was a decent Chakotay episode, with some decent Vision Quest stuff.  I don't know if this was original but the concept about his grandfather going crazy and Chakotay fearing that it will happen to him is very interseting.  I also liked the boxing aspect, and though I appreciate the Boothby appearance it seemed like a real waste since the character had so little screen time.  The concept of chatoic space felt... unoriginal and a pretty tame concept.  I did like the way Kid Chaos looked though, a body made of infinity.  Not much to say about this episode, though the non-linear nature of the episode did help it.  It just felt... average and not exciting in every way.

5X20    Think Tank 
Plot: Pursued by devious and numerous bounty hunters, Voyager encounters a think tank of brilliant aliens who solve people's problems for a price.  They agree to help Voyager- in return for Seven!  Jason Alexander, Seinfeld's George is in every scene!

This was a pretty enjoyable episode, and while I did enjoy the Jason Alexander apperance I found it hilarious that he's in every damn scene!  The writers seemed to desperate to milk this special guest star for every possible minute!  In fact, this episode starred him more than the crew!  But still, it was an enjoyable intrigue show.  Jason Alexander was pretty cool as the serene Kurros I must admit, I'm sure that were he not in it this episode would seem much more tame.  The plot was interesting and involving, and there were some spectacular FX shots of the various battles and I appreciate the tactics and strategies used here instead of using technobabble to save the day.

5X21    Juggernaut 
Plot:  Voyager encounters a Malon freighter about to explode.  A tempermental Torres leads a team to scuttle the freighter and teams up with the Malon captain to face against a Malon mythic monster.

If atmosphere counts for anything, this episode is a classic.  With a nice straight forward action plot, and a nice (if repetitive) Torres is pissed side plot, this was a great average episode.  I also appreciate the Malon Captain (and the Malon) getting some real characterization; he talks about his children, how he's a sculptor, how Malon Prime is beautiful because they haul the waste, how Malons sacrifice their lifespans for the good of their people and go out of their way to dump it in uninhabited space, it's always nice to see former cardboard villians get some flesh.  As I said, the atmosphere of this episode is terrific.  Once everybody gets stuck in this gas-filled filthy environment, the tension gets really thick.  I love the way Torres and the others get so damned filthy, it really adds drama to the episode plus it's hilarious to see a filty Torres walking around in the super-clean Voyager afterwards, lovely contrast.  The monster man looked great when steam was everywhere, but once the steam was gone he lost whatever drama he had.  I kept waiting for Torres to bean him with the pipe, and when she started talking I feared the writers would have her talk down the monster and thus prove her self-control.  Fortunately, when talking didn't work she beaned him anyway!  A great straight-forward episode.

5X22    Someone to Watch Over Me 
Plot: The Doctor teaches Seven about dating and they go out on a date together.  Neelix must deal with a hedonistic ambassador from a monastic culture.

I was surprisingly disappointed with this episode!  I was expecting a light but cute episode, but this episode was a chore to watch.  I figured Seven dating Doctor would be a hoot, and at first it was good for a few chuckles, but once Seven and Doctor started signing I got disgusted.  Doc was a horrible singer!  Doc getting infatuated with Seven was also a little dumb.  The Neelix plot was just plain stupid, they bring in comic Scott Tompson for this?!  It wasn't funny at all, just annoying.  A boring, annoying episode.

5X23    11:59 
Plot: Janeway reminsces about her Year 2000 ancestor Shannon falling in love and helping the construction of the Millenium Gate, a sign of hope and progress towards the future but her love interest is the only man preventing it.

Well, it was different I'll give it that.  Going in the vein of DS9's "Far Beyond the Stars" where the lead character plays him/herself in the past.  This was definetly inferior, but still enjoyable.  It was nice to the present from the future, and the Shannon character was a better character than Janeway.  The main drag on this episode is the love interest Henry; it seems the writers figured that if he listed off classic literature characters in every sentence, that would make him smart and sophisticated.  Unh unh!  He was annoying more than anything else, an extreme caricture of a man afraid of change and living in the past.  I did like Shannon's relationship with the son though, and the 'present' sets were nice to see.  I like the way history has exaggerated Shannon's real role in history.  However this episode has one raging plot hole.  Even though they're stuck in the Delta Quadrant they are able to uncover NEW INFORMATION ABOUT EARTH'S PAST.  Apparantly all this wonderful information just happened to be sitting in Voyager's computer core when it left the Alpha Quadrant, only no one knew the information EVER existed!  FOR THREE HUNDRED YEARS no one uncovered this information, but Voyager IN THE DELTA QUADRANT does it!  This is sooo stupid!  Plus, the contrivences about family continued.  Like DS9's "Statistical Probabilites", all the regulars suddenly decide to get together and have a chat about an issue, an act which seems totally forced and out of character.  Plus, how in the hell are all these people just going to happen to all know what happened to their ancestores THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO?!  Do you every minute detail about the life of your ancestor THREE HUNDRED YEARS AGO?!  On a minor note, the NASA guy turned out to be nice and not a manipulating scumbag, I appreciated that.

5X24    Relativity 
Plot: Seven is recruited by a future Starfleet to stop a saboteur from destroying Voyager... when it was constructed.

This was an awsome time travel episode!  Certainly the best 'Voyager' time travel episode I've ever seen.  I also loved the visits to the past, but since I only stared watching in the fourth season I feel like I was missing out on some things here.  I have little idea who the Kazon are (though I read the novelization of the pilot) and also apparantly missed the first apperance of Captain Braxton in that time travel two-parter in the third season.  In any case I found the past visits extremely interesting, especially the missing scenes from the pilot.  On a visual side, the view of Voyager at Utopia Planitia was awsome, and Seven looked much better in a real uniform and without the eye metal.  Gee, in this same week Kira got a Starfleet uniform too after having a catsuit!  I really liked the whole concept that in the future Starfleet is working to repair timestream infractions from the past, and that Janeway is a menace so much that she eventually drives this guy crazy!  (Though since this is the second time travel story in two years I must question her being such a menance)  And the turn of the future captain as the bad guy was a nice twist, I thought it would be Seven from the future.  Nice changes in the hair styles of Janeway and Torres as we went around in time.

5X25    Warhead 
Plot:  Voyager beams aboard a sentient missile, which then possesses The Doctor and demands Voyager takes it to its target or it will detonate.

This is not an impartial review.  I saw this episode immeadiately after seeing Star Wars The Phantom Menace and thus could barely sit through this.  The whole plot seemed tedious and best ignored, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt since it had some nice bits like Kim being a leader and trying to teach the bomb (snicker) that living is more important than killing.  And I liked the visual of the thirty missiles going to warp after Voyager, then the 'defective' missile toasting the others.  I also liked the way Doc/the bomb kept saying the enemy is mericiless, just quoting the propaganda he was programmed with.  The Threepio/Artoo relationship tween Doc and the bomb at first was cute.  Not much else to say.

5X26    Equinox (part 1 of 2) 
Plot: Voyager comes across another Starfleet vessal, the Equinox, whose battered crew has been conducting horrific experiments that have brought an alien attack upon Voyager.

An incredibly talky episode with the action only kicking in at the very end, but it was a great great concept and the characters were excellent.  Unfortunately the Voyager crew had a surprisingly tame reaction to finally meeting some of their own kind, and expressed little interest on how the Equinox got in the Alpha Quadrant.  I do like the way the Equinox crew is a dark what if of the Voyager crew, what if Voyager didn't always run into friendly cultures and they ran out of food and power?  Unfortunately Janeway acts like a total bitch in this episode with holier than thou morals.  She presumes to judge Ransom, yet she hasn't gone through the same trials he has, and plus she's a damn hippocrite because she is always breaking her own morals.  I really liked all the Equinox characters; Ransom was a great serious and calculating captain, Maxwell was a kind but loyal first officer, the blonde was claustrophobic and wanted to stay on Voyager but stayed loyal to Ransom despite all this.  While making Maxwell Torres' old flame was a big flaming coincidense, I did like the way Torres acted around him.  Again I wonder why Naomi Wildeman appears for like thirty seconds in every appearance, it seems like wasting the character.  And one of the most hilarious Voyager scenes ever, when Equinox Doctor (don't ask why a science ship has a Doc) minus ethics promptly swats Doc's holoemitter when he learns what it is.  The non-shalant way he did it was hilarious!  The final shootout where the Equinox crew escapes with Doc's help was relatively exciting, but the final 'cliffhanger' where the aliens attack was really lame.  Incidently those aliens are the lamest looking aliens I've ever seen, it's hard to be intimidated by fat seahorses flying through the air!  A much better cliffhanger concept is that Eqinox is running off for the Alpha Quadrant with Seven and Doc prisoner.