Parallax 8.5
Episode 3
B'Elanna Torres faces the prospect of a court-martial after hitting Lt.
Carey, the only surviving senior member of Voyager's engineering crew, and Janeway is surprised when Chakotay nominates
Torres for the position of chief engineer. Before a choice can be made, Voyager encounters a quantum singularity
that appears to have trapped a ship. After an attempt to snag the distant derelict with the tractor beam, Voyager
is forced to back off as the crew hatches alternate plans to retrieve the other ship. At Chakotay's insistence,
Janeway includes Torres in the process, and B'elanna manages to come up with a working theory that the other ship
is Voyager, already trapped in the singularity.
Oversimplistic story of B'Elanna proving herself as engineer,
but besides that I really liked this episode. Good character development and interaction (even if a bit exaggerated
at times.) One of my favorite scenes is the one with Janeway and B'Elanna in the shuttle. Exciting story. Rating
8.5/10.
Favorite qoutes:
"--so on one side
I'm facing a Vulcan who wants to court-martial you, and on the other I'm facing all the Maquis who are ready to
sieze the ship over this. You've turned this into one lousy day for me, Torres."
- Chakotay
"If we don't get more power to the warp drive, we're all
gonna have to get out and push." - Paris
Episode 4
Exploring a planet which has very recently been rendered uninhabitable
by a global disaster, Janeway and Paris are separated from the rest of their away team and somehow find themselves
in the same place, but hours before the cataclysm that consumed the planet's entire civilization. Their attempts
to remain anonymous while trying to find a way back to their own present land them in the middle of a protest against
a polaric energy plant, which may be the cause of the world's destruction. At first, Janeway is adamant that the
Prime Directive be adhered to, but when she discovers the possibility that her presence may have caused the disaster
in the first place, the captain decides to set aside Starfleet's first rule.
A time travel story with alot of Janeway and Paris. A
fairly good and exciting story, still it never seems to take off, especially since it ends where it starts-basically.
Rating 7.5/10.
Favorite qoutes:
"Seems I've found myself on the voyage of the damned." Holodoc
"You have a lovely
brain. It will make a fine addition to our files."
Holodoc to Kes
