Kim Rhodes guest stars as Lyndsay Ballard, an Ensign who died off-screen duringVoyagerseason 4.
Because Captain Janeway takes the Doctor seriously, the audience does too.
And its fun and hilarious to watch the Doctor bluff his way through confrontations.
On top of his acting skills, Robert Picardo is also an incredibly accomplished singer.
Any episode where Voyager makes meaningful progress towards Earth is exciting…
Indeed, both Captain Janeway and Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran) are briefly convinced.
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So,the situation at the start ofVoyagerseason 6 is incredibly dire.
It is a bittersweet but satisfying end to the episodes that contain Captain Janeway’s darkest moments.
Star Trekalways sets itself up for success when an episode is built around callbacks to earlier stories…
In “Child’s Play,” Voyager encounters Icheb’s birth family.
Commander Tuvok spends a lot ofStar Trek: Voyagerwith a somewhat antagonistic relationship with Neelix.
It is clear that the Talaxian chef’s unfailingly extroverted and optimistic nature is grating on his Vulcan sensibilities.
Ultimately,this temporal distortion is both an interesting science fiction premise and a deeply emotionally compelling story equipment.
In part, this is because of how the episode plays with the Prime Directive.
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