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Star Trek Voy - Season 7 - Episode 10

Star Trek Voy - 7x10 - Flesh and Blood, Part II

Originally Aired: 2000-11-29

Synopsis:
The renegade Holograms abduct Torres. [DVD]

My Rating - 7

Fan Rating Average - 4.82

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Problems
None

Factoids
- This episode (both parts) features a myriad of familiar species from all corners of the galaxy. Alpha quadrant humans and Bajorans, beta quadrant Romulans and Klingons, as well as gamma quadrant Jem'Hadar, and delta quadrant Borg.

Remarkable Scenes
- Voyager hiding in the wake of a Hirogen ship.
- Tom regarding following the Hirogen ship's rear end: "Not exactly the scenic route is it?" Chakotay: "We're not here for the view."
- Torres: "It may be the warriors who get the glory but it's the engineers who build societies."
- Iden revealing that he's the center of a religion he created.
- Voyager's sneak attack on the Hirogen.
- The holograms hunting the Hirogen on the surface.

My Review
Okay, so Voyager is a bit more careful about fighting Hirogen ships now. They seem to be a little more threatening too. Maybe the ship Voyager defeating last episode was just a weaker model or something. The issues the first part thoroughly failed to deal with are tackled here. Janeway finally realizes that much of this situation is her fault and the doctor realizes the idiocy of his decision. Additionally, part two loses none of the nice action and none of the nice eye candy. As a result of all this, part two is quite a bit more successful. The only negative aspect to the story is Iden, who turned into a megalomaniac. It would have been a much better episode if Iden and his followers weren't so clearly portrayed as bad guys. And the whole "rescuing the mindless holograms" scene was just unnecessary. The two episode as a whole probably would have been better if it were compressed into a single episode, simply removing the bad elements.

The following are comments submitted by my readers.

  • From Rick on 2013-04-21 at 4:12pm:
    So the doctor blatantly commits treason and Janeway just says no problem, dont worry about it. She says, "maybe youve become just as responsible as those of us that are flesh and blood... how can I punish you for being who you are."

    This has to be one of the worst lines in all of Star Trek. He betrays the crew and commits treason and has to bear no responsibility for his actions. When humans do this you are locked up for life or killed. So the supposedly oppressed doctor can leave the ship to become an opera star or outright betray the crew whenever he wants. Great message
  • From Dstyle on 2015-08-04 at 8:24pm:
    Thank God for formulaic story structure! For a second there I was worried the Bajoran hologram wouldn't betray the doctor's trust in an obvious and dramatic fashion, or that Torres wouldn't be able to convince the Cardassian hologram to switch sides through a little casual real talk, or that the diminutive Hirogen engineer wouldn't strike off to help build the new holographic future at the end. Lucky for us the writers followed the formula to a T, saving us the trouble of being pleasantly surprised by a creative or innovative story structure! Thanks, Voyager!

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