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Star Trek Voy - Season 6 - Episode 05

Star Trek Voy - 6x05 - Alice

Originally Aired: 1999-10-20

Synopsis:
Paris rebuilds an old shuttle. [DVD]

My Rating - 4

Fan Rating Average - 3.78

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Problems
None

Factoids
- Tuvok was married in 2304 and his daughter was conceived during his 11th Pon Farr.
- Chakotay: "We already have a full compliment of shuttles." More evidence that they've been rebuilding them.
- Rules of Acquisition; Not rules, but "The 5 Stages of Acquisition." They are as follows: 1. Infatuation, 2. justification, 3. appropriation, 4. obsession, and 5. resale.

Remarkable Scenes
- Paris: "Congratulations Tuvok, you just saved us from a flotilla of hostile trash."
- Tom freaking out at Torres.
- Alice at warp. Nice visual effects.
- Alice's destruction.

My Review
This episode thoroughly failed to live up to its premise, mostly I'd say because of the ulterior motives of Alice and her eventual destruction. The episode could have been a lot more interesting if Tom was less reckless and Alice ended up being a permanent addition to Voyager's shuttle compliment; a fast, maneuverable battle shuttle to supplement the Delta Flyer and standard shuttles. I envisioned space battles where Voyager acted as a carrier, deploying its fighters against the enemy. But instead of these grand uses, Alice was reduced to a mere plot device, something to make Tom act all bonkers. Fortunately, Tom did a great job acting all bonkers in this episode; in fact the acting in this episode was superb all around. A decent episode even if not quite what it could have been.

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