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So along with the obvious TNG connection with Barclay and Troi, I notice Barclay also makes mention of DS9.
So along with the obvious TNG connection with Barclay and Troi, I notice Barclay also makes mention of DS9.
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611: '''Fair Haven''' ''[[2000]] [[January 12]]''
(First watched 2009-06-26)  Weird.  We've seen people be attracted to holocharacters before, but they never deleted their spouse and gave them an education with the flick of a button.
I've said before that Voyager deals with artificial life pretty well, but this episode reminds me that there are some things they just won't or can't get too deep into.  Everyone seems to accept the Doctor as a proper sentient being by this point, but they don't see the similar holodeck characters in the same way.  Is it something about the complexity of his program?  That he's been going on so long that he's evolved from his beginnings?  If Fair Haven had been left running long enough (like Vic's at Deep Space 9), would those characters be afforded the same benefit of the doubt?  Such that erasing a man's wife and making him more your type would be seen as grossly wrong?
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612: '''Blink of an Eye''' ''[[2000]] [[January 19]]''
(First watched 2009-06-26)  Wow, what a great episode!  From the title and the weirdness of the planet I'd figured out the gimmick before they spelled it out, but it was a fascinating one.  Amazing to see the thousands of years of history change that one spot on the planet as they were stuck.
The one thing that is a bit goofy is that if things were and will continue to be that fast for the planet, it's amazing that Voyager showed up to be around for the world's most developmental few hours.  I know Voyager was an inspiration, but it's hard to believe they'd been sitting around in a tribal phase for billions of years just waiting.  Also, if it the current civilization of that planet is ''ever'' going to go out into space, shouldn't it be soon?  Voyager could hang out at the edge of the solar system, wait a day, and perhaps in the intervening ~240 years the people will have left the planet and be willing to offer assistance.
So the Doctor spent several years on the planet, got quite engrossed in the culture... and even had a son?  Wow.  Wow wow wow.
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613: '''Virtuoso''' ''[[2000]] [[January 26]]''
(First watched 2009-06-27)  I love a good Doctor episode, and one that brings into question holographic rights and how far Janeway is willing to push the crew around.  And the episode was some meta fun in showing obsessed fans.  Sooo the episode was interesting in those regards.
However, in light of the '''previous week's episode''', it rings hollow.  The Doctor just spent 3 years on a world, became a part of that culture, and ended up a family man with a lady friend and even son.  That after this there are references to him having spent all of his five years on Voyager, and that he falls so quickly for the next woman to show any interest in him, just feels wrong.
It just feels like this episode and the last should've been in the opposite order. Then Blink of an Eye's Doctor story could've been seen as his chance to fulfill desires expressed in this episode.
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614: '''Memorial''' ''[[2000]] [[February 2]]''
(First watched 2009-06-27)  DS9 has covered post-trauma before, but here we get a faker, technobabble-caused version.
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615: '''Tsunkatse''' ''[[2000]] [[February 9]]''
(First watched 2009-06-28)  Kumite! Kumite!
Some interesting guest stars in this episode.  [[Dwayne Johnson]] essentially plays himself.  Or at least a version of his wrestling persona, if it were an enslaved alien with a funny forehead.  Then there are regular DS9 guest stars [[Jeffrey Combs]] playing not-Weyoun and [[J.G. Hertzler]] playing not-Martok.
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616: '''Collective''' ''[[2000]] [[February 16]]''
(First watched 2009-06-28)  So... Borg children, huh. But though they picked up some new passengers, they couldn't harvest any useful tech from the Borg cube?
I notice the lame version of "futile" seems to be the norm in this episode. I wonder if this is permanent?
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617: '''Spirit Folk''' ''[[2000]] [[February 23]]''
(First watched 2009-06-28)  So as I have said even recently, I enjoy explorations into the reality of holocharacters... but in the end of this episode the people of the town are just fed an ''alternate'' bullshit cover story, and immediately go from wanting to burn them as witches to accepting them? That's pretty unsatisfying.
Also, destruction of the holodeck control panel disables safety protocols? Doesn't seem a very secure place to store all the important stuff.


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