This is a pretty good episode. Part I especially has some theatrical qualities; although I'm pretty sure it was unintentional. I really want to talk about a couple of inconsistencies that bother me about Voyager. For one thing, the death of Stasi (?) the Betazed helmsman and other 'minor' characters throughout the series. Tom Paris just bends over her and says 'she's dead' and that's it - if this was a regular character, they wouldn't ever just stop there... they would build some 'bio- temporal' chamber or freeze the body until they can repair them, they would never just say, oh well 'Captain Janeway's dead'. The worst offense was in 'Random Thoughts' - The old lady had just stabbed the woman Neelix was talking to, and 'oh, she's dead' excuse me, but her stabbing was far from the EMH's abilities to heal, they could've beamed her to sickbay and she could have been healed, but they needed a death I suppose. Kes sucks - she's too goody-goody, the best thing the show ever did was exchange her for Seven of Nine. Neelix is a very weak character also IMO. I hate everything about Kes, her hair, everything... they should have changed her hair sooner... although she was good in 'Before and After'. Giving Paris the chance to 'prove himself' by saving Chakotay was contrived and derivative. Although saying derivative is now derivative. G. Wang is a poor/average actor... he was decent in 'Timeless' (a personal fav.) - but his comedic timing and delivery is non-existent. I cringe whenever I hear him make a joke - 'What makes you think were friends' and of course, the worst: 'Turkey Platter'... jeezus.
Review of Caretaker
