The real questions posed by this episode is the idea that people actually have cucumber sandwiches? This is a thing? I could potentially see some alpha fitness instructor doing this ---- but kids? This sounds like some form of punitive punishment to me.
On my mothers side of the family they have a history of schizophrenia and the horrific hallucinations that result from that. Certain people affected with this know the hallucinations are not real while others cannot tell the difference. In an early seen I felt that Janeway's performance showed what terror it must be to have to go through these experiences and it landed hard for me as people who had been close to me had to endure such events on a daily basis.
The overall point of the episode to me revolves around the exploitation of personal weakness. With most of the crew members this involves seeing visions of loved ones but for Lt Torres her weakness is a lust for that stoic commander Chakotay. That came out of nowhere and I can't recall if they go anywhere with that storyline.
We get some character development for Kes being the savior of the ship and overcoming her hallucinations to ultimately save the ship with the doctors encouragement.
It's an interesting plot but the motivations of the alien creature causing this to happen remain an unknown so the impact if not what it could have been.
On my mothers side of the family they have a history of schizophrenia and the horrific hallucinations that result from that. Certain people affected with this know the hallucinations are not real while others cannot tell the difference. In an early seen I felt that Janeway's performance showed what terror it must be to have to go through these experiences and it landed hard for me as people who had been close to me had to endure such events on a daily basis.
The overall point of the episode to me revolves around the exploitation of personal weakness. With most of the crew members this involves seeing visions of loved ones but for Lt Torres her weakness is a lust for that stoic commander Chakotay. That came out of nowhere and I can't recall if they go anywhere with that storyline.
We get some character development for Kes being the savior of the ship and overcoming her hallucinations to ultimately save the ship with the doctors encouragement.
It's an interesting plot but the motivations of the alien creature causing this to happen remain an unknown so the impact if not what it could have been.