And Janeway becomes Ripley. A good episode if not a little unoriginal. It's good to see the doctor used more in the show and Janeway getting to be a badass.
20 Reviews
Star Trek Turns into Aliens
cwrigh2914 November 2020
Gee! I Thought It Was Kind of Fun
Hitchcoc24 August 2018
I guess I'm a sucker for the episodes where one or two people are faced with saving the whole crew from some invader, bet it Kazon or Bacteria. I though Janeway was a nice copy of Sigourney Weaver here. The Doctor has become a bit of a liability at times because of his newfound freedoms. I also agree that getting home is the primary need, but, by the same token, if all they did was fly through space with no obstacles, it would be rather boring. Those that are so bent out of shape by this better get used to it. There has to be a plot. Now I have not problem with criticism of the crazy medical stuff and the fast creation of antigens and miracle cures. Still, it was pretty entertaining.
Attack of the giant germs!
Foreverisacastironmess12330 November 2012
Warning: Spoilers
A very nice extended opening sequence and first act, with Janeway wandering the eerie deserted dark corridors of the ship, trying to figure out what manner of disaster has befallen her unfortunate vessel this time. Everyone looking a little sweaty somehow adds a lot to the tension. I love the way the commonplace sight of the ship can suddenly become such an creepy place when devoid of crew and with a mysterious sinister element lurking about unseen. Another good example of this type of atmosphere is the season 6 episode "one". For me, I don't find that all the tension disappears and it get boring when it gets to the scene where the Doc explains everything. I enjoy that part, you've got to find out what's going on at some point. To me the moment the suspense is truly drastically altered is the instant the creatures are revealed. It just about does the trick, but I still find the climax with the big green fireball "antigen bomb" a little rushed and iffy. And I just know they don't expect you to believe that every single last one of the organisms was on the holodeck! It's just too damn bad the explosion didn't disable Neelix's stupid gay holoprogram once and for all! I love the funny mellowed-out classy ending. That's one captain who earns her coffee! ::: I can't think of too many other episodes of this show where the big threat was plague. That sets it apart somewhat. The little flying monster-sized germs are very memorable and suitably gross-I think that whenever you're dealing with little monsters, having them spray slimy gunk on everything is generally a big plus! Yes, the cgi looks a bit dodgy now, but I still think the things look really cool, they're menacing and still work. It's the buzzing sound that sells the effect. I just can't stand bees and wasps, they make me run around in circles! And it was always good to see something on the show that wasn't yet another humanoid alien. I really like the hilariously camp and theatrical Tak-Tak aliens, who only seemed able to communicate through the magic of interpretive dance! They said everything all backwards. Like Yoda. ::: The Captain is stripped down to a tank top, she's toting a friggin' cannon and she's all outta bubble gum... And what d'ya know, she actually had buppies under that severe uniform all along! I thought it came off more like a homage to Ripley in Aliens than a rip-off. Most of the time Janeway as a character is strong, composed, commanding and authoritative, which is great and is why she's the captain, but in this one she truly goes above and beyond and really gets down and dirty and fights hard to save her crew and ship. Perhaps just as important, Mulgrew as an actress showed that she could hold an entire episode pretty much entirely by herself, and you don't get sick of looking at her. The same really couldn't be said for quite a few other members of the cast. She really is the best thing about this episode. Spiritually or technologically speaking, it's not all that much of a smart Voyager outing, nor a particularly character-advancing one-unless you count the fact that we now know exactly how much ass the captain can kick when push comes to shove! But these minor shortcomings do not prevent Macrocosm from being one of the most fun and entertaining entries of the third season, and I thoroughly love it for what it is. Thank you! Bzzz...
Star Trek: Voyager - Macrocosm
Scarecrow-8821 January 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Virus plaguing species on mining colony planet evolve into macro-organisms similar to insects, one of which beams up with Doctor as the Voyager answers their distress signal with the holographic medical officer now able to transport due to his mobile emitter. A "gel pack" in the mess hall infects Torres investigating the food replicator and so spreads the virus, with giant macro-organisms soon buzzing out, ready to bite and spread. Janeway and Neelix return in a shuttlecraft from an "introduction" to the Tak Tak race, very sensitive with body language communication, offended by the Captain's "hands on the hips" expression as it is to them an insult! When the Voyager doesn't answer their call, Janeway and Neelix return to the ship and realize that something amiss
crew is missing, the corridors are emptied, and there are tendrils from gooey creatures and buzzing/shadows nearby. Soon Neelix has "mucilaginous" (resembling yellow slime) goo left on him from one of the creatures, soon infecting him; meanwhile, Janeway will try and find the crew, learn of what is infesting her ship, and hopefully work to see that everything somehow returns to normal. Doctor will soon fill Janeway in on how the Voyager wound up drifting, absent operating crew, and how the macro-organism took over. To see Janeway get off that uniform (heating was rising due to systems malfunction thanks to the macro-organisms run amok), pack a laser pistol, and go all action-mode was really cool. It was a nice change of pace for her, and being allowed to see her get physical, not just intellectual, provided Janeway with that opportunity to rescue her ship in a different fashion. Doctor also gets to be a major component in the ship's rescue
with the crew incapacitated, Doctor develops his antigen, tests it on Janeway (Neelix disappears once he sees a macro-bug buzzing his direction), and leaves her with a task to set off the cure in a "bomb". Hell, Janeway even stabs one of those nasty bugs, having taking its charge and attempts to "bite" with its tendril! It is neat to see Doctor ably moving about, even transporting to the surface of planets, not just bound to the sickbay. Also nice is his contribution to helping Janeway save her crew. Just a good, old-fashioned action-centric story, not so involved in techno-babble or completely overwhelmed in heady science (not that this bothers me, but sometimes less is more).
Giant bug hunt on Voyager!
Tweekums18 August 2010
Warning: Spoilers
Returning from a visit to an alien world Captain Janeway and Neelix are surprised to find Voyager isn't at the rendezvous point, it is a light year away and when they get to it none of the crew respond to their hails. Once aboard it is like the Marie Celeste, no sign of the crew. Exploration reveals that there is an alien on board; it is clearly dangerous as it burnt its way through the deck. Soon Neelix is attacked and infected by an alien, the captain leaves him to find a med kit but when she returns he is gone. She then strips down to her vest and arms herself with as much as she can carry before setting off to find the rest of the crew. When she finds The Doctor she learns that the aliens are in fact a macro-virus that boarded the ship after they replied to a mayday from a mining colony. Once on board everybody was soon infected and although the doctor found a cure the viruses were so big that they could stop him administering it.
This was an exciting episode that felt like a homage to 'Alien' as the captain crawled through the Jeffries Tubes while something dangerous could be around any corner. The solution of luring the viruses to the holodeck so that is could attack the scantily clad holo-characters was amusing if somewhat gratuitous. Kate Mulgrew do a good job turning Captain Janeway into an action hero and the giant viruses were suitably scary making this a good episode.
This was an exciting episode that felt like a homage to 'Alien' as the captain crawled through the Jeffries Tubes while something dangerous could be around any corner. The solution of luring the viruses to the holodeck so that is could attack the scantily clad holo-characters was amusing if somewhat gratuitous. Kate Mulgrew do a good job turning Captain Janeway into an action hero and the giant viruses were suitably scary making this a good episode.
In the Delta Quadrant, no one can hear you scream
snoozejonc8 January 2023
Janeway and Neelix return to Voyager from a diplomatic mission to find the ship in trouble.
This is a fun action episode with some enjoyable character moments.
The main point of the episode is to give Janeway something physical to do that shows the character doing action heroics in addition to her usual character traits. I think it does this in an entertaining way, that includes tributes to classic movies like 'Aliens', and 'Die Hard'.
If you take it seriously you will likely be disappointed, particularly in aspects of the plot like The Doctor developing a cure for a virus in a matter of minutes, plus some needlessly tacked on obstacles like the Tak Tak "purification" threat.
Visually, I think it works very well, especially the gross out moments involving the macrovirus and all the fun action movie clichès. I'm not sure about the fly buzzing sound effect, unless it was a tribute to the movie 'The Fly', but it doesn't work very well.
This is a fun action episode with some enjoyable character moments.
The main point of the episode is to give Janeway something physical to do that shows the character doing action heroics in addition to her usual character traits. I think it does this in an entertaining way, that includes tributes to classic movies like 'Aliens', and 'Die Hard'.
If you take it seriously you will likely be disappointed, particularly in aspects of the plot like The Doctor developing a cure for a virus in a matter of minutes, plus some needlessly tacked on obstacles like the Tak Tak "purification" threat.
Visually, I think it works very well, especially the gross out moments involving the macrovirus and all the fun action movie clichès. I'm not sure about the fly buzzing sound effect, unless it was a tribute to the movie 'The Fly', but it doesn't work very well.
let them attack some holodeck creations!
musicglenn15 September 2021
Warning: Spoilers
A somewhat disturbing episode with some rather hilarious moments. While it's not fun to see people getting attacked by giant blobs and slowly dying, let us review the hilarity: first, the Tak-Tak are one of the more absurd and comical species yet, who communicate with a kind of "interpretative dance" with words. Second, i can't believe no one has mentioned the comic genius of Janeway creating a holodeck beach party so that the macrovirus blobs will be attracted and go to attack them - never has a beach party turned so bad so fast! With the blobs all feasting on the party-goers, they are in one place so Janeway can blow them all up. And all is saved! Hurray!
How about we invade the virus as micro viruses?
thevacinstaller18 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Response to the knuckleheads whining about Voyager making diplomatic contact with other societies:
Why? ------
A) To trade resources so they can power the ship.
B) It is a starfleet directive to seek out new life and Janeway commented on Voyager maintaining starfleets vision in the 1st episode of the series.
C) To create allies in an unknown quadrant.
D) So we can have an interesting episode of television to watch and not just sit around watching the blackness of space for 45 minutes.
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This episode checks my 'crazy script' box and I appreciate the creativity of the premise. It is certainly not an all time great episode but I enjoyed it for what it was. One downside is that I do not find this episode very rewatchable. Solid one time viewing experience.
A) To trade resources so they can power the ship.
B) It is a starfleet directive to seek out new life and Janeway commented on Voyager maintaining starfleets vision in the 1st episode of the series.
C) To create allies in an unknown quadrant.
D) So we can have an interesting episode of television to watch and not just sit around watching the blackness of space for 45 minutes.
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This episode checks my 'crazy script' box and I appreciate the creativity of the premise. It is certainly not an all time great episode but I enjoyed it for what it was. One downside is that I do not find this episode very rewatchable. Solid one time viewing experience.
Kind of creepy
dougp014 March 2020
Too creepy. Giant alien wasps and disgusting green slime
mike4812818 January 2017
Warning: Spoilers
One of the poorest episodes ever. It's disgusting. If this one doesn't give you the creeps than nothing will. Two ships are infected by a wasp-hive-like alien macrocosm that stings and infects people. Lots of slime, too. Then, flying insects come out of the victims! Yuck! Neelix disappears and somehow is made whole and returns to Voyager? How? A plot hole you could drive a Federation Starship through! Nice to see Capt. Janeway all striped-down into combat mode, like Laura Croft. Great well-defined arms. Not seen very often this way. Where did that newly-designed laser rifle come from? Just remember to zap the leftover bugs on the holodeck with bio-engineered "Raid".The Doctor (Robert Picardo) continues to grow as an effective series character. He has come a long way since playing that wise-cracking alien in a rubber bug suit, in the silly Joe Dante-directed space-movie "Explorers"!
I love it like a bad b-horror.
mraajdar8 December 2022
This episode is so stupid, I love it. It's action trash, not much more, but when it comes to filler episodes I'll happily take that that over the random "funny" cringe with Neelix, or those Ferengi episodes I try to block from my memory of DS9 any day, ugh.
It comes across quite self-aware to me too, otherwise I can't imagine they would have been so blatant about styling Janeway as Ellen Ripley - a few reviews have commented on it - my guess is it was supposed to be a big shiny "we're not taking this seriously" but the point evidently got lost on some.
The CGI is so dated and janky it's just funny. The virus' stabby appendage and the crew flapping arms at nothing had me rolling.
As for why they take so many diversions, I assumed it was obvious? They need to make allies, diplomatic relations, trading partners etc to continue the mission. They don't have infinite resources on the ship, this was mentioned several times.
It comes across quite self-aware to me too, otherwise I can't imagine they would have been so blatant about styling Janeway as Ellen Ripley - a few reviews have commented on it - my guess is it was supposed to be a big shiny "we're not taking this seriously" but the point evidently got lost on some.
The CGI is so dated and janky it's just funny. The virus' stabby appendage and the crew flapping arms at nothing had me rolling.
As for why they take so many diversions, I assumed it was obvious? They need to make allies, diplomatic relations, trading partners etc to continue the mission. They don't have infinite resources on the ship, this was mentioned several times.
Die Hard in space
tomsly-4001521 December 2023
Well, if you don't think too much if anything makes any sense in this episode, this one woman show from Janeway is quite amusing. She goes full Ripley mode but instead of creepy aliens she hunts huge flying viruses that have infected anyone on the ship.
I still wonder why those viruses fly and look a little bit like D&D beholders. And why do they make a buzzing sound like a giant bumblebee when they don't even have wings?
And what's with the ugly looking alien guy that has his noses glued to their chin over the mouth (might be a nightmare to eat and drink this way)? Strangely enough, similar species have been seen in DS9 episodes. Changing noses to look alienesque is the easiest thing to do. Not much prosthetics needed and the nose also doesn't move when you speak. Even Lower Decks makes fun of the many alien species with "Slightly different nose ridges". And this gesture/dance language of those aliens... laughable.
And how comes Janeway easily gives away the antigen to the guy that killed a whole colony of miners to purge the virus outbreak? No word of blame at all?
I still wonder why those viruses fly and look a little bit like D&D beholders. And why do they make a buzzing sound like a giant bumblebee when they don't even have wings?
And what's with the ugly looking alien guy that has his noses glued to their chin over the mouth (might be a nightmare to eat and drink this way)? Strangely enough, similar species have been seen in DS9 episodes. Changing noses to look alienesque is the easiest thing to do. Not much prosthetics needed and the nose also doesn't move when you speak. Even Lower Decks makes fun of the many alien species with "Slightly different nose ridges". And this gesture/dance language of those aliens... laughable.
And how comes Janeway easily gives away the antigen to the guy that killed a whole colony of miners to purge the virus outbreak? No word of blame at all?
Yippie-Kiy-Ay, Mothersucker!
Bolesroor2 February 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Another warm and cozy nightmare from the good folks on Voyager! While Janeway and Neelix are off performing a diplomatic mission, the crew of Voyager rushes to the aid of a diseased mining colony only to become infected with the same disease. First, I'd like to take a minute here to ask two questions:
1) If returning home is Voyager's main goal, WHY are Janeway and Neelix wasting time on diplomatic missions?
2) If returning home is Voyager's main goal, WHY are Chakotay and Crew wasting time saving miners?
I know the Starfleet code still applies in the Delta Quadrant but let's get real, people. Even Janeway herself has stated in previous episodes that Voyager has to be realistic in their dealings, and that their extraordinary situation supersedes precedent and procedure. Anyway, Janeway gets back to the ship to discover giant squid-like creatures have paralyzed her crew, breeding inside them and using their necks as hives from which the infant insects emerge.
Somebody must have been watching old movies because Janeway strips to her sweat & bloodied T-shirt to fight off the bad guys with her big ray gun. It's part Ripley from "Alien," part John McClane from "Die Hard." Once again the Doctor is overused, and gives us a flashback explanation of how the infestation started which brings the entire narrative to a screeching halt.
Doc also gives us pages and pages of medi-babble as he whips up an antigen to the virus. Why they insisted on referring to this as a "virus" when it was clearly a fly or insect that grew into a squid is beyond me. Janeway and Doctor save the day, and we're on our way...
GRADE: C-
1) If returning home is Voyager's main goal, WHY are Janeway and Neelix wasting time on diplomatic missions?
2) If returning home is Voyager's main goal, WHY are Chakotay and Crew wasting time saving miners?
I know the Starfleet code still applies in the Delta Quadrant but let's get real, people. Even Janeway herself has stated in previous episodes that Voyager has to be realistic in their dealings, and that their extraordinary situation supersedes precedent and procedure. Anyway, Janeway gets back to the ship to discover giant squid-like creatures have paralyzed her crew, breeding inside them and using their necks as hives from which the infant insects emerge.
Somebody must have been watching old movies because Janeway strips to her sweat & bloodied T-shirt to fight off the bad guys with her big ray gun. It's part Ripley from "Alien," part John McClane from "Die Hard." Once again the Doctor is overused, and gives us a flashback explanation of how the infestation started which brings the entire narrative to a screeching halt.
Doc also gives us pages and pages of medi-babble as he whips up an antigen to the virus. Why they insisted on referring to this as a "virus" when it was clearly a fly or insect that grew into a squid is beyond me. Janeway and Doctor save the day, and we're on our way...
GRADE: C-
Wow...harsh!
wdtice10 April 2023
Some of these reviews are missing so many points. First off
CGI it may look Yankton comparing it to things you've watched in 2023 but for when these shows were made THIS WAS CUTTING EDGE FOR TV BUDGETS when these shows were developed!
Compared to the things in TNG or TOS ... these special effects are way better!
For me,I invest in the characters and just experience the experience laying out before my eyes. What I see is Janeway and Neelix starting returning to their ship after a meeting with the TakTak alien race. Neelix does a memorable bit of flair for diplomacy until they get back to the ship and get attacked by the macros.
Could this weeks Jillian's be anymore out of this world? Sure they can by 2023 standards but for when this show was on the SciFy channel... NO!!
But for the era YES!
And in the end it falls to Captain Janeway to rally for the win and she does it in Starfleet finest fashion!
HURRAY CAPTAIN JANEWAY & Star Trek!!
Compared to the things in TNG or TOS ... these special effects are way better!
For me,I invest in the characters and just experience the experience laying out before my eyes. What I see is Janeway and Neelix starting returning to their ship after a meeting with the TakTak alien race. Neelix does a memorable bit of flair for diplomacy until they get back to the ship and get attacked by the macros.
Could this weeks Jillian's be anymore out of this world? Sure they can by 2023 standards but for when this show was on the SciFy channel... NO!!
But for the era YES!
And in the end it falls to Captain Janeway to rally for the win and she does it in Starfleet finest fashion!
HURRAY CAPTAIN JANEWAY & Star Trek!!
Wildfire on Voyager
XweAponX17 June 2019
I remember watching this episode when it first ran on UPN 13.
This is the very first episode where I realized that Captain Janeway, crawling through sweaty ducts and Jeffries tubes being chased by... things, was a rather attractive woman.
The mere thought of crawling through cramped, hot Jeffries tubes like Janeway was doing makes me sweat just watching it.
This is an episode where they really make you feel what Janeway is going through, you can feel the heat, you have to wipe the sweat off of your forehead, for some reason this episode affected me physically.
Additionally, this is one of those episodes that backs up halfway through, and with the Doctors narration, explains how things came to happen. The other episode that is kind of like this is "The Fight", which starts at the end, then backs up and then tells the whole story piecemeal.
This episode has an interesting premise, where the microscopic jumps into the macroscopic. Things that are small should never be made larger, either accidentally or intentionally.
It also serves as a kind of warning against something like that happening in the real world, if something like this were to happen here somehow, our ecosystem would be taken over and destroyed by such an event. Fortunately, I can't think of any instance that would cause events similar to what are depicted here to happen in real life. Even if it did, I don't think any life form that "jumped quantums" like that would be able to survive in the new environment. However, as they say in Jurassic Park, "life will find a way"- so the best thing is to never let it happen in the first place.
And in fact it only happens here due to a fluke.
In regard to the title of my review, refer to the Game of Thrones episode called "Blackwater", and then look for something similar in this episode of Voyager.
This is the very first episode where I realized that Captain Janeway, crawling through sweaty ducts and Jeffries tubes being chased by... things, was a rather attractive woman.
The mere thought of crawling through cramped, hot Jeffries tubes like Janeway was doing makes me sweat just watching it.
This is an episode where they really make you feel what Janeway is going through, you can feel the heat, you have to wipe the sweat off of your forehead, for some reason this episode affected me physically.
Additionally, this is one of those episodes that backs up halfway through, and with the Doctors narration, explains how things came to happen. The other episode that is kind of like this is "The Fight", which starts at the end, then backs up and then tells the whole story piecemeal.
This episode has an interesting premise, where the microscopic jumps into the macroscopic. Things that are small should never be made larger, either accidentally or intentionally.
It also serves as a kind of warning against something like that happening in the real world, if something like this were to happen here somehow, our ecosystem would be taken over and destroyed by such an event. Fortunately, I can't think of any instance that would cause events similar to what are depicted here to happen in real life. Even if it did, I don't think any life form that "jumped quantums" like that would be able to survive in the new environment. However, as they say in Jurassic Park, "life will find a way"- so the best thing is to never let it happen in the first place.
And in fact it only happens here due to a fluke.
In regard to the title of my review, refer to the Game of Thrones episode called "Blackwater", and then look for something similar in this episode of Voyager.
Well, this was silly.
thekryz29 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
It's your straightforward horror setting: A virus has infected almost everyone to the point that they are lying around, immobilized, looking pretty dead and serving as hosts for the virus. Most major systems have lost power, the gel packs have been infected, parts of the ship have blown up. The few survivors need to .. well, fix everything.
Of course at the end they do and aside from some "post-viral queasiness", everything is fine in a matter of hours.
What a perfectly trashy episode. The only semi-interesting thing were the "Tak Tak" and Neelix dealing with them at the very beginning.
LOL This episode
joekinplaya27 April 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Aside from the fact Voyager should be focusing on getting home, I don't understand how throwing a bomb at the holo deck would solve their problems if the viruses breed at a rapid rate AND grow. It's also interesting how none of them grew to get any bigger than the average size.
This episode had a good premise and foundation to be a great story but they ruined it by filling it with so many holes. The ending was also horrible and no one addressed the fact that the alien vessel that attacked Voyager "purified" the colony that was infected which they both instantly forgot because "happy ending" by throwing a anti agent bomb in the holo deck. Also why do the macroviruses make a buzzing noise? It would have been far more conceivable if couple of parasitic based organism took residence in Voyager.
This episode had a good premise and foundation to be a great story but they ruined it by filling it with so many holes. The ending was also horrible and no one addressed the fact that the alien vessel that attacked Voyager "purified" the colony that was infected which they both instantly forgot because "happy ending" by throwing a anti agent bomb in the holo deck. Also why do the macroviruses make a buzzing noise? It would have been far more conceivable if couple of parasitic based organism took residence in Voyager.
Alien Meets Die Hard
rwingr27 July 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I expect if they ever get back they will realize that Janeway should be charged with dereliction of duty. "Captain, what the hell were you doing our there, you were support to be getting home not going on a picnic!" Point the ship for home and engage!
What was the strange impossible nose chin fused interpretive dance language guy with little intelligence and an itchy trigger finger?
A virus is in no way capable of increasing size and if it could it wouldn't fly and buzz like an insect. Then it turns into a face hugger that flys like a helicopter. A virus is not a cell and doesn't have organelles let alone organs so it could never grow larger. Viruses are all around 2 microns for a reason. If the virus interested a probe to inject genetic material into a host cell to replicate itself a macro virus couldn't use the same thing to inject genetic material into your neck to replicate. It would likely kill the host and not be able to replicate. New flying viruses come out of the wound, what now? Then we make an antibody in 20 minutes without testing it and it kills micro and macro versions of the virus. How? Then everyone is well again in very short order.
It's just such a departure from anything approaching science it's unbelievable. TOS and STNG had scientific advisors, it seems DS9 and VOY do not. I can only wonder if overall the producers are trying to add a space opera feel back in from TOS. Which was the best idea to leave our to make STNG a better show that TOS.
Bad writing Stupid plot Forgotten story arc Embarrassing alusion 2 full Roddenberry rolls in the grave.
What was the strange impossible nose chin fused interpretive dance language guy with little intelligence and an itchy trigger finger?
A virus is in no way capable of increasing size and if it could it wouldn't fly and buzz like an insect. Then it turns into a face hugger that flys like a helicopter. A virus is not a cell and doesn't have organelles let alone organs so it could never grow larger. Viruses are all around 2 microns for a reason. If the virus interested a probe to inject genetic material into a host cell to replicate itself a macro virus couldn't use the same thing to inject genetic material into your neck to replicate. It would likely kill the host and not be able to replicate. New flying viruses come out of the wound, what now? Then we make an antibody in 20 minutes without testing it and it kills micro and macro versions of the virus. How? Then everyone is well again in very short order.
It's just such a departure from anything approaching science it's unbelievable. TOS and STNG had scientific advisors, it seems DS9 and VOY do not. I can only wonder if overall the producers are trying to add a space opera feel back in from TOS. Which was the best idea to leave our to make STNG a better show that TOS.
Bad writing Stupid plot Forgotten story arc Embarrassing alusion 2 full Roddenberry rolls in the grave.
I thought Voyager's mission was to eventually make it home?!
planktonrules18 February 2015
I read through another review of this episode and I really had to agree. If Voyager is lost in the Delta Quadrant and they are trying to get back home, WHY do they keep taking all these unnecessary side trips? And, why do they keep going off on rescue missions when they are in need of rescue themselves?! Here in "Macrocosm" the Captain and Neelix are off on some unneeded diplomatic mission and the ship goes off on a rescue mission that, not surprisingly, just about destroys the ship! The end result--the ship gets infected with some weird virus that assumes HUGE sizes and is awfully difficult to destroy.
So what's to like about this one? Well, there is a lot of slime and we do get to see Janeway actually killing something and acting tough (both are VERY rare). Otherwise, the show just doesn't make a lot of sense AND the aliens they negotiate with are among the most annoying in Trek history. Not terrible but certainly far from good.
So what's to like about this one? Well, there is a lot of slime and we do get to see Janeway actually killing something and acting tough (both are VERY rare). Otherwise, the show just doesn't make a lot of sense AND the aliens they negotiate with are among the most annoying in Trek history. Not terrible but certainly far from good.
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