Repentance
- Episode aired Jan 31, 2001
- TV-PG
- 43m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
1.9K
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Voyager rescues a prison warden and a set of prisoners that are scheduled to be executed testing their own ethical beliefs.Voyager rescues a prison warden and a set of prisoners that are scheduled to be executed testing their own ethical beliefs.Voyager rescues a prison warden and a set of prisoners that are scheduled to be executed testing their own ethical beliefs.
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Tim DeZarn
- Warden Yediq
- (as Tim deZarn)
Robert Axelrod
- Egrid
- (uncredited)
Michael Bailous
- Voyager Ops Officer
- (uncredited)
Tarik Ergin
- Lt. Ayala
- (uncredited)
Peter Scott Harmyk
- Crewman Thompson
- (uncredited)
Clay Hodges
- Benkaran Prisoner
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe novel "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess is a strong influence behind "Repentance."
- GoofsEarly in, a bowl gets thrown at a force field in the 'new brig', and bounces off. Later, The Doctor is holding a Padd and walks through a Force Field in the Med Bay. Though The Doctor is a Hologram, the Padd shouldn't have been able to pass through the force field.
- Quotes
[Iko takes The Doctor hostage]
The Doctor: I'm a hologram. I can't be harmed.
[Tuvok shoots his phaser through The Doctor and stuns Iko]
The Doctor: I think you proved my point.
- ConnectionsReferences A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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...was actually the most predictable -- the number of reviewers upset that the episode chose to approach the issue from multiple tangents rather than just present it in the way the reviewers wanted.
Make no mistake (though, of course, angry narrowly-focused viewers will inevitably do so), this episode included a variety of perceptions and a variety of reasonable (if occasionally conflicting) arguments. From Seven's analytic counterpoint to the Doctor's programmed lack of objectivity, from Neelix's embracing of the issue of social inequality to the prisoner's behavior showing that sometimes people are guilty regardless of social problems, from the Neelix's argument for absolute objectivity to his concession to the logic of the prisoner's argument for subjective punishments (which he doesn't actually agree with, just concedes that the argument can be made), from the question of mental illness relative to the question of the safety of society, from the difficulty in imposing one's own system in cases of divergent justice systems, this episode brings them all to bear, and never settles resolutely on one side of any of these debates. The only real absolute is that the Federation opposes capital punishment in its own jurisdiction, and if that upsets a viewer, that viewer should probably have done more research on the history of Star Trek and the world-building that has been done since the original series. If you were surprised by *that*, you haven't been watching closely.
While this episode wasn't particularly profound, it definitely took great pains not to be preachy, making sure most of the conflicting opinions were allowed to go straight to the viewer without an attempt to compel one opinion or another. It's clear that most people getting upset are upset that the alternative views were presented as lucidly and free of excessive preachyness as the ones they themselves held. Like everyone else, I have my views on all the issues presented, and when the episode was over, I didn't feel in the least like the show confirmed or dismissed my own perspective, which is a nice accomplishment on such loaded issues.
Too many echo chambers atrophy our ability to see things clearly, and that's a real shame.
Make no mistake (though, of course, angry narrowly-focused viewers will inevitably do so), this episode included a variety of perceptions and a variety of reasonable (if occasionally conflicting) arguments. From Seven's analytic counterpoint to the Doctor's programmed lack of objectivity, from Neelix's embracing of the issue of social inequality to the prisoner's behavior showing that sometimes people are guilty regardless of social problems, from the Neelix's argument for absolute objectivity to his concession to the logic of the prisoner's argument for subjective punishments (which he doesn't actually agree with, just concedes that the argument can be made), from the question of mental illness relative to the question of the safety of society, from the difficulty in imposing one's own system in cases of divergent justice systems, this episode brings them all to bear, and never settles resolutely on one side of any of these debates. The only real absolute is that the Federation opposes capital punishment in its own jurisdiction, and if that upsets a viewer, that viewer should probably have done more research on the history of Star Trek and the world-building that has been done since the original series. If you were surprised by *that*, you haven't been watching closely.
While this episode wasn't particularly profound, it definitely took great pains not to be preachy, making sure most of the conflicting opinions were allowed to go straight to the viewer without an attempt to compel one opinion or another. It's clear that most people getting upset are upset that the alternative views were presented as lucidly and free of excessive preachyness as the ones they themselves held. Like everyone else, I have my views on all the issues presented, and when the episode was over, I didn't feel in the least like the show confirmed or dismissed my own perspective, which is a nice accomplishment on such loaded issues.
Too many echo chambers atrophy our ability to see things clearly, and that's a real shame.
- GreyHunter
- Jan 19, 2020
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Details
- Runtime43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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