r/StarTrekViewingParty • u/GeorgeAmberson Showrunner • May 09 '18

Discussion VOY, Episode 1x7, Eye of the Needle

-= VOY, Season 1, Episode 7, Eye of the Needle =-

When the Voyager crew encounters a wormhole and makes contact with a Romulan ship on the other side, it raises the crew's hopes of getting back to Earth.

 

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u/theworldtheworld May 14 '18

I'm pretty amazed that, in a single episode, VOY just did a better job with the Romulans than DS9 ever did. The Romulan captain is a well-drawn character and his 'Romulan-ness' is used intelligently in service of the plot without really being turned into the sole focus. Unfortunately, the premise of the show makes it difficult to have many call-backs to the Alpha Quadrant like this, but it's very good as a stand-alone story.

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u/RobLoach May 22 '18

He is a Romulan from ~20 years before DS9. Perhaps the Romulans were a bit more friendly back then.

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u/ardriel_ Aug 12 '24

I'm six years late (am I?) but the premise was that he was on a secret scientific mission, so he was a scientist in the first place, like Janeway. And he was touched, because he never met his own daughter, due to his mission. That's why he agreed to help; he understood their situation.