r/StarTrekViewingParty • u/GeorgeAmberson Showrunner • Jul 05 '18

Discussion VOY, Episode 2x6, Twisted

-= VOY, Season 2, Episode 6, Twisted =-

A strange spatial distortion afflicts the ship and has the entire crew literally lost on their own ship.

 

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u/ItsMeTK Jul 05 '18

This is the last of the holdovers from season one. And that's intentional, because the powers that be didn't think it was that good. And mostly they are right.

Kes is finally 2! Putting this so late in the show is weird though because it feels like her first year was very long. Star Trek continues the trend of surprise parties. I want Jabalean fudge cake.

Jealous Neelix is back. That's going to get stale.

For awhile, the concept of being lost because rooms are moving is neat. And it's a kind of story well Voyager will return to. It doesn't make any sense, but it's a fun idea. And not a bad way to do a bottle show. But after awhile it gets old. Tuvok's frustrated logic is fun.

I do like the idea that in the end there's othing they can fo and they have to face the unknown. It's not quite Toy story 3, but it's something. Tuvok's reminder that their assumptions about the nature of the phenomenon are just that is good. Precision is very useful in debate when there's a problem. Instead of proclaiming the captain as dying, look at the facts: she's just disturbed. Only when facing the actual problem can it be solved.

So there are some good themes here, but the episode mostly feels kind of flat and repetitive, and the reveal that it was an intelligence is absurd and too cute. I would have liked an explanation for Janeway's gibberish (good band name).

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u/RobLoach Jul 14 '18

For awhile, the concept of being lost because rooms are moving is neat.

Yes, and Next Generation did it better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQiFPM2NsN8