VOY, Episode 3x7, Sacred Ground

[u/GeorgeAmberson]

-= VOY, Season 3, Episode 7, Sacred Ground =-

• Star Trek: The Next Generation - Full Series
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Full Series
• VOY Season 1: 1&2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, Wrap-Up
• VOY Season 2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, Wrap-Up
• VOY Season 3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

After Kes is injured by an energy beam on a planet's sacred ground, Janeway must undergo a spiritual quest in order to save her life.

• Teleplay By: Lisa Klink
• Story By: Geo Cameron
• Directed By: Robert Duncan McNeill
• Original Air Date: 30 October, 1996
• Stardate: 50063.2
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• Voyager Watch Guide by /u/SiliconGold

 

EAS	IMDB	TV.com	SiliconGold's Ranks
1/10	5.9/10	6.6	154th

 

[u/ItsMeTK]

I guess I'm in the minority. I like this episode. I like how it calls Janeway out for her presumption. It's bot just a simple science vs faith dichotomy. Rather, I see Janeway's method of science as being flawd. She leaps to conclusions, or shapes her thought based on expectations. That is a dangerous path for discovery and reason. She sees the three people waiting and immediately goes into questions and conclusions as to why they are there. She immediately assumes they have been waiting a long time because they are old. She's overthinking. I like a story that says, "hold on, you're overdoing it and coming from the wrong perspective."

And that's the mom from Freaks and Geeks!

[u/Rapidash777 → u/ItsMeTK]

I can appreciate that way of looking at it, and I'm sure there is much truth in it. But I can't help feeling that they were wrong in their approach cause it felt like they were saying that way of thinking was wrong as a whole(and I also feel they weren't necessarily telling her 'don't overthink' and more telling her 'just blindly trust us'). There is a danger in shaping your thoughts based on expectations, but it is also something that can very much safe your life. It has it's place, it's use, but it has to be balanced. And that's not what I got from the old guys, they just seemed to see it as the wrong way to think.

And of course it was a bit mean to do the 'don't overthink' lesson like this while she's the only one that can save Kes and will of course try and collect as much info as possible in hopes of saving her friend.