Aug 29 - Retro Review: Hero Worship A young boy who is the sole survivor of a disaster that killed his parents decides to emulate Data.
Aug 21 - Retro Review: New Ground Worf's human mother brings his son Alexander on board, insisting that she can no longer raise the boy.
Aug 14 - Retro Review: A Matter of Time When a visitor from a future era arrives on the ship, Picard asks for assistance about how to save a dying planet.
July 31 - Retro Review: Unification, Part Two Picard learns the reason for Spock's visit to Romulus: an attempted reunification of the Vulcan and Romulan races.
July 17 - Retro Review: Unification, Part One Shocked to learn that Spock may have defected to the Romulans, Picard and Data cross the Neutral Zone in to find him.
July 10 - Retro Review: The Game When an interactive game becomes addictive to the crew, Wesley Crusher and his new girlfriend must save the day.
June 20 - Retro Review: Disaster Troi must take command of the ship while Picard struggles to work with three children and Worf delivers Keiko's baby.
June 6 - Retro Review: Silicon Avatar A scientist pursuing the Crystalline Entity discovers that Data's brain holds her son's memories.
May 30 - Retro Review: Ensign Ro A court-martialed Starfleet officer from occupied Bajor is sent to help locate a terrorist leader.
May 23 - Retro Review: Darmok Picard is exiled with the leader of an alien race who speaks in incomprehensible metaphors.
May 9 - Retro Review: Redemption, Part One When Picard is asked as Arbiter of Succession to oversee Gowron's installation, Worf resigns from Starfleet to fight against the Duras family.
More reviews today from a number of sources. First up we have a special preview of tomorrow's telemovie, 'Flesh and Blood', by Matt Springer of Cinescape. Matt, apparently, thinks it's one not to miss.
Maybe so, but there aren't many. Whether any given episode of Star Trek: Voyager offers its viewers a flaccid, unengaging story or taut action laced with science fiction, you can always count on The Doctor to contribute a much-needed dose of warmth, wit and style to the proceedings. So it should come as no surprise that the prospect of a Doctor-centric Voyager episode immediately holds more promise than, say, a Tom Paris/B'Elanna Torres romantic-getaway-that-turns-into-a- wild-adventure episode.
"Flesh and Blood," this Wednesday's two-hour episode of Voyager, is a Doctor-centric story. It's a strong piece of work, tossing together everything die-hards should love about great Trek: a compelling plot built around a tricky philosophical issue; tight action sequences that flow organically from that plot, and not vice-versa; and at the heart of it all, a terrific performance by Picardo as a conflicted Doctor suddenly thrust into the middle of a corker of a conflict.
Secondly, thanks to Matthew Klaehn of Media Trek, the week's issue of 'Entertainment Weekly' contains a brief and surprisingly positive review of the telemovie, rating it a B+.
STAR TREK: VOYAGER (UPN, TV-PG)
Renegade holograms take up arms against their Hirogen masters, their leaders a would-be messiah aiming to lead his people out of bondage and found a new homeland. But when his ruthless crusade turns the oppressed into the oppressors, he becomes more Hitler than Moses, and it's up to the Doctor (Robert Picardo) to stop the madness. Need some more allegories? The Native American, and Irish Republican experiences will also do. Or hey, how's this for a holographic catchphrase: 'We're here, we're clear, get used to it'?
Review number three is actually of an aired episode, with AntonyF of Fandom.com posting a scathing review of 'Nightingale'.
This episode scraped so much on the bottom of the boredom barrel that even UPN had to fake their trailer. This one was pretty dire. The trailer ends with the Voyager looking really battered, and with the announcement that the captain was dead. However, the shot of Voyager was from another episode, obviously used in this episode along with that soundbite to make us think that Voyager was in jeopardy. But oh no, Voyager just sat parked on a planet for most of the episode. No battles, no beaten-up Voyager like the trailer showed.
Or, alternatively, you can look at another Fandom.com review, this time by Michelle Erica Green who was somewhat less forgiving.
Give Garrett Wang a halfway decent script, and he never fails to come through. "Nightingale" is a somewhat-less-than-halfway-decent script, a drawn-out A-plot with an unsatisfying comic B-plot, yet Wang makes Kim's situation compelling despite the predictability of every plot twist. Poor Harry has been an ensign for seven years. As he points out, he'd likely be a lieutenant or even a lieutenant commander back home. He accepts that he can't have the same opportunities in the Delta Quadrant, but it's easy to understand why he'd complain that even in fantasy Tom always gets to be Captain Proton while he's stuck being the sidekick. Kim's not bitter, but he wants to grow, and Wang does a lovely job capturing both the frustration and the unease of his position. He also sounds like a captain when he needs to.
