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Star Trek Voy - Season 7 - Episode 09

Star Trek Voy - 7x09 - Flesh and Blood, Part I

Originally Aired: 2000-11-29

Synopsis:
Voyager's holo-technology comes back to haunt them. [DVD]

My Rating - 4

Fan Rating Average - 4.6

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Problems
None

Factoids
- Tylium is said to be used as a power source for Hirogen ships. This is a reference to Battlestar Galactica on which it was used by the Galactica as a power source too.

Remarkable Scenes
- The doctor pressing Chakotay to let him take a shuttle to attend the symposium.
- Seven shutting down the hologrid, revealing the hirogen bodies.
- The doctor: "I'm a doctor, not an engineer." Count 35 for "I'm a doctor, not a (blah)" style lines, which McCoy was famous for.

My Review
I was a little annoyed that Voyager seems to be vastly more powerful than Hirogen ships now, a big change since Voy: Hunters. Holographic rights are the center of attention in this episode and Janeway puts forth a remarkably Draconian view on the subject. Finally, the doctor makes an amazingly stupid decision, betraying his crew like that. Flaws notwithstanding, this was a fairly successful action episode. It was nice to see that not all Hirogen are hunters; not all Klingons are warriors likewise. While this is a fun action episode with a fair amount of eye candy spread throughout, the flaws do add up and I can't justify giving it any higher a rating.

The following are comments submitted by my readers.

  • From Lennier on 2008-05-02 at 1:53am:
    In addition to Tylium, the mention of Ovions and Boray are references to the original Battlestar Galactica.

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