Star Trek: Voyager — 3x02 — Flashback
Synopsis
Tuvok experiences a repressed memory.
Remarkable scenes
- Tuvok: "Mr. Neelix, I would prefer not to hear the life history of my breakfast."
- Tuvok's meditative chant: "Structure, logic, function, control. A structure cannot stand without a foundation. Logic is the foundation of function. Function is the essence of control. I am in control. I am in control."
- Tuvok's "obvious error" regarding scanning the nebula for cloaked Klingon ships.
- Janeway and Tuvok appearing on on the Excelsior. It's Captain Sulu!
- Janeway mentioning Sulu doesn't look anything like his portrait at Starfleet headquarters. Tuvok claims it's because holographic imaging resolutions weren't as good in the 23rd century. Nice way to fix the Sulu's-too-old-for-this-part-problem. ;)
- The scene where Tuvok protests Sulu's actions.
- Janeway and Kim discussing the 23rd century with envy.
- Sulu to Janeway: "Who the hell are you?"
- Janeway's and Tuvok's method of being inconspicuous.
- The doctor eliminating the memory virus.
Review
A very cool episode. It's always fun to draw connections between episodes in the distant past. Sometimes it can be done in a silly way, but this one is very well done. The connection between this episode and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country is very convincing and the events are nicely woven into a virus of the week plot on Voyager. The virus plot may have been something of a cheap excuse, or a lame plot device, but I've never seen a lame plot device exploited so nicely. Overall, this is one of Voyager's better offerings. And since Tuvok is my favorite character on Voyager, this is an episode to remember.