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Star Trek: Voyager reviews — season 3

Star Trek: Voyager — 3x26 — Scorpion, Part I

Synopsis

Janeway faces an enemy more dangerous than the Borg.

Remarkable scenes

  • Seeing the Borg annihilated so easily in the teaser.
  • 15 Borg vessels passing by Voyager. Chilling.
  • Janeway: "In the words of Jean-Luc Picard: 'In their collective state, the Borg are utterly without mercy. Driven by one will alone. The will to conquer. They are beyond redemption. Beyond reason.' Then there's captain Amisov of the Endeavor: 'It is my opinion that the Borg are as close to pure evil as any race we've ever encountered.'"
  • Paris upon seeing the destroyed Borg vessels: "Who could do this to the Borg?"
  • The alien attacking Harry. I love his blood curdling scream.
  • The alien bio ship firing on Voyager.
  • Kes, regarding the alien that spoke to her: "It said the weak will perish."
  • Chakotay regarding the Northwest Passage: "It's clear of Borg activity for a very good reason."
  • Leonardo: "What do you see?" Janeway: "A wall. With candlelight reflecting on it. Why? What do you see?" Leonardo: "A flock of starlings. The leaves of an oak. A horse's tail. A thief with a noose around his neck... And a wall with the candlelight reflecting on it."
  • Chakotay: "A scorpion was walking along the bank of a river wondering how to get to the other side. Suddenly he saw a fox. He asked the fox to take him on his back across the river. The fox said, no. If I do that you'll sting me and I'll drown. The scorpion assured him, if I did that, we'd both drown. So the fox thought about it and finally agreed. So the Scorpion climbed up on his back and the fox began to swim. But halfway across the river, the scorpion stung him. As the poison filled his veins, the fox turned to the scorpion and said, why did you do that? Now you'll drown too! I couldn't help it, said the scorpion. It's my nature."
  • Voyager confronting a Borg vessel.
  • Species 8472 destroying a Borg planet. The cliffhanger with a Borg vessel fleeing 8472 with Voyager in tow was fantastic.

Review

One of Voyager's best offerings. Right from the beginning we're shown the ominous destruction of Borg ships by an unseen force. Afterward, we see more Borg ships in one episode than we've seen in all of Star Trek so far. The exciting plot and the great musical score grow more and more intense as the episode progresses until finally it ends with the best cliffhanger since TNG: The Best of Both Worlds.