Star Trek: Voyager — 6x10 — Pathfinder
Synopsis
Barclay tries to make contact with Voyager.
Remarkable scenes
- Seeing Barclay and Troi.
- Barclay's cat, Neelix.
- Barclay: "Has it ever occurred to you that a tachyon beam directed at a class B itinerant pulsar could produce enough gravimetric energy to create an artificial singularity?" Troi: "I can't say it has..."
- Barclay telling his story to Troi.
- Barclay breaking back into the lab.
- Harkins ending Barclay's Voyager simulation by creating a warpcore breach. Awesome. :)
- Seven of Nine insulting Neelix' singing ability.
- Barclay's communication attempt succeeding.
Review
A supremely impressive episode documenting Starfleet Command's efforts to reestablish communication with Voyager that skillfully weaves in a plot thread dealing with Barclay's personal issues and a Troi cameo. Much like Voy: Distant Origin or Voy: Living Witness, I vastly enjoyed the fact that this episode, which largely dealt with Voyager, didn't actually take place for the most part on Voyager. The only annoying detail was Barclay's Voyager recreations in which he was regarded as some sort of god among the Voyager crew. This was of course a new reference to TNG: Hollow Pursuits, but I think in this case it was a bit over the top. The climax of greatness for this episode is of course the ending; I loved watching Barclay succeed in establishing communication with Voyager. It's amazing how good an episode in which nothing really happens can be with a proper storytelling technique.