Review

An episode dealing with prisoner ethics. Is an eye for an eye wrong? Should the death penalty be exacted on murderers? What if it's discovered that the murder was only committed due to mental illness? And what if that mental illness can be cured? The episode doesn't much deal with these issues other than skimming over the obvious. It's obvious Iko should not have been executed. And it's obvious that people like him should be cured. Unfortunately, no attempt is made to check to see if any of the other prisoners suffered from this condition, nor did Voyager share this medical finding with the Nygeans for some reason. Instead we get character drama, some pointless action, and more of Seven feeling guilty about being formerly Borg. I would have preferred an episode less unoriginal, but the one we got wasn't too bad.