Thoughts: It's time for another lesson about how important Starfleet principles and morals are! In fact, they're SO important, that when someone violates them, they must be brought to justice by any means necessary, including violating Starfleet principles! Listen, what Ransom did is obviously wrong and immoral; I'm not defending him. But then Janeway goes off the deep end and Chakotay just backs down when he's told to go to his room without supper. It took Ransom to come back to his senses and do the right thing for Janeway to come back from the edge, herself. Sure, it's an interesting concept for a story, but generally speaking, we don't want to see our hero doing bad things. At the very least, if she's going to do bad things, we should have had more time to see her afterwards, reflecting on the things she did and perhaps expressing regret in order to redeem herself a little bit. Instead, the episode just wraps up and we never really talk about this again. Honestly, between this and Janeway's actions (by proxy) in "Course: Oblivion", I really am starting to think that her obsessions are dangerous and that she may not be fit for command.

Anyway, despite all that, this is still a pretty good two-parter. With the introduction of a second Federation ship and a second captain, we sort of secretly know that neither of those things are going to last beyond this story. Even the junior officers who get absorbed into Voyager's crew are never seen or heard from again. Oh come on, that's not a spoiler. You knew perfectly well that none of these new characters were going to last beyond this story.

Thoughts: I'm not a big fan, but it seems to be well-liked by others. In flashbacks, the disconnected drones are confused, directionless, even scared. This further serves to humanize the Borg and make them more relatable, a path I wish this show hadn't taken.

Thoughts: "Forget the ritual! It's meaningless!" Oh, gosh, it's "Sacred Ground" all over again. Well, if you can get past the silly science that got us into this situation, the story of B'Elanna coming to terms with what has happened is actually pretty good.

Thoughts: This is a fun story with some good comedic elements. I'm not convinced of Janeway's quick progression from practical hesitation to "Oh, okay, your antics were ridiculous but adorable, so here's a medal, and we'll think about letting you have command duties, why not?" but aside from that, this was an enjoyable watch.

Thoughts: Oh good, it's Tuvix all over again. The writers have once again realized that Tuvok and Neelix are opposites: one is an emotionally-suppressed, logically disciplined Vulcan, and the other is a flamboyant idiot. Obviously that makes for endless story potential!

Thoughts: 3.5 stars for the touching historical story. Poor Chakotay was originally going to be the one to explore the command module, but then Robert Beltran got screwed over when it was rewritten to have Seven of Nine do the exploration while Chakotay gets stuck lying on a medical bed. Womp womp!

Thoughts: I just want to ruin something for you. It's not a spoiler, it's more of a "can't unsee" situation. As Seven of Nine explains all of her pieces of evidence in the Astrometrics Lab, she just paces back and forth. Doot doot doot, one direction, spin, doot doot doot, other direction... over and over and over...

Thoughts: This episode gets a ⚑ penalty flag because in its 44-minute run, the real Voyager ship and crew only occupy about 4 minutes and 25 seconds. If you subtract the 2 minutes and 35 seconds of opening and closing credits, Voyager's participation is only about 10.7% of the episode, which makes this an 89.3% episode of Star Trek: Reginald Barclay.

Thoughts: Is it a good episode? No. Is it a terrible episode? Also no. It's different, that's for sure, but I think Janeway deserves some lovin'.

Thoughts: You know, when you write characters to be annoying and rude, that doesn't come across as funny and quirky. It comes across as – believe it or not – annoying and rude. I'm not really a fan of this episode, both because of the Qomar and the Doctor being a self-absorbed jerk. His actions are incredibly selfish, and it seems very out of character for him. Yes, he's often arrogant about his abilities and feels underappreciated by the crew, but I don't believe he would just abandon his responsibilities like he does here. If I were a member of the crew, I don't think I could have forgiven him so easily.

Thoughts: Once again we have another Borg story that doesn't really involve the collective. In this case, it's a group of young, disconnected Borg who are immature, confused, directionless, and scared, so the audience sympathizes with them. By the end of this episode, the Doctor must be getting pretty good at just turning Borg back into humans like it's no big deal.

Thoughts: As with the other Fair Haven episode, this is certainly not one of Voyager's better episodes. However, I'm not going to rate it at a 1 or 0 like others have done, because in a way, it's meant to be stupid. Just some stupid fun. At the very least, I was amused by the Doctor's performance.

Thoughts: This episode bears a resemblance to TNG 7x15: Lower Decks in that it focuses on low-ranking crewmen. It's also similar to VOY 1x16: Learning Curve since both episodes are about crewmembers who aren't fitting in well. All three episodes are similar in the fact that most of the featured characters are never seen before or after.

Thoughts: I guess I just don't understand the motivations of this band of thieves. They scanned the Starfleet database and they thought, "Let's impersonate these people," but... why? It's never really explained how posing as Starfleet officers would be any more profitable than any of the other con jobs they've pulled. And even if they've never conceived of lying about an alliance of planets before, there would be no reason they'd have to specifically and precisely mimic the Federation. They didn't seem to hold any particular grudge against Voyager, so tarnishing their name wasn't part of their motivation either. In fact, impersonating the Voyager crew is what led to their capture. If they had just told a slightly different lie, Voyager never would have gotten involved. And then there's the matter of the man impersonating Tuvok who is more concerned about being true to his character than pulling off whatever con job they're on. Is that supposed to be... funny? I assume so, since that would fit in with their comically-large combadges, but impersonating a Vulcan – the most humorless species in Star Trek – probably isn't a recipe for comedy. Now, if they had had someone doing an even more over-the-top impersonation of Neelix... that might have done the trick.

Thoughts: I think what most people object to regarding this episode is that they brought back a well-liked character and turned her into a villain. I guess I was indifferent toward Kes, so I don't mind it. I do wish her motivations had been better fleshed out, though. Still, I guess I'm going against the grain by saying that I thought it was a good episode.

Thoughts: Eh, I thought this ghost-story-style episode was fun. I rather enjoyed it. I think it would have been a little funnier if they had done a little more of Neelix making mistakes in the story or coloring the story based on his own personality – we could have seen all our characters saying and doing silly things according to Neelix's recollection.

Thoughts: This is the culmination of Voyager's nerfing of the Borg, and it's something I cannot abide. Gone are the days when a single Borg cube was an impenetrable fortress, an ominous juggernaut that strikes fear in the hearts of all who regard it. Janeway doesn't just go after any cube, she picks a freaking super-cube. And then, of course, Spoiler » Janeway's plan is to get assimilated. Janeway's plan is to get assimilated. Assimilation, up to this point, has been portrayed as bestowing a lifelong trauma for anyone who manages to escape the collective, but Janeway just flippantly decides assimilation is a great idea! After all, we suddenly have this magic neural suppressant that will keep us sapient, and we're experts at un-Borgifying people these days! Hey, that reminds me, the four Borg children are weirdly absent from this story. One would think they might have some sort of input on this insane mission. Well, anyway, the good drones do battle with the bad drones in Unimatrix Zero, an artificial construct where they physically fight each other and make crude traps with the local foliage, none of which makes sense since none of it is real, but, no matter, we have action! Romance! Drama! A ticking clock! Excitement! Intrigue! Spoiler » And don't forget explosions! The Delta Flyer is blown to smithereens but somehow magically reappears in the very next episode! The very next episode, which is another Borg-related episode, but we're barely going to mention the physical and emotional scarring three of our heroes suffered in this two-parter!