VOY: Memorial

The schedule says that I should be doing a Battlestar Galactica review here, but because it's Memorial Day and I'm tired from attending grad parties all day, I'll be writing a brief review on the Star Trek: Voyager episode Memorial. If I ever run through the Voyager series I'll be able to do a more in-depth review on this episode, but for now I just wanted to share my thoughts on this one.

After returning from an away mission to retrieve Dilithium, Tom Paris, Harry Kim, and Neelix begin having hallucinations of a bloody battle on an alien planet. Soon people across the entire ship being having symptoms that are indicative of post-traumatic stress disorder. It turns out that the crew have had new memories implanted by a monument within range of Voyager that has been equipped with a synaptic transmitter. The actual event happened over 300 years before Voyager got there, but it was the aliens' intent that the massacre be remembered by literally placing memories into the brains of people who happen to pass by. After some deliberation, Janeway decides that a warning buoy be placed to warn unsuspecting crews.

Tom Paris discovers "Lost"

I think this is a cool idea for an episode, and it really makes you think about how we should remember and learn from mistakes in the past, especially those that deal with war. The actors also seem way more interested in giving a convincing performance, although some of it is over-the-top.

Score: 8

Best Quote: "It was a shame that we had to cut the lecture short, but the warp core overloaded and then the Borg invaded and we were all assimilated."

Best Moment: Neelix holding Tuvok at bay in the mess hall.