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@@ -1315,6 +1315,57 @@ Here: Jenway in the best aspect format (4:3).
 Yeah, he was here.
 It's something!
 
+*** DONE Star Trek: Voyager 05x13 - Gravity
+CLOSED: [2024-03-16 Sat 10:06]
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+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: abstract A *great* Tuvok episode
+:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c
+:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu st-voy-rev-s5 :name 13
+:END:
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+Tuvok, Paris, and Doctor are stranded on an alien planet.
+Soon they meet Noss, who's been trapped there for 14 seasons.
+She falls in love with Tuvok, and he can't stop having feelings for her.
+
+**** Impressions
+
+Well, I had to see this episode twice, two nights in a row.
+The first night I was in a bit of a dark place, and I remembered nothing when the credits rolled.
+The second time I was /so glad/ I made it the second time!
+This is an excellent episode.
+
+I've been told that Tuvok's casting was controversial, as he is black.
+Tim Russ sure proved them that he was a /great/ casting choice.
+I adore Tuvok!
+He is an amazing Vulcan - logical, distant, analytical.
+Tuvok is, however, so much more[fn:spock].
+
+As I learn about his past, about his trainings to overcome /love,/ I like him even more.
+He is not only a Vulcan[fn:only], as there is still emotional being underneath the cold exterior.
+She has a family back home, and despite all odds, this is still essential to him.
+No cheating in space!
+
+I adored liked Noss here.
+She seems to be one-off character, and I doubt I'll ever see her again, but sure was she a compelling one-off.
+I'd love to learn more about her and let her interact with Tuvok more.
+
+As for the episode itself, I love that writers added the temporal disruption: for every 0.4744 of a second on the Voyager, a minute would pass on the planet.
+Completely unnecessary on one hand, but on the other it adds tension.
+Since the crew spent /months/ on the planet, Tuvok had a chance to get to know Noss.
+It made it so much more believable.
+Ok, she /suddenly/ starts to talk in broken English and I had hard time accepting it until we learned of the temporal disruption.
+It also allowed us to learn about her as a person - it's only one episode, but with her bonding with the team we see that she is much more than love interest.
+
+All in all: highly recommended!
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "star-trek-voyager-gravity.jpg" "https://www.amazon.com/Petty-Voyager-Original-Autographed-Photo/dp/B00TLA0596"
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+Tasty space spider!
+#+end_img-c
+
+[fn:spock] I haven't seen too much of TOS, so I can't compare him to mr. Spock.
+[fn:only] I fully accept the ban on mind-melt that is sure to follow this sentence
 
 * Picard                                                         :@star_trek:
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