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+title = "Star Trek: Voyager - 05x18 Course: Oblivion"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2024-04-03T21:14:00+02:00
+categories = ["st-voy", "star-trek"]
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+weight = 3016
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+We start with B'Elllanas and Parises wedding and celebration of successful enhancement of Voyagers drives.
+The ship is 2 years from reaching earth.
+
+The celebration is cut short, as Torres comes down with illness breaking her molecular structure.
+We learn, that we are not on _our_ Voyager, but on a identical copy.
+The entire crew are clones  born on the Demon planet.
+
+Soon, rest of the crew comes down with the same illness as B'Ellana.
+
+"Course: Oblivion" is a direct continuation of Demon (04x24[^fn:1])
+
+{{< img-c "star-trek-voyager-course-oblivion-1.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96" >}}
+Look how happy they are.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+
+## Impressions {#impressions}
+
+This may very well be my favorite Voyager episode yet.
+This series is far from happy-go-lucky, but damn.
+Seeing the entire crew die is not something I would have expected.
+But it is a Bryan Fuller episode, so it doesn't come as such of a surprise.
+
+We're still thematically around the _self_ problem.
+Are the clones the same people as the originals?
+They possess the same memories, they have the same goals, they have the same personalities.
+Moreover, they don't remember being clones.
+It's closer to a _Twilight Zone_ brain melter, than I would have anticipated.
+
+The only downside are the effects.
+It's a nitpick, but we're seeing _crap-on-face_ type of decomposition, which starts as cool.
+Unfortunately, the with time and the process progression, more and more faces are covered - and with it, all the problems are more visible.
+Near the end, we see dried up, cracked masks.
+I'm glad it's not a 4K remaster.
+
+But this does not matter.
+I finished the episode seriously sad.
+I wanted a different ending.
+Not often we are left with such soul-crushing scenes.
+
+It is not a story episode, _Trek_ gave us plenty of those.
+It simply goes from point A to B.
+After we learn that we are not seeing That Voyager, Fuller does not give us any more surprises.
+This is pure emotional episode.
+It came late in season 5, so I know those characters and I really felt their deaths.
+I'm glad this not how the entire series is, but I will mention it anytime I am asked about greatest Trek episodes.
+It right there, besides "The Inner Light" (TNG) and "The Visitor" (DS9).
+It adds nothing to the main story, yet it is _essential_ to appreciate _Voyager_.
+
+I think it's time to say it out loud: _Voyager_ is a better series than _The Next Generation_.
+It's more mature, less goofy and overall has amazing episode quality.
+
+{{< img-c "star-trek-voyager-course-oblivion-2.jpg" "https://voy.trekcore.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=96" >}}
+Look how sad they are.
+{{< /img-c >}}
+
+[^fn:1]: I have not reviewed episodes before reaching season 5, sorry.