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-title = "Star Trek: Voyager 05x18 Course: Oblivion"
-author = ["MichaƂ Sapka"]
-date = 2024-04-03T21:14:00+02:00
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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 >}}
-
-
-## Doctor factor {#doctor-factor}
-
-Reduced to plot device, but I still love this episode.
-
-[^fn:1]: I have not reviewed episodes before reaching season 5, sorry.