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diff --git a/content/star-trek/voy/06x01-equinox-part-1.md b/content/star-trek/voy/06x01-equinox-part-1.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d5ae952 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/star-trek/voy/06x01-equinox-part-1.md @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ ++++ +title = "Star Trek: Voyager 06x01 - Equinox (part 2)" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-10-04T20:17:00+02:00 +draft = false +weight = 3001 +image_dir = "images" +image_max_width = 575 +hasNavSection = "st-voy-episodes" +abstract = "My mini review" +episode_id = "6x01" +[menu] + [menu.star-trek] + weight = 3001 + identifier = "star-trek-voyager-06x01-equinox-part-2" + parent = "voy" ++++ + +The conclusion to [last season's cliffhanger.](/voy/05x26-equinox-part-1/) + + +## Impression {#impression} + +I truly hated the first part of this two-parter. +It represented everything I don't want on my Trek: humanity being what they are, not what they can be. +_Part II_ starts just as miserable. +Everyone is armed, and there are fights everywhere. +Yep, not a great outlook at that point. + +But with each passing scene we gain more and more of hope. +Jenway is, once again, put in a position no other Trek captain has ever seen. +She is, without a shroud of doubt, the toughest captain of all the Treks I've seen before. +Sisco may have committed a genocide, but it was much less personal. +Jenway is forced to make the hardest decisions about people she knows. +Lucky for her, Checkotay is here as her consciousness. +He may not add much more to the crew, but I'll be damned if this wasn't enough. +If it wasn't for him, Voyager would be as evil as the crew of Equinox. + +On the other side of the war, Doctor is torturing Seven. +I found this plot to be as exciting as the primary one, but much more interesting. +Doctor, who we all grew to love, who developed personality and, dare I say it? Humanity, is still a simulation. +Everything he _is_, can be removed within a blink of an eye by resetting his program. +And this is what we get here - after he is taken aboard Equinox, he is stripped of everything that made him _The_ Doctor. +His relation with Seven of Nine is thrown out the window when he is forced to extract information from her using a scalpel. +It ended well, but can we still treat the Doctor as a person? +I hope authors will revisit this problem. + +Lastly, we've got the redemption of the Equinox crew. +This is what I found the most important, as this is what keeps me watching Star Trek. +No one is _evil_ for the sake of being evil, but the conditions we find ourselves in force us to act, not how we would like. +But, deep inside, we are _good_ creatures. + +As much as I hated _Part 1_, the complete _Equinox_ is nothing short of amazing. +It is saved by the latter half, as without it, we would have some Expanse (which I found to be a disgusting series). +I was afraid that _Voyager_ may have reached the point, where authors would abandon everything they've built since the 1960s. +I am happy to report that this was not the case. + + +## Doctor factor {#doctor-factor} + +Well, I didn't like Doctor in this episode, but it made it so much more interesting. +One of the greatest Doctor factors yet! + +{{< image source="https://voy.trekcore.com/" class="centered" alt="Jewnway looking angrily at an officer" file="voy6x01a.jpg" >}} +Seconds before a bad decision +{{< /image >}} |