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+title = "Star Trek: Voyager 06x03 - Barge of the Dead"
+author = ["Michał Sapka"]
+date = 2025-01-07T20:47:00+01:00
+categories = ["star-trek", "voyager"]
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+abstract = "My mini review"
+episode_id = "6x03"
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+B'Elanna starts having visions where she is on the Barge of the Dead, where dishonored Klingon souls are placed on their way to hell.
+
+
+## Impressions {#impressions}
+
+I am rarely fond of B'Elanna's plots, but this is one of the better ones.
+We often see her struggle with her Klingon heritage, but rarely we see her so vulnerable.
+It's not _her_ who is punished for her sins, but it's her mother.
+A much bigger deal if you ask me.
+
+Though her visions, we see twisted versions of the crew.
+Everyone is becoming her demon, making her feel alienated and vulnerable.
+Seeing a Klingon in this position?
+Amazing.
+
+Sadly, this episode is _yet another_ one were authors are playing with viewer, but it's pointless.
+Maybe she is dead?
+Maybe the entire Voyager was just a dream?
+Well, this is episode 223 of _ST:V_ so of course it's not.
+Such plot device make for an interesting story when you look at it though the lens of single episode, but it doesn't work in the context of the entire series.
+Finding B'Elanna confused was great, but this puts me in the viewer's position.
+I am not taking any part in the story, as I already know it how it will end.
+
+_Barge of the Dead_ marks the moment when Ronald Moore and Bryan Fuller gave up.
+The story was originally pitched as an episode of _Deep Space 9_ (funny to remember that those shows overlapped), but it was rejected.
+As we see, it became part of _Voyage_ but the duo felt that it's time to move on.
+Voyager was not what they wanted - they had little creative control, and wanted more multi-episodes stories.
+Looking at their careers, they sure _made it_.
+Moore created the great remake of _Battlestar Galactica_ and Fuller even returned to modern Star Trek.
+
+
+## Doctor Factor {#doctor-factor}
+
+Unsatisfactory.