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title = "Star Trek: Voyager 05x21 - Juggnaut"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-04-20T18:51:00+02:00
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Voyager meets Malons again.
This time they need to act together, as the Malon's ship is about to explode and destroy everything in radius of 3 light years.
There is also a monster in play.
## Impressions {#impressions}
A true monster of the week episode, we haven't seen that in a while.
The episode starts with Torres learning meditation from Tuvok.
Well, Tuvok tries to teach her, as her proud Klingon heritage is always in the way.
I dig this concept.
I liked Worf's problems with being Earth-raised, and I like the same things with B'Elanna.
It's not as developed as in _TNG_, since there is no family honor at stake, but still - always a pleasure.
Unfortunately Malons are a mediocre... enemy?
They are often _against_ Voyager, but are the enemy?
As much as criticizing capitalism in Trek goes, they are not a comic relief (like the Ferengi are) as it would not match the tone of the series.
But it's very much obvious, as they basically are a race whose sole reason to exist is to dump toxic products of their culture all over the universe.
[Timothy Cain](https://www.youtube.com/@CainOnGames) recently gave a talk about developing fractions, and he mentioned that we need to understand individual persons.
We may have an enemy race, but there should be unique people with different world views.
And this episode tries this.
We hear that Malons are _proud_ of their toxic dumps as it makes their home planet beautiful.
They are not evil for being evil sake, but there is some reasoning behind this.
Is it an interesting explanation?
Not really.
But it's there!
Mallons are not Borg, and there are individuals!
I'll take any development when the alternative is nauseating.
And then we've got a monster.
We've got scares, ugliness and fight scenes.
It didn't go into the hall of fame, as it wasn't all that interesting.
But it's there!
This matches the entire episode.
It's not bad, it's not really good.
It's there and it's enjoyable.
## Doctor factor {#doctor-factor}
Unsatisfactory, like most of the time.
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Most definitely not a Ferengi.
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