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title = "Star Trek: Voyager 05x04 - In the Flesh"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2023-05-23T23:00:00+02:00
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## Summary {#summary}
The crew encounters what appears to be Earth's Starfleet Acadamy. It's inhabited by people who should be present, including the groundskeeper Boothby[^boothby]. After an investigation (and seduction) conducted by Chakotay, it is revealed that it's a training replica of the site - one of many training grounds for Species 8472.
[^boothby]: Played again by excellent Ray Walston.
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Familiar face.
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Both sides agree on a truce and negotiations. Its conclusion is a trade of information - Voyager gives their knowledge about Borg nanoprobes and, in exchange, receives information about Species 8472 genetic modifications.
## Impressions {#impressions}
_Non placet._[^latin] I saw this episode 2 weeks ago and didn't feel like writing about it at all. The basic premise is excellent as it develops Species 8472. However, the execution was boring. It seems that the creators feel much better when they are not confined within a bigger story arch. There was no tension, nor anything deeply exciting happened in the episode. However, I love that the day is saved not by phaser fire but by talking over a round table - and that was the only thing I remembered when sitting to write this post about the entire episode.
[^latin]: [a negative vote](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non%20placet)
Homefront[^homefront] did it better.
[^homefront]: an episode of Deep Space 9 sharing a lot of similarities
## Doctor factor {#doctor-factor}
Was he even here? I don't remember.
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