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title = "Star Trek: Voyager 06x03 - Barge of the Dead"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2025-01-07T20:47:00+01:00
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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.
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