When this episode started I thought that the series had been aired out of order as the normally loyal Chakotay was trying to recruit B'Elanna Torres into a mutiny and take over the ship while Capt. Janeway was off the ship, things got even more confusing Seska appears... it turns out it does all make sense as it isn't real but a program B'Elanna had found in the ship's holosuite. She tells Paris about it and soon everybody on board seems to know about it, however nobody knows who wrote the story or why. After a meeting it becomes apparent that Tuvok created it, not for entertainment but as a training program made in the days shortly after the Maquis came aboard the Voyager when it wasn't certain that they could be trusted. As he realised they weren't about to mutiny he abandoned the program unfinished and forgot about it. When the crew get to the end they are disappointed that it didn't have a proper conclusion and many of them wish to write the ending, eventually Tukok and Paris re-enter the holosuite and try to update the program and discover that Seska had updated it years before in a way that would be very dangerous for anybody else trying to add to the program.
The story was entertaining enough but I'm not keen on episodes set on the holosuite, especially ones where something goes wrong and the safety systems are shut down; this scenario has been used far too often in the various star Trek series. That said it was fun to see Seska again; she was a good villain.
The story was entertaining enough but I'm not keen on episodes set on the holosuite, especially ones where something goes wrong and the safety systems are shut down; this scenario has been used far too often in the various star Trek series. That said it was fun to see Seska again; she was a good villain.