When the Hirogen were introduced I was sure they were going to be a super interesting race. Well, maybe not interesting, but at least a worth opponent. But now they just want to play games on the holodeck? Sure they have the safeties off, and yes, I get that it is one mans crazy vision, but wow, not what I was hoping for. It is interesting that the holodecks can apparently blow holes in their walls with the safeties off. I also can't help but wonder if the expanded hologrid is going to give the Doctor more free reign over the ship after this is over. Makes you wonder why they don't already do that and have squads of holosoldiers ready to go. But instead we get reptile nazis versus the brave resistance.
We open with a Klingon Janeway fighting a Hirogen hunter and she takes a knife to the chest. She is taken to sickbay but as a human again. We quickly learn the Hirogen hold Voyager and have turned the holodeck into their hunting grounds but insist the crew keep being healed up for more. Also the crew all have neural control thingys that make them think they are holodeck characters. Next we cut to Seven singing in cafe in occupied France. Janeway runs the place which claims to be neutral but fits all the tropes of being a hub of the resistance. Two Hirogen including the leader Karr stop by dressed as nazis to push people around. Despite loving WWII movies I found a lot of this part really dull. So apparently do the Hirogen and one shoots Seven and Neelix. We also see that Kim is free running around keeping the ship running for the Hirogen. He is also secretly working with the Doctor on a plan to retake the ship.
Luckily for them Seven is just who they needed and she is removed from the holodeck and taken to sickbay. The Doctor uses one of her implants to block the Hirogen neural thingy and the Doctor tells her he will turn it off again in the holodeck. Of course in the holodeck Janeway suspects Seven and since she no longer has the needed memories Seven can't do the things she needs to. The Americans invade the town as the resistance is supposed to be bombing the nazi headquarters. Janeway pulls a gun on Seven when she sees her opening a panel to work on taking control of Voyager but luckily the Doctor manages to turn of Janeways thingy just in time. The two try to take over ships controls but realize they are in the nazi headquarters and run as the allied artillery levels the building. They also blow a hole in the side of the holodeck.
Review: Clearly half an episode without much conclusion and so far I am not entirely sold. Not terrible or anything, just more dull that it seemed like it should be.
4 out of 10
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