Another decent episode that might have made it into the actually good category with another rewrite or two. Specifically the idea that Seven and Naomi weren't affected by the psychic alien monster because they didn't share the crews desire to be home. While at the same time showing how the rest of the crew all had their own unique fantasies that it was fulfilling. Maybe make it about the borg implants or something, but the way it played out didn't work in that specific way. The idea of the monster hunter obsessed with getting out also seemed like it was more likely to be an illusion than not, but that part at least didn't seem obviously silly. I did really like they way they continued the Naomi/Seven relationship. They are both learning how to fit in on Voyager and I really enjoy seeing them work together.
We open with a small ship with a haggard looking alien captain attacking a huge cloud monster thing in space and shouting defiantly at it. On Voyager they are discussing the appearance of a huge wormhole leading directly back to Earth and everybody is super excited. Well, everybody but Seven who seems convinced the wormhole isn't possible and must be some sort of trap. But no one believes her. She goes to the Doctor after watching the crew fawn over letters from home, each offering exactly what that person wanted. The Doctor agrees to help but gets turned off by Paris since the wormhole will allegedly interfere with his program. Seven returns to astrometrics and manages to contact a ship inside the alleged wormhole and we see the guy from the opening warning her to stay away, but then the power goes out. Chakotay shows up at tells Seven they are turning off astrometrics until they are through. Seven returns to her cargo bay where she finds Naomi who is also freaked out that everybody is acting so strange.
Chakotay shows up to turn off Seven since they are allegedly worried about the borg detecting their passage through the wormhole but she isn't having it. She puts up a forcefield before heading to engineering. She takes over there but Janeway knocks her out with am EM pulse just as they enter the wormhole. And then literally everyone on board other than Seven and Naomi pass out. The two of them contact the alien and convince him to come aboard. He has apparently been fighting the monster for 36 years after it killed his family. They get the Doctor running and along with the alien come up with a plan to make them less digestible and hopefully get expelled from the creature. After one attempt it seems to have worked, but only to Seven who is now apparently being influenced but doesn't pass out for no apparent reason. They do finally escape and the crew recover but in the final shot we see the alien captain flying back in for another attempt to kill it.
Review: Overall an interesting scifi episode that does have a few problems following the rules it sets up for itself. Still always cool to see Seven and Naomi kicking ass and the alien ship eating creature wasn't the most original, but it was well executed.
5 out of 10
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