It was just a few minutes into this episode when I realized this was the same story as a play or musical. A bit of googling and I realized it was My Fair Lady but with the titular lady being played by Seven. I know Robert Picard loves to sing as apparently does Jeri Ryan, but I don't know that this episode needed two songs. Also Torres is clearly supposed to be back in full hostile mode although to be fair she clearly has a point with what Seven is up to. The B story about Neelix as a diplomat went about as well as you could expect other than the "twist" at the end, but that was pretty dumb.
We open with Torres trying to start a fight with Seven over Seven observing her romantic interactions with Tom in the mess hall. Later in sickbay the Doctor learns about Seven's interest in romance and decides he should be the one to teach her to go on dates and such. Also the B story starts with some sort of monk/ambassador being left in Neelix's hands while the captain negotiates with their leadership. Instead of sitting around and meditating though it turns out the ambassador wants to party down. Seven and the Doctor meet on the holodeck for a simulated date but Paris walks in and isn't impressed. He ends up betting the Doctor that Seven can't make it through a date at the ambassadors reception near the end of the episode. After Paris leaves the Doctor and Seven sing a duet and she agrees to ask someone on the crew on a date.
She meets with Kim in astrometrics to go over her prospective romantic options and picks a lieutenant who impressed her with his efficiency. They are both pretty nervous but things seem to be going ok. Until she breaks his wrist while dancing that is. But afterwards in sickbay Paris notices how the Doctor looks at Seven and tells him he should tell her how he feels. He doesn't but it does bring her as his date to the reception. Other than the ambassador being super drunk things go ok, well, that is until Seven learns of the bet and walks out on the Doctor. They barely manage to sober up the ambassador in time to get him home and the Doctor wimps out on telling Seven how he really feels.
Review: Not a bad character episode, but still not the best. I am not a huge fan of songs in my television and this episode has two.
4 out of 10
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