Friday, May 9, 2008

4.19 the killing game (part 2)

The leader of the Hirogen attack has more than just torture on his mind. His plan is to save his nomadic, hunt-o-centric culture by introducing the holodeck hunt with safeties off, so they can settle down, watch a little TV, do a bit of farming, maybe raise some dairy cattle…and just hunt species to the death on weekends. He demands that Janeway repair the holodecks. Janeway replies that she will not – and he will have to kill all the crew first. Janeway convinces him to relinquish command of the ship; in return she agrees to give the holodeck technology to the Hirogen. But the plan backfires when the leader second-in-command, tiring of the simulations and wanting a real kill (plus, he is influenced by a disgusting speech by a holo-nazi) decides to break the cease-fire and keep fighting. Janeway and Kim sabotage the holo-emitters just before the crew is gunned down by Nazis and Hirogen. In the end, a truce is reached, and Janeway gives the Hirogen the holodeck technology.

The is the fourth episode in a row that is a real ‘downer’, although it ends on a hopeful note; the door is left open that perhaps the Hirogen will find a less destructive way to carry out their violent tendencies. But the episode still features a very disgusting speech by a holo-Nazi.

By the way, it’s worth mentioning that the pregnant B’Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson) isn’t wearing a pillow – she really is pregnant.

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