Saturday, May 10, 2008

6.06 riddles

On an away mission with Neelix aboard the Delta Flyer, Tuvok, tired of Neelix’s silly riddles about surviving in the desert for a year with only a calendar by eating dates, goes toward the back of the ship for some privacy, and discovers a cloaked intruder downloading information  - and is zapped, losing most of his memories. His advanced Vulcan mind begins to rebuild itself, but without his normal logic and intelligence in math and science. Instead, he enjoys listening to music, cooking, and hanging around with Neelix, whose gentleness makes them best friends. Working with an alien investigator, the evil aliens are discovered, and, faced with being uncovered by Janeway, they agree to help the doctor with a cure. Tuvok is reborn, back to his old self, but perhaps with a little of the fun-loving Tuvok still there – in the last scene, he suddenly says to Neelix, "Sundaes – the person with the calendar could have survived by eating Sundaes", and then seems surprised, and a little annoyed, that he has come up with such a flippant answer to the riddle – although Neelix is thrilled.

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