Why I love ST:VOY
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Why I love ST:VOY |
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Number: first the PCode, then a combination of season:episode, according to air date.
| Number / Name | Why I liked it |
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721 / 1:1
Caretaker |
The creative, aggressive technician.
The unpopular rebel pilot. The naive boy, with strong bonds to his parents. A long way from home. The captain with a scientific background and family. Abducted by aliens nad probed! :-) When water is something special. The cranky doctor. Overprotective parent. A hodge podge crew. |
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103 / 1:2
Parallax |
Deciding a promotion and other procedures in the hodge podge crew.
Fun with time and space. |
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104 / 1:3
Time and again |
Time travel.
The state doing something incredibly stupid. Prime directive. |
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105 / 1:4
Phage |
Initiative.
Creative medicine. Being chroniccally ill, and paralyzed. The doctor grows. Ethics. |
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106 / 1:5
The cloud |
A company, or a family?
Chez Sandrine, for the first time. Spirituality. An unexpected kind of life. |
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107 / 1:6
Eye of the needle |
Hope.
Is the hologram alive? Does he deserve respect? Time travel. |
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108 / 1:7
Ex post facto |
New kind of punishment.
Love at first sight. Murder mystery. |
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109 / 1:8
Emanations |
Death. The after-life. Faith.
Self-sacrifice / suicide. Time for reflection. |
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110 / 1:9
Prime factors |
Stories, almost as a currency. Considered very valuable.
Prime directive, from the flip side. Pleasure as a life goal. Repetition is boring. Deep thought is too hard. Official/unofficial. Legal/illegal. Chain of command. Principles! Breaking them is wrong. Honesty and integrity. Disappointment. Very good! |
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111 / 1:10
State of flux |
Hunting a traitor.
"Was I naive?" |
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112 / 1:11
Heroes and demons |
Our crew, and pre-vikings.
The hologram on his first away mission. Away from the "office" for the first time, ever. Appreciation for the unappreciated. Even a kiss. |
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113 / 1:12
Cathexis |
Spirituality.
Possession. |
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114 / 1:13
Faces |
2 subconscious parts, fighting, then cooperating.
Weak/strong. "Beware what you wish for..." |
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115 / 1:14
Jetrel |
War, death, surrender.
Scientists just develop weapons, they don't deploy them... Consequences. A crewmember, dying. Guilt. Bringing the dead back to life. Won't work. |
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116 / 1:15
Learning curve |
Field training.
Bonding through crisis. Bending the rules. |
| Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 | |
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120 / 2:1
The 37's |
Our crew meets the 20th century.
Being offered a new home, instead of the long journey home. The family sticks together. |
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121 / 2:2
Initiations |
Indians.
Rite of manhood. Death or dishonor. There are no 2nd chances in battle. Crossing the cultural boundary successfully. Good! |
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117 / 2:3
Projections |
All alone on the ship.
The doctor out of sickbay. Playing hero. Fake is real, real is fake... Complicated! |
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118 / 2:4
Elogium |
Relationships. Children? And it's almost the only theme.
The ultimate "she wants children, he..." |
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122 / 2:5
Non sequitur |
Alternate universe.
Our crew, if they never left home. |
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119 / 2:6
Twisted |
Places - change places. Fun with space.
Powerless. About to die - what to do. E.g. seek company. Communication. |
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123 / 2:7
Parturitions | A love triangle. Trying to be professional at the same time. |
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124 / 2:8
Persistence of vision |
Greater freedom of movement.
Stress. Hallucinations. Facing a loved one. |
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125 / 2:9
Tattoo |
Indians. And, "super indians".
Learning compassion. History repeating itself. Understanding ones roots. |
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126 / 2:10
Cold fire |
The thrilling possibility of a shortcut.
An actor from "Alien nation"! Telepathy. Tele-a-lot-of-things. Do I stay or do I go? Discipline. Arrogance. Superiority. Exploring potential. |
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127 / 2:11
Maneuvers |
A traitor.
Ex-lovers meeting again. Not following orders. Facing the consequences. |
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128 / 2:12
Resistance |
The captain and her "father".
Military government. Insanity. |
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129 / 2:13
Prototype |
A robot. Dying, but saved. Wanting to procreate. Wanting a weapon.
Killed by ones own creation. Frankenstein. P.D. The rights of artificial lifeforms. |
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131 / 2:14
Alliances |
Give up principles? To save lives? No!
Negotiations. Treat people like animals, and they will act as animals. Learning from mistakes. Or maybe not. Talking about peace, thinking about violence. |
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132 / 2:15
Threshold |
The journey home might suddenly be much shorter.
Why is the pilot of a new kind of flight so special - not the engineer? An extraordinary experience. A crewmember, dying, dead, reviving, changing. (Nice touch with the pulsating head.) An off screen fight - rare. Evolution. Development. Children! |
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133 / 2:16
Meld |
A mystery.
Not feeling anything. Psychotic? Death penalty. The right punishment. Annoying cook - nice surprise. Gambling. Exchanging mind characteristics. The violent one controlled and vice versa. The unemotional one - feeling! The good one evil. The protector now a killer. The attraction of violence. A very interesting victim. The pupil becoming the teacher. Very good! |
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134 / 2:17
Dreadnought |
Trust and loyalty broken. Guilt.
Who's smarter, the program or the programmer? Willing to die to save others. |
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130 / 2:18
Death wish |
The right to die. The right to choose.
Challenge. Development. Facing the unknown. Versus boredom. Asylum. The individual threatens the society. Forcing life on people. |
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136 / 2:19
Lifesigns |
Miracolous recovery.
Seeing oneself from the outside. AI, falling in love. Low selfworth. Survive, or live? |
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135 / 2:20
Investigations |
Investigative journalism.
A crewmember leaving. Different secrets, for different reasons. Spies. |
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137 / 2:21
Deadlock |
A birth.
Death and destruction. Alternate realities. Communication between them. A sacrifice. By whom? |
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138 / 2:22
Innocence |
Relating to children.
Diplomacy. Getting to know each other. Breaking a taboo. Planning death for children? Life running backwards. |
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139 / 2:23
The thaw |
Artificial hibernation. Conscious for years in an artificial environment.
Fear. Phantasies fighting to survive. Hostages. A death, shown in a fascinating graphical way. |
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140 / 2:24
Tuvix |
2 persons fused into 1. Losing 2 persons, gaining a 3rd. Is it okay to kill that 3rd person
to get the 2 back?
A lose/lose situation. Touching. Very good. |
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141 / 2:25
Resolutions |
The 1st and 2nd in command forced to leave the ship. So, a new captain.
Hope or acceptance? Going primitive. A romance. |
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142 / 2:26
Basics, part I |
A child, in danger. The father wanting to help, maybe. Accepting the child, as it wasn't a choice?
An insane criminal, healed. Wanting to give something back. Losing the ship, being left on a planet. |
| Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 | |
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146 / 3:1
Basics, part II |
Against staggering odds.
Learning not to be violent - and then needing to go back. |
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145 / 3:2
Flashback |
Visit from an old star!
Flashback to a very old memory. Wishing to experience the glorious past. |
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147 / 3:3
The chute |
Prison. Escape.
Irritated. Controlling the irritation. Messiah. Or crazy? Everybody on their own. Or not. |
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149 / 3:4
The swarm |
Memory loss. Losing 2 years? Becoming childlike.
Meeting father. Who is disappointed. But saves sonny. Development is good. The bee is small, but the swarm is ferocious. |
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144 / 3:5
False profits |
Our crew meets the bronze age.
A possible way going the long way home, fast. Religion turned into capitalism. P.D. Fulfilling prophecy. |
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148 / 3:6
Remember |
Romance.
Reliving somebody else's memories. Telepathy, of knowledge. The right to choose. The truth. Genocide. Holocaust. Is progress good? Learn from history. Good! |
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143 / 3:7
Sacred ground |
Religion. Respecting it? Faith. Leap of faith.
Spirit quest. A guide. Interesting. |
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150 / 3:8
Future's end |
Time travel.
Our crew meets - today. SETI. Contaminating the past. |
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151 / 3:9
Future's end, part II | From "prison" to freedom. |
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152 / 3:10
Warlord |
A relationship ending.
A meak woman masculine and commanding. Possession. Death of the host? Immortality. A coup. Hunger for power. A victory, but with as few deaths as possible. |
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153 / 3:11
The Q and the grey |
Getting a child? A messiah. Raising a child.
Our crew meets the American civil war. And ends it. Doing the hard work. |
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154 / 3:12
Macrocosm |
The ship taken over by a super size virus.
Paranoia. The captain in Rambo / Bruce Willis mode. |
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156 / 3:13
Fair trade |
Career crisis.
Dealing in drugs. Easily dragged into old, illegal behavior. Honesty. |
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155 / 3:14
Alter ego |
Emotions.
Romance. One-way love. Giving temporary beauty a longer life. Loneliness. |
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158 / 3:15
Coda |
Crewmembers dying.
Time loop. The afterlife. The captains father. |
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157 / 3:16
Blood fever |
The unemotional one urgently drawn to mating. And the temperamental one in overdrive.
Doing it alone. Taboo. The loverboy refusing to mate with a friend. Bravo! A feared enemy lurking. Very good! |
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159 / 3:17
Unity |
The ideal society?
Collective consciousness. |
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161 / 3:18
Darkling |
Personal development.
Romance. Love triangle. The good doctor turned evil - Dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde. And doctors can be evil in very interesting ways. Hostage. Negotiating. |
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160 / 3:19
Rise |
An elevator to the sky.
Logic or intuition? Mysterious weapons. A murder. Invasion. |
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162 / 3:20
Favorite son |
Deja vu? Intuition?
Guilt and doubt. The long lost child finally home. The male dies after mating. Feeling special. |
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163 / 3:21
Before and after |
Fun with time - past & future. Going backwards.
Amnesia. Marriages. Births. Deaths. |
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164 / 3:22
Real life |
Getting a family. A real family with real problems. Facing it, and the pain.
The family grows stronger. Touching.
Teenagers. A gang. |
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165 / 3:23
Distant origin |
Archaeology. Observation.
Challenging tradition with science. Truth. Galileo. A civilized dinosaur. |
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166 / 3:24
Displaced |
Suddenly moved in space. Exchanged.
Losing the ship. A paradise, but with no freedom. Romance. |
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167 / 3:25
Worst case scenario |
Mutiny.
An interactive story, seen with variations. Authorship. A program with a trap. |
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168 / 3:26
Scorpion |
A terrible enemy. An alliance with another terrible enemy.
Organic technology. Telepathy. Premonitions. Considering the option of never going home. The 2 top officers disagreeing. |
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169 / 4:1
Scorpion, part II |
Going against direct orders.
Collective mind and individuality. Liberating a "prisoner". Gaining a new crrewmember. A fight. Friendship. |
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170 / 4:2
The gift |
An unwilling refugee. No right to choose.
Psychokinetics. Development. Mind over matter. Mind without matter. A crewmember leaving. A long step closer to home. |
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172 / 4:3
Day of honor |
Are traditions dead and stupid, or is there a point to them?
Prejudice. Worst day of my life. Stranded in the middle of nowhere. Facing death. Admitting love. Sharing/giving replaces taking. |
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171 / 4:4
Nemesis |
War. Brainwashed into being a good soldier, hating the enemy. Hate.
A language, subtly different. |
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173 / 4:5
Revulsion |
Romance. Falling in love.
The doctor finds a soul mate. Fear of germs. Of anything biological. Or hate? Superiority. Insanity. |
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174 / 4:6
The raven |
Relaxation. Imagination.
Flashbacks. To the childhood home. Regaining lost memories. Everything was going so well, when suddenly... |
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175 / 4:7
Scientific method |
Adolescent love.
Stress. A strange epidemic. Invisibility. A spy. Human guinea pigs. Is it worth it? Rather dead then not free. Really good. |
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176 / 4:8
Year of hell |
Fun with time: changing the past.
Precision. Perfection. Heavy damage to the ship. The family stays together. A blind crewmember. |
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177 / 4:9
Year of hell, part II |
Obsession.
Genocide. Accidentally killing a spouse. Facing death. It's easy to destroy, and hard to create/preserve. |
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178 / 4:10
Random thoughts |
Telepathy.
Violence, even violent thoughts, illegal. Curing violence, removing the violent thoughts. Can't be done. Make something illegal, and a black market appears. A murder investigation. Exploration. |
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179 / 4:11
Concerning flight |
Stealing.
Leonardo da Vinci in "America": high tech. Needing to understand. The pupil surpassing the master. Low tech saving the day. It is fascinating to fly. |
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180 / 4:12
Mortal coil |
A dead crewmember. Revived.
Religious crisis. Talking a suicide down. |
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182 / 4:13
Waking moments |
Dreams. Nightmares. Some can't wake up. Lucid dreaming. A fight, fought in dreams. A communal dream.
Reality. |
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181 / 4:14
Message in a bottle |
A way to "write home"? To get home for some!
A prototype ship. With neat abilities. Improvisation. Meeting the supposedly improved replacement. Humor. Polite, obediant ... or not. |
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183 / 4:15
Hunters |
Mail home? A way home? News from home. Some of it bad.
Estranged father. A new, better family. Hunting humans for sport. |
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184 / 4:16
Prey |
Compassion. Not killing the enemy, when it can be avoided.
Letting a dangerous hunter go after a dangerous enemy. No sacrifices. Refusing to obey orders. Individuality. |
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185 / 4:17
Retrospect |
Repressed memory. Psychotherapy. Violated. But - is the memory true?
Falsely accused? Ruined. Guilt. Learning from our mistakes. |
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186-187 / 4:18-19
The killing game |
If our crew were in WW2.
A ship of peace and exploration now studying the art of hunting and killing. A hunting species needing to change, or they will die. If our crew were Klingon. If a man mistakes a friend for an enemy. |
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188 / 4:20
Vis à vis |
Career crisis. Love crisis.
A sort of possession. Everybody acting irresponsibly. "Parking". Cute. |
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189 / 4:21
The omega directive |
Secrecy.
Dangerous science. Suppress it? Striving for perfection. Not doing it alone. Something higher than P.D.! Being a good boss. Religion. |
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190 / 4:22
Unforgettable |
Amnesia.
Romance. Rekindled. Is it a given that the same 2 people will fall in love under all circumstances? A society nobedy can leave. And secret. The right to choose. Fascinating. |
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191 / 4:23
Living witness |
How accurate is history? A museum. What if accuracy is inconvenient? Does it matter?
Inequality. Skipping years. Rip van Winkle. Accused of war crimes. What stays big, even after centuries? If the crew was evil. Great! |
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192 / 4:24
Demon |
Energy crisis. Low lights. Cramped space.
Impersonators. Without knowing it. Clones. Life becoming aware. |
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193 / 4:25
One |
Facing people, learning social skills.
Facing isolation. Hallucinating. Paranoia. Hibernation. Good! |
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194 / 4:26
Hope and fear |
Unlocking hidden information.
A shortcut home? Intuition. The "child" breaking away from the "parent". Linguistic genius. Getting a new family, fearing meeting it. Revenge will fail. |
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195 / 5:1
Night |
Black and white, very bad science fiction.
An endless night. Nothing. Darkness. The captain hides. Depressed. Guilt ridden. Ready to sacrifice herself for her mistake. Things that go bump in the night. Deja vu. A chance to choose the other way. One persons home, another persons dumping ground. Pollution. Fighting progress to keep a job. |
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196 / 5:2
Drone |
A very powerful child, of surprised parents. An innocent child of the enemy.
Suicide mission. Choosing death to save others. Losing a child. Good. |
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197 / 5:3
Extreme risk | Suicidal? Numb. |
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198 / 5:4
In the flesh |
If the crew were home.
Training as impersonators. If the gardener ran the whole company. Diplomacy to avoid a war. Dating an alien. |
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199 / 5:5
Once upon a time |
Interactive fairy tale, also teaching science.
Hide death and disaster from children? |
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201 / 5:6
Timeless |
2 crewmembers, much older.
The ship hit by terrible disaster, most people dead. Survivors coming back to the crash site, to change history. "If I could do it again...". Bitter? Oh no! A romance. A wonderful slow motion image from a party. Seeing oneself in the future. |
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203 / 5:7
Infinite regress |
Split personality.
Visuals of a sick mind. |
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200 / 5:8
Nothing human |
"Alien".
Prejudice? Or the truth? Should knowledge gained unethically be deleted? Is it okay to sacrifice a stranger, in order to save a friend? The end justify the means? |
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202 / 5:9
Thirty days |
Demoted. Imprisoned. But why? Time to think?
A submarine! A wonderful ocean. Pollution. Politicians not listening to the scientists. Finally realizing a childhood dream. Conflicting with fathers wishes. When is it okay to interfere? When does a friend turn into an enemy? Doing something old, for new reasons. Very fine. |
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204 / 5:10
Counterpoint |
A superior force, and a game of hide and seek.
Refugess, prejudice. Nazis and jews. Defecting. Intellectual verbal fights. Romance? Music. |
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206 / 5:11
Latent image |
Amnesia? Repressed memory.
The right to choose. An impossible choice, with terrible consequences. Guilt, neurosis. Therapy. Philosophy. The nature of life. Good one. |
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207 / 5:12
Bride of Chaotica! |
Bad SF, and if our crew were part of it.
A strange first contact. |
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205 / 5:13
Gravity |
Repression of feelings. Of love.
Romance. Fun with time - time slowing down. 2 persons, one who used to hunt all women, and one who early on learned not to love. |
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209 / 5:14
Bliss |
What a coincidence! Too good to be true. Most important wish fullfilled.
A shortcut home? Euforia. Hallucination. |
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211 / 5:15
Dark frontier, part I |
The diary of a lost family member. Personal flashback.
Losing a crewmember. |
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212 / 5:16
Dark frontier, part II |
The community valuing individuality.
Meeting father again. |
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210 / 5:17
The disease |
Romance. Forbidden. "They'll have to marry." Madly in love.
Should there be an easy way out of a broken heart?
Xenophobia. Generation ship. V.D. The right to choose. It's okay to disobey orders, sometimes. |
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213 / 5:18
Course: oblivion |
A wedding. Personal vows. Honeymoon. Widower.
A new technology with unexpected consequences. Or? A dead crewmember. More. Okay. Let's just say we're discussing reality, identity, perception... Alternate reality thingie? |
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208 / 5:19
The fight |
The physical laws deleted.
Hallucinations? Or glimpses of a different reality? Vision quest. Afraid to let go, to face the unknown. |
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214 / 5:20
Think tank |
Rubiks cube, almost.
Professional problem crunchers. The price too high, but the need also very large. Fighting intelligently. The job should fit the potential, be challenging. |
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215 / 5:21
Juggernaut |
Therapy. Less anger.
Breakdown of a polluting ship - like a nuclear powerplant. Ghosts. "Alien". Getting your right through violence. There are better ways. |
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216 / 5:22
Someone to watch over me | Romance. Dating. |
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217 / 5:23
11:59 |
One of the captains ancestors very un-captain-like: uncoordinated, poor... Barred from space.
Is progress good? Bad? Y2K. Romance. Genealogy. Family anecdotes. Self contained artificial biosphere. History is distorted reality. Does it matter? |
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218 / 5:24
Relativity |
Flahsback? Fun with time? The crew before we saw them first time.
Psychosis. Recruited by a secretive group. Mysterious and interesting. |
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219 / 5:25
Warhead |
An artificial intelligence, hurt. Doesn't know it's non-organic. And violent. Save it?
Bad idea.
The good doctor possessed, and evil. A soldier, unwilling to stop fighting. But once turned, willing to die to stop the war. Intelligence means responsibility to think. |
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220 / 5:26
Equinox | Another crew in the same situation. But decadent, disorderly. |
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221 / 6:1
Equinox, part II |
The good doctor suddenly evil. Remorse.
"I had no choice." When treachery becomes a personal offense. Conscience. Friends disagreeing - and making up. |
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222 / 6:2
Survival instinct |
Sharing consciousness, now trying to become individuals, get identities.
Free or alive? Trying to repair guilt? Or truly choosing the best? |
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223 / 6:3
Barge of the dead |
Unwilling to accept heritage. Or the present.
Therapy. Death. The afterlife. Mother. Damned by the sin of the daughter. Hallucination, vision, dream or reality? Identity. |
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224 / 6:4
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226 / 6:5
Alice |
A ship run by telepathy. And with a female personality/AI.
Obsession. Hallucination. Adultery. Guilt/forgiveness. |
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227 / 6:6
Riddles |
Amnesia. New personality.
Gaining feelings. Friendship. The freedom to choose? |
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225 / 6:7
Dragon's teeth |
Nuclear winter. Survivors.
"We were innocent." Or rather, crazy warriors... Extraordinary picture of a spaceship flying low in a city. |
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228 / 6:8
One small step |
The value of exploration. And history.
Discovering that we're not alone in the universe. |
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229 / 6:9
The Voyager conspiracy |
The need to create order out of chaos.
A shortcut? Paranoia. Conspiracy. Trust lost, and then rebuilt. |
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230 / 6:10
Pathfinder |
Visiting characters.
An obsessed finding a new obsession. Unrecognized genius. Therapy. Lonely - but it helps to be able to call home. |
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231 / 6:11
Fair haven |
A fiction, role playing. Does it matter it's not real?
Our crew in the 19th century Ireland. Romance. What if you really could change the loved one? How to be sure to be loved back. |
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233 / 6:12
Blink of an eye |
Fun with time.
The unintended consequence, for a culture. P.D. The development of science. Inspired by a challenge. First contact. |
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234 / 6:13
Virtuoso |
Song. Viewing it as math, not seeing the emotional part.
Feeling like a star. Fans. Love? The hard decision: leave friends and duty? Make a dream reality? Freedom of choice. Good one! |
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236 / 6:14
Memorial |
Hallucination? Reliving history.
A bloody battle because of a mistake, being tired... It is history, and important to remember, so we won't repeat our mistakes. Very good. |
| 232 / 6:15 Tsunkatse |
If a crewmember was a professional wrestler. Fighting to
the death. The freedom to chose. |
| 235 / 6:16 Collective |
Nice shot of a small ship within a very large ship. Children. |
| 237 / 6:17 Spirit folk |
Magic? Something bigger? A sentient artificial lifeform. Tolerance. |
| 238 / 6:18 Ashes to ashes |
A dead person revived. Having to convince people of who you are. Children. Discipline. Romance. Losing a loved one. Totally transplanted to a new culture, a new family, against her will. Go back? I want to go back and do it over. |
| 239 / 6:19 Child's play |
Children. Meeting parents, you don't remember. Saying goodbye
to a son. Good parents, abusive parents. Children are forgiving. Children
as soldiers. Family or career, friends...? Interesting. |
| 240 / 6:20 Good shephard |
Hierachy. The lower rungs. The not so excellent people. The first away mission. Learning. Feeling like a victim. Feeling like a failure. Feeling ill. |
| 242 / 6:21 Live fast and prosper |
Thieves and con artists impersonating our crew. Tricking the tricksters. Impersonating the impersonators. |
| 244 / 6:22 Muse |
Ancient Greek theatre. Formula entertainment. The power of
theatre. Believed to be a god. Diplomacy is better than war. |
| 241 / 6:23 Fury |
Seeing a former crewmember again. Time travel. Meeting oneself. A chance to do it again. Revenge. But why? Laying blame. Clair voyance. |
| 243 / 6:24 Life line |
News from home. Even going home. The son helping the unwilling father. Artificial life and intelligence. Therapy. Faced with a troubling past. Making peace. A joy. |
| 245 / 6:25 The haunting of deck twelve |
Ghosts. Ghost stories. The view from the replicator. The captain talking to the ship. |
| 246 / 6:26 Unimatrix zero |
Dream? Virtual reality, alternate identity. Underground movement
in war. Promoted. An old love. Converted by the enemy. |
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