Star Trek: Voyager 05x20 - Think Tank

Voyager employees help from a suspicious group calling themselves a Think Tank. Everything goes fine until the time of payment. The Tank expects part of payment to be Seven leaving Voyager and joining them.

Impressions

First, and most important: Jason Alexander! We’ve got a guest star, and it’s one of my all-time favorites - Constanza from Seinfeld. There are zero winks to Seinfeld fans, just the same actor. And it’s strange seeing him as super-inteligent character with a normal-sized wallet. Villain? Sure. But intelligent? After few minutes Jason stops being Constanza, as he is doing a splendid job here. Kurros is that’s left.

As for the episode, I am once again floored by the quality of FX. Alien makeup becomes absurdly great.

To bad, I was not invested deeply into the story. As much as Sevens plot goes, we’re not seeing anything too interesting. She has already established herself as vital part of Voyager crew, and as more human than Borg. Not for a second the viewer believes that she will abandon the crew.

So, a solid episode in my book. The Think Tank is a great idea, Alexander is a great actor, the story is interesting. All it needed was a more believable stake. If the payment was to be Jenway doing some little genocide (Sisko style) - boom, I’d be on the edge on my seat. The way it plays out is, basically, about nothing.

Doctor factor

I’m getting a bit annoyed that it’s either a doctor-centeric episode, or his involvement is unsatisfactory. This was not a doctor-centric episode.