The question of what constitutes as "life' is explored here in detail and this episode pulls it off more beautifully than whispers. (that being a Ds9 episode well worth watching.) At the start of the episode the ship is one year from home and people start falling ill: the ship is dissolving. Chakotay and Tuvok search through past events to find a cause and the end up finding that they are not the original crew! If anyone remembers the season four episode "demons", this is what happened to them. Basically they are clones. most people take the news in stride, Tom does not. There is one fairly rare thing that makes this episode memorable: the scenes between chakotay and Janeway where the totally disagree and, well, watch the scenes in the ready room you'll see that they're great.
For creatures who aren't really voyagers crew these people behave like them to the "T". whatever "memory engrams" are they are obviously more than genetic material as far as personalities go. Watch this and Whispers Very carefully. 3.8 of 5 stars.
For creatures who aren't really voyagers crew these people behave like them to the "T". whatever "memory engrams" are they are obviously more than genetic material as far as personalities go. Watch this and Whispers Very carefully. 3.8 of 5 stars.