Doctor's Orders

Very funny episode. It centers around Phlox and T'Pol losing their minds while the rest of the crew sleeps.

Did Voyager do this too? Sure did, and that episode, "One", s4 e25, is also excellent.

Here we get to see Billingsley and Blalock stretch their comedic legs.

We're used to comedy from Billingsley but it was particularly refreshing and funny to see Blalock play T'Pol as childlike and panicked, especially her facial expressions which were gold!

So it's just a very endearing episode and we get to laugh at ourselves and comfort our own scared inner children.

Adults are, after all, just children with a facade of confidence which will crumble when you undercut those systems they've come to rely on.

Children are much more flexible than adults, an adult on fire might be too proud to remember to stop, drop, and roll but children aren't held back by what others view as proper, rolling on the ground is not a big ask for a child.

"Doctor's Orders" is about allowing that inner child to guide you through your panic, to do those things you are scared to do when they aren't part of your adult expertise.