Dragon's Teeth

Seven of Nine re-awakens a race of people from a long stasis sleep who might be nastier than they make out. Of course, this is done with the best intentions, but I won't get into ethics.

Things start pretty straightforward with a nice new alliance being formed, but in true Star Trek fashion, the Prime Directive shows us that things aren't always what they seem when you explore strange new worlds.

This is a good episode for Janeway, as she gets to display lots of strong leadership qualities. There is a pretty good antagonist to keep things interesting.

As the episode moves towards a conclusion, it increases the action, effects, and excitement, which adds to the enjoyment.

Even though the plot and themes are not original, it is a very well-made episode.

I remember when this episode first aired years ago. I was excited to see Bob Stillman on a Trek episode, even if it was only Voyager, the flop of all Trek series. Knowing that Bob Stillman would be a guest star, I was expecting an episode similar to the Joel Grey episode, with a sweet, memorable character like Grey had. But what a disappointment! Stillman's part on the show was tiny, and he was only on the view screen. There was no real interaction between Bob and the rest of the cast. STVOY blew it. They had Bob Stillman, and that's all they did with him? What a missed opportunity!

When the show begins, Voyager is thrown into the atmosphere of a dead planet. How did this happen? A xenophobic species caught them in their space and refused to discuss the matter--tossing the ship onto the barren planet. However, Seven makes an interesting discovery-- many, many people in suspended animation! In fact, these folks have been stored her for almost a thousand years. Naturally her inclination is to be helpful and wake them up, but it's a case of unintended consequences, as these sleeping folks are FAR worse than the people who tossed Voyager there in the first place! And to defeat these sleepers, the xenophobes and Voyager might just have to work together.

This is a neat episode. Once again, it illustrates that if Voyager JUST focused on getting home, everyone's life would be a lot better! Dang galactic do-gooders!!

The story I has holes in it. Obviously we're dealing with fiction but this is Star Trek. So that means two things. Unlike the living dead whose humans now seem more suitable for lunch than survival, if it's Star Trek I have to like it. And I love it. But people acting out of character and doing things that don't fit behaviors they are already aware of doesn't make sense. Seven would not do what she did. Information they find out later would just be obvious things you would look into first thing. Whoever is writing needs to think a little harder to close the gap's in the stories. This is a clever show, remember? It's not a show about a group of humans with tons of resources that cannot figure out how zombies behave when zombies are completely consistent.

After Voyager flees an attack by angry aliens and hides on a bombed-out planet, the crew discovers underground stasis chambers containing hundreds of individuals from another species. After they are awakened from their 900-year sleep, Janeway agrees to find them a new home. However, Neelix discovers that this species is anything but peaceful and had a reputation for conquering other worlds before their victims forged an alliance and retaliated.

Since apparently 900 years isn't long enough for change, the aliens start right back where they left off and want to get right back into the fight. Since their ships are now hopelessly outdated, they have their eye on Voyager and are playing a double game from now on - but Janeway wouldn't be Captain Obvious if she hadn't seen through the mummery.

The idea of an aggressive civilization that disappeared from the scene for 900 years and now wants to regain its traditional place in the quadrant is not a bad idea. However, everything happens much too quickly. Having barely woken up from stasis, these crooks have nothing better to do than plan the next coup. Perhaps they should have first taken time to assess the current balance of power and how technology has changed during this time. With just a few hundred of their kind, even with Voyager's firepower, they would not be able to reconquer their former planets and colonies anyhow.