Resistance

This episode surprises me with its emotional impact. Joel Grey's performance as Caylem seems very highly underrated. TV is rarely as human as his portrayal of this heartbreakingly doting resistor of tyranny. Grey and Mulgrew's chemistry on screen is evocative of Patrick Stewart and his supporting cast in "Inner Light". Truly, I believe this episode is underrated by fans, this vignette within the larger context of the episode, for me, makes it special. Special in TV moments, and special in Star Trek. Will the future inheritors of the Star Trek legacy ever be able to live up to simple emotion as this?

The original star Trek always had a massive amount of humanity and care for others. Not surprising given the era it was made. Altruism was a given.

TNG and DS9 were incredible wooden, sterile and clinical. Above all they were boring. Characters had little humanity.

Then along came voyager. A breath of fresh air as it brought back the ethos of the original series.

Unfortunately, voyager didn't get off to the best start. It took quite a while for the series to flourish and break the shackles of the two previous ST derivations.

Quality of writing and production values increased as it progressed.

Then Along comes Resistance.

Finally we see the original philosophy of ST show itself in all it's splendor.

Resistance is an incredibly moving story. I shed a tear at the final scene with kat and Joel Grey.

You've got tuvok showing his suppressed human feelings. Just a spock did at times.

Finally, Voyager shows itself It shows what was always there but only eluded to.

A perfect star trek story. Worthy of Captain Kirk and crew.

The plot is pretty standard, but what stands out is whom the captain meets and his story.

Sadly the acting by the crew certainly isn't the best and the story has a lot of random chance plot twists. How they run around undetected makes it feel highly unrealistic. It's like every fool can go in and out of what is supposed to be a well-protected prison.

Again convenient beams, and.pretty standard, generic story. I know this story could be made into a big blockbuster with how generic it is, but I feel like it was a bit forced into the universe and it doesn't feel like it suited the regular crew actors.

This actor really shines in this role. He is a true craftsman of the trade. Definitely going to find more of his roles to watch.

Janeway and an away team attemp to obtain tellurium from a planet with a totalitarian regime.

This is a solid episode with some excellent performances.

There are two elements of the plot that work well for me: the dialogue between Janeway and Caylem, and likewise Tuvok and B'Elanna. These are fairly well-written exchanges that are enhanced by the performances of Katie Mulgrew, Joel Gray, Tim Russ, and Roxanne Dawson.

Augris feels like a bit of a one-note baddie but Alan Scarfe does well with the material.

Everything builds up to a simple but effective action sequence that nicely concludes a mini adventure that feels important to the journey home.

For me it's a 7.5/10 but I round upwards.