Resistance

While this episode does not have much story depth and does not move the storyline forward, it is another good character building episode for Janeway.

While undercover on a planet that is oppressed by a terror regime whose guards randomly arrest people and lock them away forever, Tuvok and Torres are imprisoned and Janeway finds herself wounded in the shed of a stranger. This stranger thinks Janeway is his lost daughter. On first glance, he just seems to be a lunatic. But we learn that he has lost his wife and his daughter to this regime and his wife is still imprisoned. Who would not become crazy under such circumstances?

Every other character might have left this stranger and his crazyness behind or treated him with disrespect, but Janeway again establishes a very emotional bond between him and her. Although she is not fond of having him around during the rescue mission, he ultimately saves the day and the crew's lives. Janeway's reaction when he takes his last breath is heartwarming and you also have the feeling that she really means it - great performance from her. I like how Janeway, although often harsh and direct, can also be warm, hearty and some kind of mother figure to her crew or even to completely strangers and new life forms. For example when Kes was in heat and everyone around thought, she lost her mind. Janeway though persuaded her to drop the force field and calmed her down by just hugging her after she realized what her problem was.

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.

Look, I'm not someone who obsesses over details, I'm just some person on the internet, but I'd like to share my opinion on this episode-especially after having watched the next one, "Prototype." As I mentioned in the title, this is a violation of the Prime Directive. I don't understand why they didn't properly research what they were getting into before doing what they did. I get that they needed something for the Voyager, but I still think they could've done something much better to avoid any issues.

On the other hand, I do appreciate the idea of showing that Captain Janeway has feelings, but I would've expected someone much colder and more methodical when it comes to wanting to help someone she just met, no matter how sad his story is.

Overall, the episode is fine-it's not bad-but there are still a few things that bother me, as often happens throughout the series. It's like when Picard, in the early seasons, made comments against the Ferengi, just to give an example.

So it's ok, but some things are weird in this episode.

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 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?