Someone to Watch Over Me

...or My Fair Lady! This is the worst episode in Voyager since Retrospect. I honestly can't believe it has such a high rating. It's literally just Pygmalion with the Doc and Seven shoehorned into the lead roles, leading to an out-of-nowhere budding relationship between them by the end of it... which is honestly kind of creepy with them being in both a teacher-student relationship, as well as doctor-patient relationship. And even if Pygmalion didn't already exist and the show's writers came up with it on their own, I hate the whole concept of constantly pressuring Seven to conform to society and stifling her individuality. It's amazing that Seven is actually mostly human but she's the one constantly being programmed like a robot without objection, but the Doc is an 100% AI yet behaves 100% human to a fault.

I don't watch Star Trek for stories like this. Maybe if there was a futuristic/scifi twist to the story, then it'd be worthwhile, but any show could just spoof Pygmalion like this, and many shows have to the point of it being cliche. The "B story" going on with Neelix was the only worthwhile part of this.

Awful Awful just Awful. Cringefest. It just doesn't work. It's embarrassing. Words fail me how bad this dire episode plays out.

We know the Dr can sing. It's nice that we find out 7 can also sing .

So why do we have to crowbar this ability into an inept episode.

I don't watch Star Trek for this kind of simplistic mellodrama. It is so desperately disappointing and at least a waste of electricity to view it.

No more simplistic melodramas please !

It just doesn't work. It's embarrassing. Words fail me how bad this dire episode plays out.

We know the Dr can sort of sing. It's nice that we find out 7 can also. Sort of sing .

So why do we have to wedge this ability into a dire episode.

I don't watch Star Trek for this kind of simplistic mellodrama. It is so desperately disappointing and at least a waste of electricity to view it.

Perfect. Not one minute is a drag. Great concepts. Humor. Both stories are fun and intertwine perfectly. Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris). I read they did a new directors class for the staff. Nothing improbable happens. Characters are spot on. Just felt joy and only a little worry watching this episode.

Yes, it is an intergalactic "My Fair Lady." The doctor has been teaching Seven social integration. She is, of course, quite a challenging student. He decides it's time for her to start dating. So she chooses a shy man from engineering and asks him out. Of course, it is an utter disaster. But as this happens, the Doc (Henry Higgins) begins to feel a romantic attraction for our Borg bombshell. Jeri Ryan is perfection in her role. She connects with him, but we have to remember that her circuitry works differently. She admires her successes but doesn't quite cross the threshold. There are some seriously touching scenes. Meanwhile, a subplot is the adventures of a young man from a sterile planetary society going bonkers when he finally gets to spread his wings, overeating, overindulging, and carrying on in general. Neelix almost has a heart attack tracking the guy.

To me this is the best episode of Star Trek Voyager. I think that The Doctor and Seven Of Nine are by far the best characters and this episode is almost entirely about them. Seven is very funny in an understated way and The Doctor is extremely charming and charismatic. I have autism and so I relate to Seven Of Nine a lot. The side story is fun enough, but the best part is The Doctor teaching Seven all about dating and social skills. Seven Of Nine really is my dream woman, she is stunningly beautiful, but also smart and kind, and there are no annoying mental games with her, she will just tell you exactly how she feels at all times, and I like that a lot. I wish she was my wife. P. S. My God what a body! WOOF!