The Haunting of Deck Twelve

I won't go into all the science (as if I could), but suffice it to say that in order to send an alien life form back to a nebula, Voyager must plunge everything into darkness. The Borg kids come out of regeneration and Neelix has been given the task of looking out for them. They are incredibly smart, so his task is quite hard. When they immediately become bored, Neelix tells them he will confide in them the story of what happened to Voyager before they came on board. He launches into wild tale of a gaseous life form taking over the ship and pushing the crew to their very limits. We are aware that this may or may not be a story. We ourselves may have been left in the dark. The story is exciting and shows what a gift our imaginations are. Neelix is so annoying and those kids are hard to take at times, but this worked really well.

This is a not watchable episode. What was this supposed to be? A crappy Friday the 13th ripoff?

Trying to scare the Borg kids makes zero sense - not sure they have emotions? After trying to scare the Borg kids, it really does not close their content. Neilix is a complete clump in the episode- why is he on this show?

Seems like the writers really run out of ideas. How did this get produced. What was the goal? This was not a Halloween episode. Maybe that would work for a few viewers?

I hope never to see this episode again.

This is the worst Star Trek episode ever.

I do not understand the high scores. I completely do not understand??

Voyager powers down for a while and in the resulting darkness Neelix tells the Borg children a ghost story.

I realise the above description doesn't sound good, but it honestly isn't as bad as it could have been. The concept is good and the story scenes are quite exciting and well put together.

Neelix, who (undeservedly) is a regular object of ridicule by fans, looks creepy in the light as he talks, adding to the atmosphere. The Borg children react well and it feels plausible.

The main problem I found with the concept was my inability to invest in what is actually a pretty good story told by Neelix. You know that if it's true, everything will work out okay in the end and if it's not true you don't really care. Also, it gets annoying when Janeway starts talking to the ship and from then on made me wish it would hurry up and finish.

Very good idea for an episode, but didn't quite hold me.

Around the campfire. This one is fun. This is told in a classic ghost story fashion. It's fun because you like the characters and you like the crew and you don't know how it's going to end and what is happening. It was very enjoyable. As improbable as it is, the crew appears to be alive. This better not turn out to be another version of Lost.

This episode unfolds primarily from Neelix's talking to the Borg Children while Voyager has to shutdown main power for a couple hours. It's a new twist on the old Campfire Ghost story.

The director uses some unique angles for the scenes that are supposed to take place during Neelix's story, and there are some cool effects shots.

We also get to see crewman Tal Celes, who we first met 5 episodes earlier in "Good Shepherd".

This episode was probably done as a budget saver with the season finale coming up the following week. The Borg Children have some funny lines, but some fine action and acting from the cast keep this episode from skewing too far into the Nickelodeon realm.