Infinite Regress

When Voyager nears some debris from a Borg vessel, Seven of Nine begins acting very strangely. Suddenly, she begins switching from one personality to another. In between she's normal (or as normal as Seven can be) but it sure is becoming annoying! What's causing this mental breakdown and what can fix it? The Doctor thinks it's caused by a bad case of the Ankaran Flu. However, the know-it-all Doctor soon seems incapable of curing Seven so he calls in a specialist, 'Dr.' Tuvok.

Whether this is a good or bad episode, it must have been a challenge and rather fun for Jeri Ryan to act in this show. Her Seven of Nine is a wild emotional roller-coaster and she sure gets a chance to emote and show her stuff!

This show is okay and worth seeing. The Captain's behavior through the show, however, is odd (as often is the case) and seems to make little sense in light of the power and evil of the Borg. I cannot imagine any real person doing anything to disrupt the aliens from their plan. Yet another case where she acts more like a person reading a script than someone you can believe will exist in the 24th century. Her character is the weak link in this particular show-- everyone else is just fine and Ryan did a fine job in acting nutty!

Until this episode I was always a little doubtful about Jeri Ryan's acting ability, wondering if she could only do one note: Imperial bitchiness. Not that I don't like her Borgian disdain for non-scientific and imperfect humans. Or that high-minded carriage of her cat-suited Barbie-doll body. But in this episode, as her Borg implant fractures her into multiple personalities, she gets a huge range of characterizations to perform, and she handles them well. And this script has a handful of clever complications en route to her healing that make it an enjoyable installment. It ends kind of quickly, but it is one of the better episodes, IMHO.

Jerry Ryan is a talented actress but was only given limited breadth in the Voyager series. In this ep though we get to see her talents and she delivers. Otherwise the ep fits in the lines of the typical series ep.

Seven of Nine starts to hear voices and display varying personalities.

This is a reasonably good episode with a memorable turn from Jeri Ryan. The writers give her the opportunity showcase great range with an episode that further humanises her character during the journey back to individuality.

The best scenes involve Seven either in multiple-personality mode or exchanging dialogue with the character Naomi Wildman. I also enjoyed the pivotal mind-meld sequence which is very well made by the film crew and conveys what is happening with visual storytelling.

I was not particularly intrigued by the scenes involving the main antagonists, the vinculam and associated technobabble, but the main focus is on Seven.

Ryan is on top form along with Robert Picardo. A young Scarlett Pomers also makes a good contribution.

This is one of those good ole fashioned somewhat cheesy episodes. But oh if cheese isn't one of my favourite foods! This is classic Trek. I have to say that Ryan did a great job in her performance. It's a bit of a ridiculous role to play, someone constantly experiencing different personalities, but I love it. Put a big smile on my face. I wish modern Trek were this good!