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Star trek: Voyager 3.04a - Sacred ground

Stardate 50063.2
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Straying from a party enjoying the hospitality of the Nechani, Kes (Jennifer Lien) inadvertently enters a sacred shrine. Her curiosity draws her on until she is unexpectedly felled by a protective force field, which leaves her unconscious. despite all his efforts, the Doctor (Robert Picardo) is unable to reverse the coma...

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Kate Mulgrew .... Captain Kathryn Janeway
Robert Beltran .... Commander Chakotay
Roxann Dawson .... Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres
Jennifer Lien .... Kes
Robert Duncan McNeill .... Lieutenant Tom Paris, Director
Robert Picardo .... the Emergency Medical Hologram
Ethan Phillips .... Neelix
Tim Russ .... Lieutenant Tuvok
Garrett Wang .... Ensign Harry Kim
Majel Barrett .... USS Voyager computer voice
Becky Ann Baker .... the guide
Estelle Harris .... the old woman
Keene Curtis .... old man
Parley Baer .... old man
Henry Groener .... the magistrate
Geo Cameron .... Storywriter
Lisa Klink .... Screenwriter

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While this sounds like another "Kes gets into trouble and annoys the heck out of everyone" episode, it is actually quite good.

There's a heavy accent on the philosophical, while the technobabble is revealed for the plot filler it is. Captain Janeway is given a big lesson in spirituality and its relationship with science (her penchant): this is a good thing, but with the advantage of having seen a whole season's worth of later episodes, it is unfortunately not followed up.

Robert Duncan's directing is good. Nothing particularly special, but good. I did like casting 500-year-old New York Jews as the spirits: who said the after-life had to be harps and clouds?

But it's still a good examination of Kathryn's character, and raises a few questions for the philosophical and spiritual among Trekkiedom. Definitely worth a look.