After the last episode when Tom Paris gave Kes a necklace with a locket I am firmly on Neelix's side. Even before there is a unspoken rule about social distancing yourself from another persons love interest and Tom crossed the line.
Even Tom's bromance partner Harry Kim agrees with me as he performs like a trained seal on his clarinet for Tom's amusement.
I love the trekesque 'fight' between Neelix and Paris that is played as half series half ham. Janeway's disappointment mom scene in the ready room also featured some classic Kate Mulgrew face acting and despite knowing that there was more to this story she essentially washed her hands of discipline and told them to deal with it like adults.
I enjoyed the scene between the Doctor and Kes and his earnest sensitive loving advice to her. The doc is generally hilariously blunt with his advice/opinions but his love(?) for kes really shines through here.
On the planet we run into a situation where Tom and Neelix have accidently disturbed the nesting place for an alien dinosaur and they have a debate on whether to become surrogate parents for the baby. I found it interesting that is was Neelix who represented the Starfleet ideals of taking care of this baby and Tom presented the cut and run idea.
We get a nice scene between Tom and Neelix talking through some of there personal faults and laying the foundation for a personal peace treaty between the two. That rascal Tom Paris actually has an excellent quote, "If you have any doubts look into her eyes...."
Jealously is a nasty human emotion and it has many layers of destruction to it. Not only to the person who feels jealously it also effects Kes as she is placed in the position of being consider a love object without feelings and personal ownership. There is a fine line between being protective and being jealous and Neelix definitely fell on the jealous side of the line.
In the end they space dinosaur parents comes down to the planet and the bonding experience of saving a life overshadows the personal problems between tom and neelix.
Even Tom's bromance partner Harry Kim agrees with me as he performs like a trained seal on his clarinet for Tom's amusement.
I love the trekesque 'fight' between Neelix and Paris that is played as half series half ham. Janeway's disappointment mom scene in the ready room also featured some classic Kate Mulgrew face acting and despite knowing that there was more to this story she essentially washed her hands of discipline and told them to deal with it like adults.
I enjoyed the scene between the Doctor and Kes and his earnest sensitive loving advice to her. The doc is generally hilariously blunt with his advice/opinions but his love(?) for kes really shines through here.
On the planet we run into a situation where Tom and Neelix have accidently disturbed the nesting place for an alien dinosaur and they have a debate on whether to become surrogate parents for the baby. I found it interesting that is was Neelix who represented the Starfleet ideals of taking care of this baby and Tom presented the cut and run idea.
We get a nice scene between Tom and Neelix talking through some of there personal faults and laying the foundation for a personal peace treaty between the two. That rascal Tom Paris actually has an excellent quote, "If you have any doubts look into her eyes...."
Jealously is a nasty human emotion and it has many layers of destruction to it. Not only to the person who feels jealously it also effects Kes as she is placed in the position of being consider a love object without feelings and personal ownership. There is a fine line between being protective and being jealous and Neelix definitely fell on the jealous side of the line.
In the end they space dinosaur parents comes down to the planet and the bonding experience of saving a life overshadows the personal problems between tom and neelix.