You can the Chakotay out of the maquis but you cannot take the maquis out of the Chakotay.
I enjoyed the story of Chakotay feeling a sense of personal ownership over the loss of the federations technology due to not being able to spot Seska being a spy previously. It can be easy to forget that this man is not actually a Starfleet officer when he's in the uniform taking orders.
There's a subtle performance by Seska in the scene with Cullah where you actually pinpoint the second the wheels start to turn about betraying him and Chakotay rightly points this character trait out to Cullah during his interrogation.
I nearly had to take a cold shower during the open scene when Lt Torres comes out dressed to kill in a crimson shirt. We also get further character development between torres and Chakotay (does he have a first name or is he like Prince?) where she gives him advice on controlling his emotions and how he has poor judgement in women. It was cute and it added to the impact of her passionate plea to Captain Janeway to save Chakotay.
It's a good episode but (forced at gunpoint?) the writers decided to introduce the plot device of Seska impregnating herself with Chakotay's DNA that feels like it was ripped straight out of days of our lives.
I enjoyed the story of Chakotay feeling a sense of personal ownership over the loss of the federations technology due to not being able to spot Seska being a spy previously. It can be easy to forget that this man is not actually a Starfleet officer when he's in the uniform taking orders.
There's a subtle performance by Seska in the scene with Cullah where you actually pinpoint the second the wheels start to turn about betraying him and Chakotay rightly points this character trait out to Cullah during his interrogation.
I nearly had to take a cold shower during the open scene when Lt Torres comes out dressed to kill in a crimson shirt. We also get further character development between torres and Chakotay (does he have a first name or is he like Prince?) where she gives him advice on controlling his emotions and how he has poor judgement in women. It was cute and it added to the impact of her passionate plea to Captain Janeway to save Chakotay.
It's a good episode but (forced at gunpoint?) the writers decided to introduce the plot device of Seska impregnating herself with Chakotay's DNA that feels like it was ripped straight out of days of our lives.