Harry Kim once again gets his own episode and blows it like usual. Engage! Right against the wall with warp 9.9. I don't think I'm the only one who thinks that Kim is the most boring and superfluous character in this series, who neither has any special skills as an officer, nor is he particularly interesting, humorous, articulate, or witty as a person.
This time our boy Kim gets to play captain on a freighter. The passengers not only fool him the whole time, they also use false pretenses to get him to take on this mission in the first place. Once again Kim gets involved in the conflicts of other species and is not only up to his neck in an interplanetary war, but also drags Voyager into it. Just so he can get his five minutes of fame as captain. And then he is finally captain and controls the execution of all his orders and prevents the crew from doing their work independently. Only when Seven jumps in and points out that one of the ship's systems is not working properly (namely the captain), he is willing to give the crew more leeway.
His claim is downright ridiculous that he would have been a lieutenant or even lieutenant commander by now if he hadn't been stranded in the Delta quadrant. There has hardly been a situation in the past episodes in which Kim has particularly stood out. And as far as I know, constantly falling in love with the wrong women doesn't get you promoted in Starfleet. Otherwise he would already be a highly decorated fleet admiral.
This time our boy Kim gets to play captain on a freighter. The passengers not only fool him the whole time, they also use false pretenses to get him to take on this mission in the first place. Once again Kim gets involved in the conflicts of other species and is not only up to his neck in an interplanetary war, but also drags Voyager into it. Just so he can get his five minutes of fame as captain. And then he is finally captain and controls the execution of all his orders and prevents the crew from doing their work independently. Only when Seven jumps in and points out that one of the ship's systems is not working properly (namely the captain), he is willing to give the crew more leeway.
His claim is downright ridiculous that he would have been a lieutenant or even lieutenant commander by now if he hadn't been stranded in the Delta quadrant. There has hardly been a situation in the past episodes in which Kim has particularly stood out. And as far as I know, constantly falling in love with the wrong women doesn't get you promoted in Starfleet. Otherwise he would already be a highly decorated fleet admiral.