Workforce, Part II
- Episode aired Feb 28, 2001
- TV-PG
- 43m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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While B'Elanna's memories slowly return aboard Voyager, Chakotay struggles to maintain his identity against the Quarren's Division 6.While B'Elanna's memories slowly return aboard Voyager, Chakotay struggles to maintain his identity against the Quarren's Division 6.While B'Elanna's memories slowly return aboard Voyager, Chakotay struggles to maintain his identity against the Quarren's Division 6.
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Matthew J. Williamson
- Security Officer #2
- (as Matt Williamson)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe bat'leth hanging on the wall in the Paris-Torres quarters is not the black, angular version she received as a gift from the Klingons in Prophecy (2001).
- GoofsOn B'Elanna's wall hangs a bat'leth. If this was meant to be the bat'leth given to her by the Klingon pilgrims in Prophecy (2001), then the prop-masters goofed. It looks more like a standard bat'leth, rather than the elaborate and darker-metaled one with additional barbs given to her by them.
- Quotes
[B'Elanna kisses Tom on the cheek]
Tom Paris: What's that for?
B'Elanna Torres: For taking care of me, even when you didn't know who I was.
[she smiles, then punches him in the arm]
Tom Paris: Ow! What was THAT for?
B'Elanna Torres: Flirting with your customers.
Tom Paris: I was a victim of mind control.
- ConnectionsFeatures The King's Tailor (1934)
Featured review
Proletarian Janeway is back in the captain's chair
In the second episode of "Workforce", Janeway has settled into her new life as a worker bee and moves in with her new partner quite quickly. At the same time, Chakotay, Kim and the doctor try to free the crew from the clutches of their seemingly happy working lives. In the end they receive support from a local doctor and a crime investigator who are also on the trail of this plot.
The story could easily have been told in just one episode. Especially since apart from Janeway, Tuvok, Seven, Paris and B'Elanna, we don't see any of the other kidnapped crew members. A lot of time is spent showing Janeway's new relationship in all its details - including the decoration of their shared apartment. Or with conversations between Paris and B'Elanna, which made the whole story a bit too maudlin in the end.
The little "who is the best replacement captain" competition between the doctor and Kim is quite amusing. Both want to constantly prove to themselves and the other that they are special and better than the other. However, the doctor should probably be consulted more often in the role of the ECH. His built-in tactical knowledge of combat maneuvers could have come in handy a number of times. Of course, you then ask yourself why all of this data isn't already part of the on-board computer so that it could control the ship autonomously in difficult situations.
Also, Janeway should just relax a little. None of the crew would blame her if she had a partner. For one thing, Voyager has been stranded in the Delta quadrant for seven years and who can demand abstinence from Janeway in such a situation. On the other hand, her partner does not belong to a species that is part of the Federation, he is not a Starfleet officer and is not part of her crew. He could have spent time aboard Voyager as a guest. Who should have cared that this guest was the captain's partner? This would certainly hardly compromise her competence and decision-making. And her crew wouldn't have to worry that this guest would be given preferential treatment when making any critical decisions.
The story could easily have been told in just one episode. Especially since apart from Janeway, Tuvok, Seven, Paris and B'Elanna, we don't see any of the other kidnapped crew members. A lot of time is spent showing Janeway's new relationship in all its details - including the decoration of their shared apartment. Or with conversations between Paris and B'Elanna, which made the whole story a bit too maudlin in the end.
The little "who is the best replacement captain" competition between the doctor and Kim is quite amusing. Both want to constantly prove to themselves and the other that they are special and better than the other. However, the doctor should probably be consulted more often in the role of the ECH. His built-in tactical knowledge of combat maneuvers could have come in handy a number of times. Of course, you then ask yourself why all of this data isn't already part of the on-board computer so that it could control the ship autonomously in difficult situations.
Also, Janeway should just relax a little. None of the crew would blame her if she had a partner. For one thing, Voyager has been stranded in the Delta quadrant for seven years and who can demand abstinence from Janeway in such a situation. On the other hand, her partner does not belong to a species that is part of the Federation, he is not a Starfleet officer and is not part of her crew. He could have spent time aboard Voyager as a guest. Who should have cared that this guest was the captain's partner? This would certainly hardly compromise her competence and decision-making. And her crew wouldn't have to worry that this guest would be given preferential treatment when making any critical decisions.
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- Runtime43 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- 4:3
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