Janeway, who is usually very patient and reasonable, comes across throughout “Latent Image” as angry and (until her last scene with the Doctor) heartless where the Doctor is concerned. “Latent Image” is a wonderful idea and outside how Janeway acts and the ultimate resolution to the story, it would be perfect. When his failsafes are activated, the Doctor discovers Captain Janeway is behind his memory deletion and he finds her unusually reticent to discuss why she altered his memories. Feeling paranoid, the Doctor creates a backup of his memories and orders the computer to restore them if his memories are again tampered with and he sets his holo-imager to take pictures if movement is detected in Sickbay. The Doctor’s lost memories center around Ensign Jetal, a crewwoman that no one else seems to recognize or know anything about. Seven Of Nine discovers that the Doctor and his holo-imager have files from eighteen months prior that have been tampered with.
After requesting aid from the Captain and, separately, Seven Of Nine, the EMH is rebooted with no memory of having discovered the anomaly. The microsurgery uses a technique the Doctor himself developed, which proves to him that his memories have been tampered with. In doing so, he discovers an anomaly on Harry Kim evidence of microsurgery performed to the back of the Ensign’s neck.
The Doctor is including microcellular holo-imaging as part of his annual physicals for the crew.
The Doctor is the subject of “Latent Image,” with Seven Of Nine serving as his trusty sidekick and the episode has a perfect idea that is poorly executed on two fronts. Even so, it comes very close, despite having an initial structure that makes viewers feel like it might be a cheap knock-off of Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “Clues” ( reviewed here!).įortunately for “Latent Image,” the episode that initially appears to be a conspiracy that centers around the memories of the crew, quickly turns into an episode that tightly focuses on the Emergency Medical Hologram. It came closest with “Resolutions” ( reviewed here!) and one of the other episodes that was tightly in the running was “Latent Image.” “Latent Image” is an excellent idea for an episode that has two fundamental problems. The Basics: When the Doctor encounters a mystery, he fights to integrate memories that traumatized him.įor those who do not follow my many Star Trek reviews, I tend to argue that Star Trek: Voyager never quite reached a perfect episode. The Bad: Janeway’s sense of anger, Resolution. Janeway is forced to assume the role of Arachina,Queen of the Spider People, to help the aliens win the battle against the evil Dr Chaotica.The Good: Keeps the character work tight, Great acting, Interesting idea Supurred on by increasingly nightmarish electronic"flashbacks", the Doctor's investigations appear to uncover an immoral conspiracy against him.Īrmed conflict erupts when aliens from the Fifth Dimension mistake Tom Paris' "Captain Proton" holographic novel for reality. While using his holo-imaging device, the Doctor makes an unsettling discovery: not only has someone carried out neurological surgery which neither the victim nor the Doctor recall, but also a large section of the Doctor's short-term memory has been erased.
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