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Screenshot: CBS Star Trek’s world raises a lot of ethical questions but its transporter technology has always been one that strikes at some of the most existential. Are we the same people if all our molecules are mapped, broken down, and copied into a different location? What happens if that process is disrupted? And what happens if multiple people go onto a transporter pad, but only one entity gets beamed out? That last one was given an answer in “Tuvix,” the season two episode of Advertisement That answer has had fans talking ever since. To surmise “Tuvix” is almost akin to opening with a weird sitcom that transitions into existentialist horror within the space of about five minutes. Vulcan Lieutenant Tuvok (Tim Russ) doesn’t like ....
Stardate: 53263.2 Captain’s log. Neelix and Tuvok are returning from a diplomatic mission with the Kesat in the Delta Flyer. Neelix’s attempts to engage Tuvok in conversation or games or something fall on uninterested pointy ears. When Tuvok finally agrees to a riddle, Neelix tells a joke with a bad pun for a punchline, at which point Tuvok retreats to the aft section to get away from him. While there, Tuvok detects someone downloading their tactical data. Tuvok scans with a tricorder and finds a cloaking frequency, but he’s then hit with weapons fire and collapses. Neelix rushes to his aid and sends a mayday to ....
Stardate: unknown Captain’s log. Kim and Paris trying and failing to guess Tuvok’s age is interrupted by sensors picking up a whole mess of ships. Tuvok goes to red alert, but as they approach they realize that it’s a junkyard. A gentleman named Abaddon has a whole bunch of stuff to sell. Chakotay and Neelix greet Abaddon, who provides an inventory of his items for sale. Seven, Paris, and Kim are going over Abaddon’s list in astrometrics when a clapped-out old shuttle catches Paris’ pilot’s eye. Later, when Neelix, Paris, and Kim are providing Chakotay with a wish list, Neelix includes, at Paris’ urging, the shuttle, which has a neurogenic interface that allows the controls to react to the pilot’s thoughts. Chakotay is skeptical, but Paris promises to only work on restoring the ship in his off hours (with help from Kim, a caveat that surprises Kim), and besides, Abaddon is only asking for three used power cells and Paris’ jukebox. Chakotay agrees to let P ....
Stardate: unknown Captain’s log. The EMH is giving a concert in the mess hall, singing “La donna è mobile” to a mostly rapt crowd. Tuvok starts crying, and then attacking the other people in the mess hall. The EMH diagnoses him as going through ponfarr, and has Paris prepare a hypospray while the EMH continues to sing, albeit with new, Tuvok-focused lyrics. After he gives Tuvok the shot, he gets a standing ovation at which point we realize the EMH is daydreaming. He’s expanded his program to include that ability, though Torres suggests that if he has that kind of downtime, he should just deactivate, which would save power. The EMH is also disappointed to learn that he is no longer assigned to an away team he was originally supposed to be part of. ....
Stardate: unknown Captain’s log. Torres is coming in hot in a shuttlecraft that’s been damaged by an ion storm. She went out to retrieve their multispatial probe before it got hit by the storm. She manages to crash land in the shuttlebay and is taken to sickbay with a bad concussion. Chakotay comes to her cabin with a piece of metal that’s about a hundred years old or so with the Klingon emblem on it. Apparently it collided with her shuttle when the deflectors went down, and it means that there was a Klingon presence in the Delta Quadrant some time in the past. Or, as Torres tartly points out, the Borg assimilated a Klingon ship in the Alpha Quadrant and dropped a piece of debris on the way back home. ....