Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Star Trek VGR Episode 8 - Ex Post Facto

"Tom Paris is convicted of murder on an alien world, and his punishment is to witness the murder from the victim's perspective every 14 hours."

A fine episode directed by LeVar Burton. I must say that I'm sick of these "trial" episodes, they always have to rehash this plot. Nonetheless, this one was ok. So Tom and Harry go to a planet and meet with some scientists from a race named the Baneans. Tom notices that one of the scientists has a much younger and very sexy wife. Naturally he can't control himself and they get together. Though when confronted by Janeway, Paris basically says "I did not have sexual relations with that women..." Anyway, the ladies husband walks in on them and Paris stabs him. This is viewed through the memories of the dead man.

Tuvok eventually uncovers a plot between the wife, another scientist and Baneans' enemies to kill this guy. They lay a trap for the enemies in a shuttlecraft. Basically when they board the craft, Paris and Harry beam out. Then Janeway says that they have a bomb on the craft and it will detonate if they don't surrender. So simple, but effective. Now Tuvok plays the role of lawyer and reveals the plot to the other Baneans, thus clearing Paris. Tuvok is awesome.

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2 comments:

capt.naps said...

Some of these episodes are pretty good but I just didn't like most of the characters except for tuvok and hologram doctor

Mugato said...

I'm not sure I liked any of the DS9 characters other than Quark and Sisko